CHRISTINE WREST SMITH B.F.A (Hons)
Represented by Australian Galleries Melbourne and Sydney
| Born in Melbourne | |
| Training: |
Private Artist 1995-2000 Study Tour: London 1997 University of NSW Anatomy School Drawing workshop2001 |
| Education: |
BFA (Hons) Monash University.2003-06 Monash University, Prato Italy 2004 CraneoCreacion, Seville, Spain 2018 |
| Residencies: |
Montsalvat 2011 The Vault Mildura 2015, 2016 SharkValley Institute, Kangaroo Valley NSW 2019 |
| Exhibitions: (Solo) |
Australian Galleries Melbourne 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2024 Australian Galleries Sydney 2013, 2020 The Art Vault Mildura 20l4, 20l7 Australian Galleries Online Exhibition 2016, 2023 Lyceum Club Melbourne 2013, 2016 Masterworks Prize Exhibition Eltham 2012 Light Factory Gallery June 2011 Without Pier Gallery March 2011 69 Smith St Gallery July 2009 Mitchelton Gallery August 2008 Red Gallery April-May 2008 Benalla Regional Art Gallery Feb 2008 Fresh gallery April 2006 RMIT Pit Space 2006 Monash University Runt Space Gallery 2006 Cato Gallery Victorian Artists Society 2000 |
| Exhibitions: (Group) |
Maritime Art Prize 2023 Rick Amor Potrait Prize Finalist 2022 Gallipoli Art Prize 2022 Fishers Ghost Art Award 2022 Burrinja Gallery For the Love of Trees 2022 Beaver Galleries Canberra Guest Artist Christmas show 2021 Naked and Nude Manning Reg Gallery 2021 Lester Prize Gallery of WA 2021 Salon des refuses Sydney Finalist 2003, 2020, 2021, 2022 Len Fox Pize Castlemaine Reg Gallery 2019, 2022 Calleen Portrait prize Cowra Reg Gallery 2019 Australian Galleries About the land 2019 Australian Galleries Melbourne PaperMade 2019 Australian Galleries Summer show 2018 Shirley Hannan Portrait Award Bega Reg 2018, 2020 Australian Galleries Sydney, Sculpture small and medium scale Percival Portrait Prize 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 Doug Moran Semifinalist 2014, 2016, 2017 Australian Galleries Flock June 2016 Glenmore Percival Prize Townsville 2014, 2016 Portia Geach Prize 2015 Outstanding Women Artists 2015 She Exhibition Walker St Gallery 2015 Doug Moran Portrait Prize Semi-Finalist 2014, 2016 Australian Galleries Derby St One of Each 2014 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2014 Flanagan Prize 2014 Marvelous Melbourne March 2014, 2017 McClelland Regional Gallery Airborn 2013 Australian Galleries Centenary show 2013 Mortimore Prize 2012-13 Masterworks Contemporary prize 2011, 2012 Nillumbik Prize 2010, 2012, 2013 Savage Club Melbourne July 2010 Monash University Graduate show 2005, 2006 Monash University Prato Italy 2004 Salon des refuses Sydney Finalist 2003 Victorian Hidden Faces 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2010 Victorian Artists Society Artist of the Year 1998-2003 AME Bale Scholarship Finalist Glen Eira Gallery 1998 Victorian Artist's Society (VAS) 1995-2005 AME Bale Oil Section Finalist 1995, 1997 |
| Collections: |
Cowra Regional Gallery Melbourne University Carlton Western General Hospital Footscray Epworth Hospital Richmond Court Network Victoria Preston Corporate Centre |
| Awards: |
Rick Amor Portrait Prize Highly Commended 2022
Masterworks Contemporary Exhibition 2011- Winner Peoples choice VAS Spring Exhibition 2010-Winner Savage Club Melbourne July 2010 -Best Work on Paper -Second Prize Over All Categories Nillumbik Prize July 2010- Highly Commended VAS Artist of the Year 2002 VAS Gordon Moffat award 1998 |
| Bibliography: |
Archives of Australian Artists, State Library of Victoria
Australian Artist magazine January 1997 "Portrait of A Lady Who Canvasses", The Age newspaper May 16th 2002 pp3 "First Right of Refusals" The Herald Sun newspaper May 22nd 2002, pp51 Nelson. R, "Judges Prefer Horrors Over Jewels" ,The Age newspaper December 7th 2002 Nelson. R, "The Archibald Prize", The Age newspaper, December 22nd, 2004 "Sketching for their supper", The Age Newspaper, January 31, 2005 Plant. S, "Our Own Faces", Herald Sun, A&E May 31, 2010 |
| Websites: |
www.christinewrestsmith.com.au www.australiangalleries.com.au/artists/christine-wrest-smith/ |
