Michael Lindeman, born in 1973, lives and works in Sydney. He received both a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours (First Class) in 1998 and a Master of Fine Arts, in 2004 from College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.

"Michael Lindeman is a young artist with an exceptionally sharp mind. When so much would-be Conceptual Art seems to have no idea whatsoever, Lindeman’s conceptually-based paintings are incisive and genuinely witty. Based on classified advertisements for works of art, they are as well observed as any landscape painting. The wording, at once banal but revealing, provides a timely reminder of the way the vast majority of the population
approach the subject of art. They’d be depressing if they weren’t so funny." - John McDonald, 2011

Lindeman has exhibited in a number of exhibitions nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions include LA International Biennal, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, 2001 and The Lounge, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 2000. Recent group exhibitions include Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, 2012; House Inspection: Interior Motives Subtext: Art for Literacy, Carriageworks, Sydney, 2011. In 2007 he was awarded a residency through the International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York.

In 2010 Lindeman won both the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney and the Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW. In 2011 and 2013 he was finalist in the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales and finalist in the National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, in 2013. In 2016 Lindeman was awarded the Arts and Cultural Development Fund, Arts NSW and the Arts Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts.