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