SELECTED BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1950 in the Orange Free State, South Africa, he is now resident in Australia. Mel sketched from a young age, and started painting in 1970.
He is a self taught painter, and has taken part in numerous joint exhibitions around South Africa, including: Child Welfare Exhibitions,
World Wildlife Trust, Save the Rhino Foundation, Release the Detainees, and various Political Exhibitions .

ONE MAN SHOWS


1971,1975,1977 Bloemfontein
1974, 1975, 1980, 1990 Cape Town
1990, 1991 Rustenburg
1989 Portugal
1989, 1990, 1991 England
1990 Cowes, Isle of Wight
1993 South African Embassy, Singapore
1993, 1994 Australia

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Royal Exchange , London
Total Oil Collection, South Africa
Universities of the Orange Free State and Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pellisier Museum, Orange Free State, South Africa
Barclay Bank, South Africa & Sydney, Australia
I. G. I
I. C. L.
Barlow Rand
Grain Corporation, Australia
Greig Fester, Sydney Australia
Housing Loans Insurance Corporation, Sydney


Mel has painted in France, Israel, Greece, Portugal, Namibia, and has worked in New York.

Mel Brigg was selected as the official poster for the Beatification of Mary McKillop.

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