ABOUT
Dominic McElwee is a New Zealand artist based in Palermo, Italy. He specialises in hyperrealist works on a miniature scale: oil paintings on metal and pencil drawings on marble, often featuring a dose of sarcastic social commentary. He studied painting at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts. He can be contacted here.
Solo Shows
2021, Window Shopper, Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea “Project Wall”, Palermo, Italy
2010 (with Lennart Maschmeyer), Glutton’s Diary, Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1999, Sacred Nights and Mornings, Settlement Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Selected Group Shows
2023/2024, Miro el mundo sin los ojos que quisera, Facultad de Bellas Artes de Màlaga, Spagna/Istituto Cervantes, Palermo, Italy
2023, Se qualcuno chiede l’odore del muschio, sciogliete i vostri capelli e dite: è così. ZAN ZENDEGI AZADI, Museo Riso, Palermo, Italy
2021, Simienza, Chiesa di S.S. Euno e Giuliano, Palermo, Italy
2018, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
2014, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition.
2013, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition.
Prizes
2022, Winner, Premio Nazionale delle Arti (National Arts Prize), Italy, Special prize 'Arte e Legalità'
2014, Winner, Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand, People’s Choice Award
2014, Winner, Parkin Drawing Prize, Merit award
Solo Shows
2021, Window Shopper, Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea “Project Wall”, Palermo, Italy
2010 (with Lennart Maschmeyer), Glutton’s Diary, Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1999, Sacred Nights and Mornings, Settlement Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Selected Group Shows
2023/2024, Miro el mundo sin los ojos que quisera, Facultad de Bellas Artes de Màlaga, Spagna/Istituto Cervantes, Palermo, Italy
2023, Se qualcuno chiede l’odore del muschio, sciogliete i vostri capelli e dite: è così. ZAN ZENDEGI AZADI, Museo Riso, Palermo, Italy
2021, Simienza, Chiesa di S.S. Euno e Giuliano, Palermo, Italy
2018, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand
2014, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition.
2013, Parkin Drawing Prize finalists’ exhibition.
Prizes
2022, Winner, Premio Nazionale delle Arti (National Arts Prize), Italy, Special prize 'Arte e Legalità'
2014, Winner, Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand, People’s Choice Award
2014, Winner, Parkin Drawing Prize, Merit award