About

Chris’s work seeks to examine “the plurality” of objects; objects behind the societal and historical threads apparent in our cultural nostalgia.  Offering a playful critique of our relationship and understanding of these objects and their histories, including how they are used to engage audiences by a multitude of players and how they reflect on our status in society. This ultimate romanticism of the past bears little resemblance to the actual lived experience. Here also, Chris looks at ideas of the body and its interplay with commerce and culture.
 Across a diverse range of influences, Chris draws upon 18th Century porcelain, contemporary consumer culture, and politics, right down to personal memories and objects. Chris utilises these to comment on the dystopian and, in some ways, core aspects of contemporary life, all the while seeking to actively engage the audience’s curiosity.



Bio

Education

1984-86 SCA, BA Visual arts

1988-91 UTS, post-grad Diploma Design Studies

2011-12 SCA, (Syd Uni) MSA (Sculpture and Video)

Selected Exhibitions

1986-1995 selected group and solo painting shows at Kinesis gallery and

                  Celf gallery, Leichhardt and Enmore

2006          Solo show, Blankspace (painting)

2006         Sculpture by the Sea finalist

2008          Woollahra Small sculpture Prize  Finalist    

                  ACCP group show, Melbourne (painting)

2009          Sculpture by the Sea finalist “everything I see”

2010          UWS Sculpture Prize Finalist “Baroque skate ramp”

2012          UWS Sculpture Prize Finalist, Winner People’s Choice Award “Rabbit”

2012          Graduate show MSA, Sydney College of the Arts.

2014          UWS Sculpture Prize Finalist. Wookie man “borderlands”
 
2017           AIR: Four Elements. Manly Art Gallery
 
2018           Solo show “Kingdom of God” Vandal gallery Redfern. Part of Art Month
 
2018           UWS sculpture prize finalist “Monkey Conductor”
 
2020           Urban screens “video works x 4” various locations Sydney
 
2021           Schmick Gallery group show “ATARI MODERN”- “Deceased estate”
 
2021           Coffs Harbour regional gallery “stills” finalist. “Deceased estate”
 
2021           Fishers Ghost award finalist “Deceased Estate”
 
2022           CICA Museum Seoul, Korea. Group show. “Hotdog man”
 
2022           “how come you only want tomorrow” Solo. Schmick Contemporary

                  
Work in both Public and Private Collections.
Represented by SchmickContemporary