Christopher McClelland
Artist Name: | Christopher McClelland |
Main Focus: | Painting |
Usual Style: | Contemporary |
Usual Medium: | Oil |
Art Group: | Wildlife Art Society of Australasia |
State: | Western Australia |
Region: | Perth Region |
Exhibits Art: | Yes |
Online Sales: | Yes |
Tuition: | Yes |
Commissions: | Yes |
Background
Christopher McClelland, has exhibited widely within Australia and also in exhibitions of Australian art in London, Paris and New York. He has held eleven solo exhibitions and over 60 group exhibitions. His artworks are held in a variety of public, corporate and private collections both in Australia and overseas. Christopher studied Art at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne, the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne University. He is represented in Perth by Harvison Gallery, Brisbane St, North Perth. The latest works are open ended narratives that can be read on many levels. On one level they are simply an intuitive exploration of beauty and aesthetics. On a more conscious level, the works explore cultural identity, blending the whimsical with the atmospheric. The paintings are an eclectic mix of the past and present, the wide open spaces of Australia and the traditional images of French and Italian culture. For non-Indigenous Australians, there has always been the question of cultural identity and where we fit. "Over several years I have been travelling regularly to Italy and France. I have always felt a strong resonance with the art of the Renaissance and the European cultural traditions. The paintings by the early Renaissance artists such as Uccello, Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico and Perugino are particularly special to me. We would arrive back in Australia and literally feel like fish out of water. It was almost like a cultural identity crisis. I decided to represent this by juxtaposing symbols of the European tradition with representations of Western Australia: space, vast skies and oceans and endless highways cutting through dry flat scrub land."
Qualifications
Bachelor of Fine Art
Bachelor of Education in Creative Arts
Exhibitions:
2016: Group exhibition, Harvison Gallery, North Perth
2016 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2016: Soroptimist International Art Auction, Invitation Exhibition, Fremantle
2016: Vasse Art Award, Vasse, WA, finalist.
2016: Wannaroo Art Awards, WA, Finalist
2015 Solo Exhibition: Perugino and the Great Eastern Highway. Harvison Gallery, Brisbane St, Perth.
2015 Artist Chronicle, Invitation Exhibition in support of the homeless. Fremantle WA
2015 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2015 Finalist, City of Wannaroo Art awards
2014 Finalist, Town of Claremont Art Awards
2014 Solo Exhibition, A Fish out of Water: A Cultural Identity Crisis
Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle
2013 Solo Exhibition: Chrissie Parrott Arts, Perth
2013 Fremantle Festival, Mysteries of the Ocean, Invitation Exhibition
2013 Fremantle Heritage Festival Invitation Exhibition
2011 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2009 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2007 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2005 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2004 Solo Exhibition: Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2003 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2002 Redcliffe Art Award
2001 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
1999 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
1999 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1997 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1999 Soho Gallery Sydney
1996-2003 Qantas Lounge, Sydney international Airport
(Through Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Paddington, Sydney)
1998 Australian in New York Gelabert Studios New York
1998 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1997-1998 Australian in Paris Gallerie Miromesnil Paris
1997 Valerie Cohen Fine Art Paddington 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: SeymoreCentre Sydney
1994 Gold Coast Invitation award
1993 Gold Coast Invitation Exhibition Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1992 Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1992 Suncorp award Certificate of Distinction
1990 Jacaranda Gallery Grafton NSW
1990 Solo Exhibition: Artspace, Brisbane
1989 Tweed River Art Centre Murwillumbah NSW
1987 Artspace Brisbane
1985 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1982 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1980 Solo Exhibition: Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
Galleries:
Christopher McClelland is represented by Harvison Gallery, Brisbane Street, Perth and works from The Robertson Park Artist Studios, Fitzgerald Street, West Perth.
Art Shows:
2015 Solo Exhibition: Perugino and the Great Eastern Highway. Harvison Gallery, Brisbane St, Perth.
2015 Artist Chronicle, Invitation Exhibition in support of the homeless. Fremantle WA
2015 Fine Art at Hale, Annual invitation exhibition.
2015 Finalist, City of Wannaroo Art awards
2014 Finalist, Town of Claremont Art Awards
2014 Solo Exhibition, A Fish out of Water: A Cultural Identity Crisis
Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle
2013 Solo Exhibition: Chrissie Parrott Arts, Perth
2013 Fremantle Festival, Mysteries of the Ocean, Invitation Exhibition
2013 Fremantle Heritage Festival Invitation Exhibition
2011 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2009 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2007 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2005 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2004 Solo Exhibition: Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2003 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
2002 Redcliffe Art Award
2001 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
1999 Art Sans Frontieres Melbourne
1999 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1997 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1999 Soho Gallery Sydney
1996-2003 Qantas Lounge, Sydney international Airport
(Through Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Paddington, Sydney)
1998 Australian in New York Gelabert Studios New York
1998 Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney
1997-1998 Australian in Paris Gallerie Miromesnil Paris
1997 Valerie Cohen Fine Art Paddington 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: SeymoreCentre Sydney
1994 Gold Coast Invitation award
1993 Gold Coast Invitation Exhibition Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1992 Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1992 Suncorp award Certificate of Distinction
1990 Jacaranda Gallery Grafton NSW
1990 Solo Exhibition: Artspace, Brisbane
1989 Tweed River Art Centre Murwillumbah NSW
1987 Artspace Brisbane
1985 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1982 Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
1980 Solo Exhibition: Chetwynd Gallery North Melbourne
Art Work in Private Collections:
Christopher ‘s artworks are held in a variety of public, corporate and private collections both in Australia and overseas.
Awards & Achievements Include:
Redcliffe Art prize, Qld.
Mosman Art Prize, Sydney.
Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton.
Suncorp Art Award, Brisbane
Scholl Art Prize, Mt Eliza, Victoria
External Website:
http://www.christophermcclellandartist.comContact the Artist
Email Address
chrism@westnet.com.au