CHRIS DYSON
Born Perth WA 1952.
Education
1984 Bachelor of Fine Art Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1996 Master of Art (Visual Art), Monash University, 1995-96
Teaching
1986-98 Victorian College of the Arts Lecturer in Painting.
1986-91 Summer School, National Gallery Society, Melbourne.
RMIT Lecturer in Painting
PSU Unit, Pentridge Prison Coburg, painting tutor.
1999 Australian Academy of Design @ Docklands, Life Drawing Teacher.
1989-98 Board of Management & Exhibition Committee 200 Gertrude Street Solo Exhibitions 1985 Nicholson
Exhibitions
Street Gallery, East Balmain, Sydney 70 Arden Street 1986 70 Arden Street,1988 Chris Dyson Part One, 70 Arden Street Chris Dyson Part Two, 70 Arden Street1990 Paintings Art Control Judith Pugh Gallery 1991 Recent Paintings Judith Pugh Gallery Fitzroy Hanging Around Drawing Judith Pugh Gallery Fitzroy 1992 Monash University College Gippsland Gallery1993 New Paintings, Botanical Gallery 1995 Fixings Scope Gallery 1996 Adornament Scope Gallery1997 Works on Paper Gallery High 445 M.A. Exhibition Monash University Gallery, Gippsland.1998 Recent Works Fidama Yarraville 1999 Chris Dyson Paintings 1984-1998 Latrobe University Art Museum Recent Work Duffield Kenihan South Melbourne 2001 Chris Dyson Dickerson Gallery Richmond Chris Dyson Dickerson Gallery Woolhara. NSW Various Things Art at Mount Macedon Judith Pugh Gallery Group Exhibitions1985 7th Spring Festival of Drawing MPAC Three New Painters 70 Arden Street1986 Slouching Towards Bethlehem 200 Gertrude Street Fitzroy. Fear and Scruples Melbourne University Gallery. Shipwrecked 200 Gertrude Street Fitzroy. Gold Coast City Art Prize The Centre Gallery, Evandale Qld. A First Look Phillip Morris Arts Grants Purchases, Drill Hall, Australian National Gallery Annex, Canberra, A.C.T. Dark Work 70 Arden Street Young Australians National Gallery of Victoria, Melb. Voyage of Discovery Crescent Gallery, Texas, U.S.A. What is this Thing called Science? Melbourne University Gallery. Gold Coast City Art Prize The Centre Gallery, Evandale Qld. The Last Lands Aion Fine Art, Dallas Texas, U.S.A.1988 A System of Differences: Some Recent Abstract Work 200 Gertrude Street Fitzroy. Ammunition Show V.C.A. Gallery Melbourne. A New Generation Australian National Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T. Arden Street Artists at Artery Gallery Artery Gallery Geelong City of Box Hill Invitation Exhibition, Box Hill Town Hall Small Picture Show 70 Arden Street Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery. The 19th Alice Prize Alice Springs Art Gallery, Alice Springs, NT. State Festival Drawing Prize Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine. Two Dimensional Works City of Footscray Festival Art Prize. 1989 Sculptors on the Wal,l Others on the Floor 70 Arden Street Some Melbourne Artists: 70 Arden Street Artists at Perth Galleries The Fine Art Gallery, Perth WA. Heidelberg and Heritage Linden Gallery, St. Kilda. City of Box Hill Invitation Exhibition, Town Hall, Box Hill, Vic. Swan Hill Prints and Drawing Exhibition, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Faber – Castell Drawing Awards Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney N.S.W. Diamond Valley Art Award. B.P. Australia Acquisitive Prizes Scotchman Hill Vineyard Art Prize Geelong Regional Gallery Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery. 9th Spring Festival of Drawing MPAC Christmas Show Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 1990 Williamstown Summer Festival Art Prize, Williamstown. Change Judith Pugh Gallery, Fitzroy. Now Look this is Serious Judith Pugh Gallery, Fitzroy, Vic. Diamond Valley Art Awards. State Festival Drawing Prize Castlemaine Regional Gallery, Scotchman Hill Vineyard Art Prize Geelong Regional Gallery, 1991 Art and The Cancer Ward Linden Gallery Faces Judith Pugh Gallery, Fitzroy Henri Worland Memorial Print Award Warrnambool Regional Gallery1992 A Personal Line of History, Shepparton Art Gallery Drawings Paper Heroes Gallery, St. Kilda Recent Acquisitions, Works on Paper National Gallery Victoria1993 “A” Four Art City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery Shift City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery Paintings Botanical Gallery, South Yarra. Meet the Press Australian Print Workshop Access Studio1994 Unpeeled Art, Ballarat Regional Gallery. The Monster Footy Show 11 The Artists Garden Smells Like Lead City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery “A” Four Art City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery1995 Benalla Art Festival. MAPS Maribyrnong Arts Project. “A” Four Art City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery1996 Mornington Peninsula Drawing Prize MPAC1997 Williamstown/Shell Art Prize1998 Wild Art Wilderness Society, Velvet Lounge The Archiball Prize Artists Garden1999 A Four Art City of Footcray, Westspace Gallery2002-3 We are Australians Touring Exhibition Invented Views, with Brigid Cole-Adams Judith Pugh Gallery 2003 from the ’scape Judith Pugh Gallery at 45 Downstairs2003 Bus Gallery "Bong On" curated by Chris Hill + Jarrod Kennedy 2005 The Elements Bright Space @ Treasury Place With A Constructed World1994 The Future 2min V.H.S. Video Shown At: Sutton Gallery, Fitzroy. Vic. Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney Kwangju Biennale 1994, South Korea.1997 The Casino Performance with the Think Global act Local Troupe 15th Sept. Centre for Contemporary Photography1998 Scenes from the Whipstick Forest 36 min. V.H.S. Video Shown At: SaoPaulo Biennale Brazil, Gallery Open Space, Milan We're All Water Damp Performance at C.C.P. Inhabitat VHS Video Installation curated by Stuart KoopGlasgow, Edinburgh Cultural Exchange Bibliography1986 Cass Naomi, Fear and Scruples Catalogue Holloway Memory, Shipwrecked Catalogue1987 Catalogue, Drill Hall Australia National Gallery Annex, ACT Lindsay Robert, Young Australians Catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria Holloway. Memory Shipwrecks, Lifeboats, Migrations, Recent themes in Melbourne Art Art in Australia. Vol.24, No 4. Winter Victorian College of the Arts Handbook Rooney Robert Marveling at this Thing Called Science, The Australian 5-6th December 1988 Sansom Gareth Catalogue Ammunition Show, VCA Catalano Gary Artists Show Their Developing Skills, The Age 15th June Catalano Gary Contemporary Art in Agenda Issue 2 Vol.1, Special Issue, August.1989 Jones, John & Eagle, Mary Catalogue ICI Contemporary Art Collection. Catalano Gary Synthesizing Force of Imagination, The Age, Oct.11th 1990 Freeman-Green, Suzy The Gift of Life In Wards of Mortality, Art Brief The Age Extra, April 21st. Hill, Peter Foreign Knowledge Tension Magazine, Oct. Catalano, Gary Correspondences, Whispers and Moods The Age, 4th April Heathcote, Christopher. Art Monthly, Melbourne Review Issue 1991 Sayers, Andrew Art and the Cancer Ward Catalogue. Lancashire, Rebecca Just What the Doctor Ordered for Cancer Ward The Age. 2nd August Catalano, Gary Anxiety and After- Where are Artists Heading Now? The Age 9th January Heathcote, Christopher Dyson Avoids Traps of Lesser Lights The Age, 10th April 1992 Gertsakis, Elizabeth Catalogue Inherited Absolute. Artists with Children Porter, David Catalogue, A Personal Line in History 1994 Wallis, Jeff Catalogue, Unpeeled Art Art Fan11 Vol.11995 Rooney, Robert Review: The Australian 28th April Lindsay, Robert, Catalogue Recent Acquistions NGV 1996 McKenzie, Robyn Traditional Persistence The Age 24th July 1998 Lowe, Geoff Catalogue Chris Dyson-Paintings 1984-1998 CollectionsAustralian National GalleryNational Gallery of VictoriaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Queensland,Budget Transport IndustriesICI Myer St. Kilda City Council Art BankTricom Shell Australia B.P. Australia Mornington Peninsula Arts CentreHamilton Regional GalleryVeterinary Research Clinic Collection, VictoriaThe Crundwell CollectionBallarat Art Gallery Monash Medical CentreLatrobe University CollectionCorporate and Private Collections, Australia and U.S.A.Awards 1983 Victorian College of the Arts Prize. Uri Urbach Prize.1984 Alun Leach-Jones Drawing Prize. Dawn and Eric Westbrook Drawing Prize.1986 Visual Arts Board Grant Visual Arts Board Development Grant Commissions1994 Sydney Metropolitan Opera (Music Theatre Sydney). Program and Poster Design for Quito 1995 Sydney Metropolitan Opera (Music Theatre Sydney). Program and Poster Design for Casanova Confined 2000 Portrait of Professor John Poynter CHRIS DYSON PAGE