EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts Northern Territory University Darwin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South
Wales Sydney
Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
2006 Two Way:Aartist & Mentors fireworks gallery Brisbane
2005 The Dark and The Light II fireworks gallery Brisbane
Hell and High Culture Gallery Gondwana Sydney
Shoosh! The History of the Campfire Group Institute of Modern
Art Brisbane
Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works fireworks gallery
Brisbane
Smoke: Campfire Group Exhibition Despard Gallery Hobart
2004 Lines III fireworks gallery Brisbane
Ian Waldron Kimberley Art Melbourne
Spirit & Vision Sammlung Essl Vienna Austria
From Gulf to Desert Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs
2003 Great Art Exhibition Dusseldorf Germany
Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Invitation Art Prize Gold Coast City
Art
Rain Over Delta NEWflames studio exhibition fireworks gallery
Brisbane
A Few Good Men fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne
The 20th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory Darwin NT and Art
Award Tour Celebrating 20 years
Northern Lights: works from the northern coastlines of Australia
fireworks gallery Brisbane
Big Country – Masters Exhibition Gallery Gondwana Alice
Springs
What have you done lately (to change the situation?) fireworks
gallery Brisbane
95-02 The 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th National
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
Darwin
Gulf of Carpentaria Meets the Gold Coast Thornquest Gallery Gold
Coast
Of This Country Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin
2001 Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
Art Award Melbourne Museum Melbourne VIC and Tandanya National
Aboriginal Cultural Institute Adelaide
The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery Canberra
2000 Sydney Olympic SOCOG Exhibition Australian Museum at Customs
House Gallery Sydney
1996 Alice Prize Alice Springs
Australian National University Canberra
Dobell Drawing Award NSW Art Gallery Sydney
Westpac Gallery Performing Arts Centre Melbourne
S.R. Erwin Gallery Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery and Museum Brisbane
Tandanya Cultural Centre Adelaide
AWARDS & PRIZES
2003 NEWflames Residency with fireworks gallery
Painting selected for inclusion to the Telstra National Aboriginal
and
Torres Strait Islander Art Award Tour – Celebrating 20 years
2002 Regional Quick Response Grant Queensland Arts Council
1996 Australia Council Arts Grant
1995 Open Painting Award Winner 12th National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait
Islander Art Award Darwin
COLLECTIONS
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Richard Homes Law Faculty Northern Territory University Darwin
University of Victoria British Columbia Canada
Private Collections Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Portugal,
France, Canada, United Kingdom
COMMISSIONS
2004 Gold Coast Conference and Exhibition Centre Two paintings
for the foyer (2.5m x 5m each)
BOOK COVER
Harris, Bede A New Constitution for Australia Cavendish Publishing
Limited London 2002
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Spirit & Vision - Aboriginal Art Sammlung Essl Vienna 2004
exhibition catalogue
Grosse Kunst, Ausstellung Dusseldorf Dusseldorf 2003 exhibition
catalogue
Chapman, K., Watching The Rain Over Delta 2003 catalogue essay
Transitions - 17 Years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art Travelling Exhibition Museum and Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory Darwin 2000 exhibition catalogue
The 12th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Dawrin 1995 exhibition
catalogue
Waldron, I., Pen and Ink Sketches of Townsville (Twelve historical
buildings of Townsville) Queensland 1980
Some
days are nothing but Road Works…
These works are about travelling, the Australian landscape, the
mysterious terrain of the artist’s memory laid down on canvas.
Stylistically they are an interesting mix of very traditional
painting in an abstract composition, with a strong suggestion
of landscape. The atmospheric, romantic feel reflects the element
of reminiscence, a melding of memory with dog-eared snap shots.
Exaggerated colour captures the essence of the emotion trapped
in that one place, regardless of the years that have passed. Individual
titles suggest a location, an event, a conversation, etched on
the artists mind. Childhood journeys link up with last week-ends
fishing trip, documenting a single, continuous path.
Katrina
Chapman
November 2005 |
