Gary Christian
Gary Christian, a distinguished painter and sculptor with twenty years experience, has had 17 solo
exhibitions - in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart. His work has been hung in
prestigious exhibitions and awards and he has undertaken numerous sculpture commissions.
Recent works include a sculpture commission for Mount Annan Botanic Gardens ’Figures in the
Landscape’’,
‘The Atomic Family’ for The University of Western Sydney,
‘Furnace’, for the Corrimal Cokeworks Hundred Year Centenary and
a 50 mtr high sculptural façade designed in collaboration with architects, Fitzpatrick and Partners, for
33 Bligh Street, Sydney.
In 2009 he won the Santos Sculpture Award and installed a wall sculpture, commissioned by Multiplex,
at No 1 Shelley Street, Darling Harbour.
Christian has full public liability, personal insurance, a NSW construction green card, and a good
working relationship with an architect and engineer.
1999 Moved studio to Jamberoo, NSW
1986 Moved studio to Sydney
1977-1979 Studied painting and drawing at Prahran College of Art, Melbourne
1954 Born in Melbourne Victoria
Commissions
2012 Sculpture for Royal Botanical Gardens Mount Annan NSW
2011 33 Bligh St Sydney, building facade sculpture
in collaboration with Fitzpatrick+Partners, Architects
Commissioned by Investa
2011 Corrimal Cokeworks Centenary Sculpture, Corrimal, NSW
Commissioned by The Illawarra Coke Company
2009 Santos Sculpture Award, Roma, Queensland
2008 Wall sculpture, King Street Wharf, Sydney,
commissioned by Multiplex
2004 Sculpture Commission, Wong House, Sydney,
commissioned by Fitzpatrick+Partners
1999 Lobby Sculpture, 320 Adelaide Street, Brisbane,
commissioned by Remco Pty Ltd
1998 Lobby Sculpture, NRMA House, 388 George Street, Sydney
commissioned by AMP
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Depot II Gallery, Sydney
2006 Depot II Gallery, Sydney
2005 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2002 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
1998 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
1997 Despard Gallery, Hobart
1996 Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
Sea-Saw Sculpture Show
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
1995 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1994 Despard Gallery, Hobart
1994 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1993 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1991 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1990 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1988 DC Art, Sydney
1988 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 Sawmiller Sculpture Show McMahons Pt Sydney
Stanthorpe Art Prize Regional Art Gallery QLD
Lorne Small Sculpture Show Lorne Victoria
2013 Yering Station Sculpture Show
Janet Clayton Gallery Sydney
insitu sculpture at Mosman Sydney
Hunters Hill, Harbour Sculpture Show
Nth Sydney Art Prize
2012 Woollahra Small sculpture Prize Sydney
Swell Sculpture Prize, Queensland
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Queensland
University of Western Sydney Sculpture Prize NSW
2011 Montalto Sculpture Prize Vic
Swell Sculpture Prize, Queensland
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Queenslan2010 Sawmiller Sculpture Prize, Nth Sydney
2010 Waterhouse Art Prize, SA Museum
2009 Banyule Work On Paper Award, Banyule City Council, Melbourne
Waterhouse Art Prize, SA Museum
Hobart City Art Prize, Hobart Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania
Poimenia Gallery Art Prize, Launceston Grammar, Tasmania
2008 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
John Leslie Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
Waterhouse Art Prize, SA Museum, Adelaide
2007 Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Waterhouse Art Prize, SA Museum, Adelaide
Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2003 Sculpture by the Sea-Sculpture Prize, Bondi, Sydney
Tim Olsen Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2001 Sculpture by the Sea-Sculpture Prize, Bondi, Sydney
Meet 2 x 2, Tim Olsen Gallery Paddington, Sydney
2000 Sculpture by the Sea-Sculpture Prize, Bondi, Sydney
1999 Inside Outside Sculpture Show, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University,
Sydney
1998 Sculpture Show, Lake Macquarie City Gallery, NSW
1997 Xmas Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart
Sculpture by the Sea-Sculpture Prize, Bondi, Sydney
1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, Open Studio, Sydney
Mixed Palette, Despard Gallery, Hobart
Artists on the Beach, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1992 Xmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1990 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
1988 DC Art, Woollahra, Sydney
1987 DC Art, Woollahra, Sydney
1986 Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
Selected Bibliography
2012 Kiama independent 24/10/12 Danielle Cetinski
2012 Illwarra Mercury 21/03/12 Greg Ellis
2011 Australian Financial Review 07/06/11 Robert Harley
2010 Illawarra Mercury, Michelle Webster
Australian Imaginings Anthology of Painting and Poetry
Jill Bryant, Hodder Headline Australia
Arts Unlimited, Vol 2, No 3
Images in Contemporary Australian Art
Neville Drury, Craftsman House
1998 The SMH, Bruce James
1993 Canberra Times, Sonia Barron
1992 The Australian, Elwyn Lynn
1991 The SMH, Jo Saurin
1991 The Australian, Elwyn Lynn
1990 Australian Jewish News, Dian Lloyd