Michelle Bellamy

Michelle Bellamy has been interested in art from a very early age. At 15 she started exhibiting with the Rutherford Gallery, in Nelson.
She grew up and was educated in Nelson with her parents and two younger sisters and brother. Michelle is a second generation New Zealander with Central/Northern European grandparents who were both artists. Spare time involved heated drawing competitions between family members, and expeditions into the outdoors.
Michelle is mainly self-taught, although both parents are artists, her mother a illustrator, and father a painter and photographer. She gained valuable knowledge and critiques of her paintings from them as her skills developed over the years. A painting would be finished and both parents would have to evaluate it before it could leave for the gallery. Michelle started painting works early in high school, and sold them in local cafes.

By 16 she was represented by the Rutherford Gallery, at 17 she started painting full-time. After two very successful solo exhibitions in 2007 and 2008, she has now established herself as a highly regarded and sought after artist throughout New Zealand.

The surrounding countryside of Nelson, and further south were inspiring landscapes for Bellamy. She ha...

2005 Nelson Summer Exhibition
Solo Exhibition Hosted by Knapp’s Lawyers
2006 Taupo Autumn Exhibition
Solo Exhibition Hosted By Flax Restaurant
2007 Outside In
Solo Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2008 Contemporary Old
Solo Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2009 Summer Collection 20 October – 3 November
Group Exhibition with 3 other artists Parnell Gallery
2009 200x200 December Gallery Group Exhibition
Parnell Gallery
2010 Other Observation 7-19 December
Solo Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2011 Kohia Terrace School fundraising group exhibition
Kohia Terrace School 10-12 June
2011 Spring Collection 30 September - 21 October
Solo Exhibition Rutherford Gallery
2011 New Works 1-15 November
Solo Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2011 200x200 December Gallery Group Exhibition
Parnell Gallery
2012 Shared Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2012 200x200 December Gallery Group Exhibition
Parnell Gallery
2012 Gallery De Novo Round Christmas Show
2012 Small Works Exhibition Reflections Gallery
2013 Group Exhibition Reflections Gallery
2013 Quay Gallery Group Show
2013 November Gallery Group Exhibition Parnell Gallery
2013 Gallery De Novo Round Christmas Show
2013 200x200 December Gallery Group Exhibition
Parnell Gallery