About
My art practice focuses on found materials and the inconclusive meaning of fading and wear. I tease this meaning out through drawing, painting, collage, assemblage and installation - whereby materials transform into the so-called durable object.
Chris Carmody
b. 1986
Education
2009
Combined Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Visual Arts with 1st Class Honours in Painting, Canberra School of Art (CSA) Australian National University (ANU)
Awards
M16 Art Space Drawing Prize CAPO Award, 2017
Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Contemporary Art Award, 2012
Canberra Contemporary Art Space (CCAS) Emerging Artist Support Scheme, Artist in Residence 2010
Honours Painting Studio Endowment Scholarship, Jointly Awarded, 2009
Exhibitions & Displays
Book Fades for Zillmere, 29 Jul - 28 Aug 2023, Zillmere Library, Cnr Jennings Street and Zillmere Road, Zillmere, Brisbane, QLD
Genre Painting, 6 - 31 January 2017, Atelier Artisan Made - Lyttelton Stores, 1 Badgery Cres. Lawson, Blue Mountains, NSW
Verbatim, 04 - 22 Feb 2015, ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Pl, Dickson, ACT
Hiatus Hill, 07 - 16 Nov 2014, 136 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, Melbourne, VIC
Proportionate Display, 28 Jul - 24 Aug 2014, J B Chifley Library Display Cabinet, ANU, ACT
Untitled Display, Art Library Exhibition Cabinet, 28 Apr - 14 May 2012, CSA, Acton, ACT
CCAS Emerging Artists Showcase, Oct 2011 - Feb 2012 Majura Wines, 314 Majura rd. ACT
Like A Rolling Ball, 31 Mar - 10 Apr 2011 CCAS Artist in Residence Solo Show, CCAS Manuka, ACT
Group Exhibitions
Highlights from the ANU art collection, 4 - 20 Dec 2020, Drill Hall Gallery, Kingsley St, Acton, ACT
The Alice Prize, 17 Apr - 3 Aug 2020, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Elegy for Winter, 13 - 30 Jun 2019, curated by Annika Harding, M16 Artspace, Griffith, ACT
RED, BLUE and GREEN, 27 Feb - 21 Mar 2018, Liverpool Street Gallery, 243a Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, NSW
Contour 556, 5 - 28 Oct 2018, Canberra Public Art Festival, Bowen Place, ACT
Out of Bounds, 18 May - 10 Jun 2018, Artist Expose Program, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
Spectrum, curated by Natasha McDonald, 1 - 28 May 2018, Prompt Gallery, University Avenue, ANU, ACT
Vivienne Binns: it is what it is what it is, 17 Mar - 14 Apr 2018, Sutton Gallery, 254 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, VIC
M16 Drawing Prize, Dec 2017, '13, '12, M16 ArtSpace, Griffith, ACT
I Can See Russia From Here, 07 - 24 Jun 2017, TCB Art Inc. lv 1, 12 Waratah St, Melbourne, VIC
Repurpose, 11 Nov - 18 Dec 2016, Drill Hall Gallery, ACT
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, 29 Oct - 15 Dec 2016, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Crn of Queen and Broughton St, Campbelltown, NSW
Mount Wilson Spring Blossom Festival, 24 - 25 Sept 2016, Mt Wilson Village Hall, The Avenue, Blue Mountains, NSW
Settin' the Pace, curated by James Erskine, 3 - 29 Sep 2016, Liverpool Street Gallery, 243a Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, NSW
Quick Draw! Fundraising Auction, 9 Jul 2016, CCAS Gorman House, ACT
PIN 6, annual exhibition of artist-made miniature wearable artworks, 30 Jun - 10 Jul 2015, ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Pl, Dickson, ACT
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, 31 Oct - 12 Dec 2015, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
sPIN, annual Pin exhibition, 24 Jun - 5 Jul 2015, ANCA Gallery, ACT
Going Steady, curated by Annika Harding, 18 Mar - 2 Apr 2015, ANCA Gallery, ACT
East Row Museum, curated by Yasmin Masri and Julia Johnson for You Are Here Festival, 18 - 22 Mar 2015, Garema Place, ACT
Wanderlust, 19 June - 6 July 2014, curated by Annika Harding, M16 ArtSpace, 21 Blaxland St Griffith, ACT
Play Nice, curated by Oscar Capezio for You Are Here Festival, 20 Mar 2014, 'The Money Bin' Petrie Plaza, Canberra City, ACT
CCAS Members’ Show, Nov 2013, ‘12, ‘11, ‘10, ‘04, CCAS Manuka, 19 Furneaux St Manuka, ACT
BackBurning, Survey of former Artists in Residence for Canberra Centenary Program, 4 Oct - 9 Nov 2013, CCAS Gorman House, Braddon ACT
Word of Mouth: Encounters with Abstraction, 23 Jun - 19 Aug 2012, Canberra Museum and Gallery, London Circuit, ACT
Double Hitch, group show, 29 Apr - 1 May 2011, Canberra 13th Scout Hall, O’Connor, ACT
Blaze 5, CCAS 2010 Emerging Artists group show, 18 Feb - 2 Apr 2011, CCAS Gorman House, ACT
The Zero Dollar Show, 11 - 16 Jan 2011, West Space Gallery, Melbourne Central, VIC
HP-09, Recent Graduates Exhibition 26 - 30 Oct 2010, CSA Foyer Gallery, ANU, ACT
Joint Flux Pus, 12 - 22 Aug 2010, (Contribution to work by Liang Luscombe), CCAS Manuka, ACT
Graduating Exhibition [Honours], 4 - 13 Dec 2009, CSA, ANU, ACT
Outside, July 2009, curated by Julia Boyd, PhotoSpace Gallery, CSA, ANU, ACT
Jan Brown Drawing Prize, 25 Aug - 5 Sep 2009, '07, '06, '04, CSA Foyer Gallery, ANU, ACT
Dynamism, (empty house show) July 2009, MacArthur Ave, O’Conner, ACT
Old Food Co-op Demolition Show, 2006, Kingsley St Acton, ACT
Community Projects
Artist in Residence, 12 - 26 Sep 2016, Frontyard Projects, 228 Illawarra Rd Marrickville, NSW
The Big 100, 11 Dec 2013, Gorman House Arts Centre, ACT
By The Book, 21 - 31 Mar 2013, Collaboration with Hands On Studio Artists for Community Art component of Qantas Foundation Award. Exhibited at M16 Art Space, ACT
Circles, 9 - 20 Oct 2012, Community Art Exhibition with the L’Arche Genesaret community for people with and without disability, Foyer Gallery CSA, ACT
Inter2change, July 2009, Extant Belconnen Bus Interchange, Belconnen Way, ACT