Erica McGilchrist

Erica McGilchrist (10 February 1926 – 9 May 2014) was an Australian artist and co-founder of the Women's Art Register. She participated in more than 40 solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions. She is represented in institutional and public galleries as well as private collections in Australia, UK, Israel and USA. Her contributions to women's art were recognised in 1992 when she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.

Biography

McGilchrist was born on 10 February 1926 in Mt Gambier, South Australia. She took classes and danced with Les Ballets Contemporains in Adelaide and later with the Modern Dance Company in Melbourne. Paralleling this interest were the Saturday art classes which she began at the age of ten and continued for ten years at the SA School of Arts and Crafts. In 1946 she graduated from Adelaide Teachers College, but within two years had given up teaching to go to Melbourne to dance. Heide Museum of Modern Art

Awards and commissions

Her work has often received recognition: