Lorelei Medcalf is an artist, printmaker and teacher. She lectures at Adelaide College of the Arts and facilitates printmaking workshops for all ages.
Her art practice is focussed on intaglio and monotype printmaking. Her material exploration includes the construction of prints from reclaimed metal plates, collaging her discarded proofs, and drawing with tools made from found materials. She searches for new ways to make marks, patterns and line. She pushes metal plates through multiple states—a ‘battle’ with the matrix which goes beyond the end game of pulling a print. Her figurative artworks are often made in series or compiled into handmade books that explore human folly and psychological dilemmas. She has heard her work described as ‘dark’, but she believes there is always an element of humour or hope in her work.
Lorelei lives on the Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 We've got the sky to talk about, Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, SA
2014 Wasted on the young... Artlab Australia, Adelaide
2010 Doggone Blue, the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide
2009 Bloody Spring, the Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
2008 Apocryphal Tales, the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide
2007 Honky Tonkin’ Honey Baby, the Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
2022 Animal House, Art Images Gallery, Norwood, Adelaide
2021 St Ignatius College SALA Satellite Exhibition, Norwood Green, Adelaide
Weird Adelaide, Mrs Harris’ Shop, Adelaide
2019 Conversations with Friends, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2018 Collaborative Variations, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, SA
Book Work, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA
Sister City Prints, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC and West Gallery, Thebarton, SA
2017 Imaginings, Neospace, Collingwood, VIC
Creatures Real and Imagined, Red Poles, McLaren Vale, SA
Immersion: Fleurieu, The Strand Gallery, Port Elliot, SA
Terra Mater, Intersect, Adelaide, SA
2016 Intercambio Grafico II Printmaking Exchange, Format, SA
Altered States, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Afterlife, West Gallery, Thebarton, SA
Scratched and Pierced, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, SA
Conversations, Mrs Harris' Shop, Adelaide
2015 Botanica, National Wine Centre, Adelaide
Third Space, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Inked, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, SA
RSVP, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Bimblebox 153 Birds, Impress Studio and Gallery, Brisbane
Winged Messengers, Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf, SA
2014 Matrix, Mrs Harris' Shop, Adelaide
Vinegar and Vitriol, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2013 Off the Wall, Red Poles Gallery, McLaren Vale, SA
Maestros & Apprentices, Helpmann Academy, Adelaide Convention Centre
2012 Heavy Metal, Nexus Multicultural Art Space, Adelaide
Beautiful Soup, c3 Contemporary Artspace, Melbourne
Kindred, International Print Exchange, Magpie Studios and Adelaide College of the Arts, Adelaide
2011 Figure 3, Urban Cow Gallery, Adelaide
Familiar Unfamiliar, 45th Anniversary Print Council of Australia Exhibition, c3 Contemporary Artspace, Melbourne
Bird, Red Poles Gallery, McLaren Vale
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2011, Torrens Drill Hall, Adelaide
Elevations, Higher Ground, Fringe Festival 2011, Adelaide
BSG Works on Paper 2011, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Port Jackson Press Graduate Print Award, James Makin Gallery, VIC
2010 30 Degrees, Graduating Students Exhibition, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Neon Gloves and Velvet Tongs, The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Maestros & Apprentices, Helpmann Academy, Adelaide Convention Centre
2009 The Art of Tea, ARIspace, Adelaide
Maestros & Apprentices, Helpmann Academy, Adelaide Convention Centre
Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
Awards
2017 Acquisition, Manly City Library Artist's Book Award
2011 Winner, People’s Choice Award, Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2011
Winner, Raffen Award, Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2011
Highly commended finalist, Brunswick Street Gallery Works on Paper Award 2011, Melbourne
Finalist, Port Jackson Press Graduate Print Award
Commissions and Residencies
2017 Resident Artist with Saint Ignatius College, Athelstone, SA
2016 Resident Artist during SALA, SA Maritime Museum
Resident Artist at Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, SA
2015 Dot and the Kangaroo Hopscotch, Storybook Walk Sculpture Park in Thalassa Park, City of Onkaparinga
2014 Commissioned by the City of Mt Gambier to produce concept proposal for lace wire fencing at the Mt Gambier Railway Lands Project
2011 Annual print commission, Print Council of Australia
Collections
Print Council of Australia, Manly Library, Canson Australia Pty Ltd, City of Fremantle, Mackay Artspace, Friends of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Ashington Collection, Charles Sturt University, Art Gallery of South Australia
