I am honoured to have won the Best Artwork Award at the recent Fine Art at Hale show. The judges were unanimous in their decision with the following comment in regard to the work:
"This is a stand-out winning piece - expansive in the breadth of its imagery and sense of movement, yet also intimate in the way it draws the viewer into a personal appreciation of the fluidity and translucence of the rolling waves. This is the work of a mature artist moving with ease and a sense of lyricism through his range to capture the essence what is clearly a deeply-felt subject".
"This is a stand-out winning piece - expansive in the breadth of its imagery and sense of movement, yet also intimate in the way it draws the viewer into a personal appreciation of the fluidity and translucence of the rolling waves. This is the work of a mature artist moving with ease and a sense of lyricism through his range to capture the essence what is clearly a deeply-felt subject".
Christopher McClelland has exhibited widely within Australia and also in exhibitions of Australian Art in London, Paris and New York. He has held seventeen solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions. His artworks are held in a variety of public, corporate and private collections both in Australia and overseas. He studied Art at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne University. He has also completed studies in academic drawing and painting at The Florence Art Studio, Florence, Italy and the Paris Academy of Art, Paris, France. Currently based in Perth, Western Australia, he works from The Robertson Park Artist Studios, Fitzgerald St, West Perth.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 'Out of the Park' Stala Contemporary Gallery, West Perth (with the artists of Robertson Park Artists Studio)
2020 Finalist SBS Portrait Award, Mornington, Victoria.
2020 Fine Art at Hale, Invitation Exhibition
2019 'Decompression' Holmes a Court Gallery, West Perth (with the artists of Robertson Park Artists Studio)
2019 Open Studio, Robertson Park Artists Studio
2019 Winner, Best Artwork, Fine Art at Hale.
2019 Finalist, Claremont Art Awards.
2019 Finalist, Lethbridge Art Awards, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Finalist, Minnawarra Art Awards, WA.
2019 Invitation Exhibition 'Essence of Rottnest' Holmes a Court Gallery, West Perth
2019 Group show, The Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
2019 Fine Art at Hale, Invitation Exhibition
2018 Group show, The Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
2018 Soroptimist International Invitation Exhibition, Fremantle
2018 Fine Art at Hale, Invitation Exhibition
2018 Group Exhibition, Robertson Park Artists Studio
2018 Solo exhibition, An Exploration of Cultural Identity, Florence, Italy.
2017 Group Exhibition, Robertson Park Artists Studio
2017 Fine Art at Hale, Invitation Exhibition
2017 Group Exhibition, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2016 Solo Exhibition Burnt Earth and Rose, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2016 Group Exhibition, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2016 Soroptimist International Art Invitation Exhibition Fremantle
2016 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2015 Solo Exhibition Perugino and the Great Eastern Highway, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2015 Group Exhibition, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2015 Soroptimist International Art Invitation Exhibition, Fremantle
2015 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2014 Solo Exhibition A Fish out of Water, Kidogo Art House, Fremantle.
2014 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2014 Group Exhibition, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2013 Solo Exhibition Recent works, Kidogo Art House, Fremantle.
2013 Group Exhibition, Harvison Gallery, Perth.
2013 Fremantle Festival, Mysteries of the Ocean, Invitation Exhibition
2013 Fremantle Heritage Festival Invitation Exhibition
2009 Solo Exhibition Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2007 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2005 Solo Exhibition Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2004 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2003 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2001 Solo Exhibition Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
1999 Solo Exhibition Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1999 Soho Gallery Sydney
1999 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1998 Australian in New York Gelabert Studios New York
1998 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1997-1998 Australian in Paris Gallerie Miromesnil Paris
1996-2003 Qantas Lounge, Sydney international Airport (Through Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Paddington, Sydney)
1997 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1996 Solo Exhibition Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1996 Australian in London Mall Galleries, London
1996 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1994 Solo Exhibition Seymore Centre Sydney
1993 Gold Coast Invitation Exhibition Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1992 Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1990 Jacaranda Gallery Grafton NSW
1989 Solo Exhibition Artspace Brisbane
1989 Tweed River Art Centre
1984 Solo Exhibition Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1983 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1981 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1977 Manyung Gallery. Mt Eliza, Victoria
AWARDS
2020 Finalist SBS Portrait Award, Southern Buoy Galleries, Mornington, Victoria.
2019 Winner, Best artwork, Fine Art at Hale.
2019 Finalist, Claremont Art Award WA
2019 Finalist, Lethbridge $20,000 Small Scale Art Awards,
Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Finalist, Minnawarra Art awards WA
2017 Finalist Stirling Art Award WA
2017 Finalist Town of Claremont Art Award WA
2017 Finalist Minawarra Art Awards WA
2016 Finalist Claremont Art Award WA
2016 Finalist Vasse Art Award WA
2016 Finalist City of Wannaroo Art Awards WA
2015 Finalist City of Wannaroo Art awards WA
2015 Finalist Claremont Art Award
2014 Finalist Claremont Art Award
2002 Finalist Redcliffe Art Award
2001 Winner Redcliffe Art prize
1999 Finalist, Jacaranda Drawing Award
1996 Finalist, Jacaranda Drawing Award
1994 Finalist Gold Coast Invitation award
1994 Finalist, Jacaranda Drawing Award
1993 Winner Mosman Art Prize
1992 Finalist, Jacaranda Drawing Award
1992 Suncorp Art Award Finalist and Certificate of Distinction
1991 Suncorp Art Award Finalist
1990 Scholl Art Award
COLLECTIONS
Works contained in several corporate, public and private collections in Australia, USA and Europe, including:
Anglican Church Grammar Brisbane
Prestige Properties Sydney
Island Films Sydney
Berkeley Corporation Sydney
Lumley Insurance Group Sydney
All saints Anglican School, Gold Coast QLD
Seattle Community College California USA
Hale School, Perth
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
2017 Featured Artist, Coffee Table Book 'Artists of Perth' Premium Publishers
2017 Art Facts Featured Artist, The West Australian
2016 Exhibition Review Western Suburbs Weekly Perth
2016 Exhibition Review The Advocate Perth
2015 Exhibition Review Fremantle Gazette
2015 Exhibition Review Featured Artist, The West Australian
2014 Featured Artist Artsource Magazine
2014 Featured Artist, Stirling Times Perth
2008 Review The Age Melbourne
1999 Review Sydney Morning Herald
STUDIES
2018 Academic Drawing Studies The Florence Art Studio, Florence, Italy
2018 Academic Painting Studies The Paris Academy of Art, Paris, France
1976 - 1979 Bachelor of Education (Creative Arts) University of Melbourne
1973 - 1975 Melbourne, Bachelor of Fine Arts Victorian College of the Arts