Chris Denton

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'Three from the void 2' by Chris Denton	Bio Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Awards and Commissions Collections Artwork Printable CV Bio 1950 - Born Birmingham, UK 1979 - Moved to Australia 1988-94 - Contract printer, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra 1991-93 - Technical assistant, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra Board Member, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra 1992-93 - Chairman, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra 1993 - Tutor in printmaking, World Education Fellowship summer school, Frensham College, Mittagong, NSW 1993-97 - Digital graphic artist, The Australian Design Group, Canberra 1994 - Artist-in-residence, Rigalto Studios and Printmaking Workshop, Perugia, Italy Jury member, 14th Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain 1997-98 - Contract printer, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra 1998 - Artist-in-residence, Canberra Grammar School, ACT 2000 - Visiting artist, National Art School, Sydney 2000-01 - Visiting artist, Hornsby TAFE, NSW 2001 - Sessional lecturer in printmaking, National Art School, Sydney 2003-04 - Printer, Edition and Artist Book Studio, Canberra School of Art, ANU 1991-2006 - Printer to Jörg Schmeisser, former Head of Printmaking, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University Back to top Solo Exhibitions 2010 - Ivy Hill Gallery, Wapengo, NSW 2009 - “Material Void”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 2006 - “from the Void”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 2003 - “Beyond the Fence”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 1999 - “From the Secret Garden”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 1996 - "Every wall tells a story”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 1995 - “Pictures of numbers”, Editions Southbank Galleries, Melbourne 1994 - “Ceremony”, Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain 1994 - “Ceremony”, Jan Jones Contemporary Art, Bowral, NSW 1992 - Chairman’s Lounge, Australian Airlines, Canberra 1989 - “burnt landscape series”, Dorette’s Bistro, Canberra Back to top Group Exhibitions 2011 Alexandria International Biennale for Minature Graphics, Egypt International Graphic Art Biennale Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia 2009 The First Alexandria International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Egypt 2008 International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovic, Serbia and Montenegro Footprint Biennial International Print Competition, Norwalk, California, USA 7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print, Sofia, Bulgaria Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Christchurch, NZ 2007 Internationale Biennale of Small Graphics and ExLibris, Ostrów Wielkopolskiego, Poland “Nature Mort”, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne “Inky and Scratchy”, Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ International Graphic Art Biennale Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia International Small Engraving Exhibition, Cremona, Italy International Engraving Biennial of Douro, Alijo, Portugal 2006 British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Dumfries, UK 2005 International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Hawaii, USA International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania “Small Graphic Forms”, Lodz, Poland International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary International Contemporary Print Biennale Trois Rivières, Québec, Canada Internationale Biennale of Small Graphics and ExLibris, Ostrów Wielkopolskiego, Poland International Biennial of Miniature Art, Nikšic, Serbia & Montenegro International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovic, Serbia & Montenegro International Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria 2004 “National Works on Paper”, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA “Studio One - the Collection”, Canberra Museum and Gallery Graphium Mini Print International, Timisoara, Romania Contemporary Miniature Art Retrospective, Montélimar, France “Triennial - 100 Cities”, Ostrzeszow, Poland 2003 Egyptian International Print Triennale, Giza, Egypt International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovic, Serbia & Montenegro Intergraphia World Award Winners Gallery, Niepolomice, Poland International Small Engraving Salon, Maramues, Romania International Miniature Exhibition, Timosoara, Romania International Graphic Trienniale, Bitola, Macedonia 2002 Intergraphia World Award Winners Gallery, Torun, Poland 2001 International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary “New Wave”, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne “Imagining the Body”, Camberwell College of Art, UK “Triennial - Continents”, Walbrych, Poland 2000 Intergraphia World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland International Print Triennial, Cracow, Poland British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, UK International Art Triennial, Majdanek, Poland International Print Exhibition, Amadora, Portugal Artfair 2000, Melbourne (Beaver Galleries, Canberra) Cheju International Prints Art Festival, South Korea International Exhibition of Mini-Graphic and Painting, Pisa, Italy 1999 “Small Graphic Forms”, Lodz, Poland International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania German International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway 1998 Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA “National Works on Paper”, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic Asia Print Adventure '98, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan International Culture Exchange Exhibition, Bungeishunjiyu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti, Finland Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia Biennial of Graphic Art Beograd ‘98, Belgrade, Yugoslavia International Miniature Print Exhibit '98, Barcelona, Spain Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne (Beaver Galleries, Canberra) 1997 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Hawaii, USA International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, USA Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia International Art Triennial, Majdanek, Poland British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, UK International Miniature Print Competition, Connecticut, USA International Culture Exchange Exhibition, Omori Bell Gallery, Tokyo; Kotsuukaikan Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania Contemporary Art Fair, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra (Beaver Galleries) International Print Triennial, Cracow, Poland Intergraphia World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland 1996 International Miniature Art Biennial, Québec, Canada Annual Exhibition of International Contemporary Prints, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne (Beaver Galleries, Canberra) Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan International Book Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand 1995 Third Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India “Partners in Print”, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne “Consumenta '95”, Nuremberg, Germany International Mini-Print Triennial, Tokyo, Japan “Contemporary Prints of Japan and the World”, Yokohama, Japan Kanagawa International Prints Festival, Yokohama, Japan “Heaven by a String”, Robb Street Gallery, Bairnsdale, Vic Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain 1994 International Gallery of Contemporary Printmaking, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA "The print, the press, the artist and the printer", the Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra 3rd International Triennial of Small Format Prints, Chamalières, France British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, UK (awarded prize) Intergraphia '94 World Award Winners Gallery, Katowice, Poland International Print Triennial, Cracow, Poland British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, UK 1993 Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain Canberra Contemporary Art Fair, the Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra 18th Annual Fremantle Print Award, WA International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Taipei, Republic of China City of Richmond Acquisitive Art Award, Melbourne Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Japan International Book Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand 1992 Raft Press Book Project, National Library of Australia, Canberra Prints Acquisitive Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic City of Richmond Acquisitive Art Award, Melbourne Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain 1991 International Miniature Print Biennial, New York, USA International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Taipei, Republic of China Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain 1988 Prints Acquisitive Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic 1987 Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic 1986 Prints Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic 1985 Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic Back to top Awards and Commissions 2008 - Jurors’ Prize, 1st Footprint Biennial International Print Competition, Norwalk, USA 2007 - Special Award, Internationale Biennale of Small Graphics and ExLibris, Ostrów Wielkopolskiego, Poland 2006 - Highly commended, British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Dumfries, UK Commission, Ventracor, Sydney 2005 - Award Nominee, Internationale Biennale of Small Graphics and ExLibris, Ostrów Wielkopolskiego, Poland 2003 - Finalist, International Small Engraving Salon, Maramures, Romania First prize (graphics) International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovic, Serbia & Montenegro 2001 - Honourable Mention (drawing), International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary 2000 - Semifinalist, International Exhibition of Mini-Graphic and Painting, Pisa, Italy 1999 - First Prize (Print), Tyree-Tycan Open Art Prize, Bowral, NSW 1998 - General Grant, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Canberra 1997 - Commission, McClintock’s Window, Australia Council/National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra Purchase Award, International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, USA Purchase Award, Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Hawaii, USA 1996 - Grand Prize, Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature, Québec, Canada 1995 - Canberra, Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne Exchange Portfolio, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne General Grant, ACT Cultural Council, Canberra General Grant, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Canberra 1994 - Commission, Limited Edition Corporate Greeting Cards, Editions Southbank Galleries, Melbourne Prize, British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, UK 1993 - Prize, Bowral Art Gallery Miniature Exhibition, NSW Prize, 13th Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain 1992 - Subscriber Print Commission, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne 1988 - 10:1 Print Project, Studio One Printmaking Workshop, Canberra 100 x 100 Bicentennial Print Portfolio, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne Back to top Collections National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Library of Australia, Canberra Artbank, Sydney Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra Canberra Museum and Art Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne Print Council of Australia, Vic Australian National University, Canberra Queensland University of Technology, Qld Australian Catholic University Canberra Institute of the Arts City of Richmond, Vic Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld Griffith University, Qld Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Vic Mildura Regional Art Gallery, Vic Naracoorte Regional Art Gallery, SA Charles Darwin University, NT Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Vic City of Richmond, Melbourne ANA Hotels Canson Pty Ltd Commonwealth Club, ACT National Australia Bank Barker Gosling Legal Group Caloundra State High School, Qld Canberra Grammar School Geelong Grammar School, Vic MacRobertson Girls High School, Vic International Miniature Print Biennial, Québec, Canada Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt Association Musée d'Art Contemporain, Chamalières, France Municipal Museum of Art, Györ, Hungary Rigalto Studios and Print workshop, Perugia, Italy Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan Central Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway National Museum, Cracow, Poland City Art Gallery, Lodz, Poland State Museum, Majdanek, Poland Engraving Museum of Douro, Alijo, Portugal Florean Museum, Maramures, Romania Timisoara Faculty of Arts, Romania Union of Fine Artists, Cluj, Romania Bashkortosan State Art Museum, Ufa, Russia The Cultural Centre, Gomji Milanovac, Serbia The City Gallery, Uzice, Serbia Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Off-Centre Gallery, Bristol, England University of Hull, Yorkshire, England Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, USA Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, USA.
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