Christine Polowyj
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Curriculum vitae
| 1975 | Born UK |
| 1983 | Emigrated to Australia |
STUDIES |
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| 2001 | Diploma - Introduction to Supervision, Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VECCI) |
| 2000 | Diploma - Graphic Design (Technical Major), Queensland School of Printing & Graphic Arts, Brisbane |
| 1996 | Certificate - Office Administration (Business Traineeship), Brisbane |
| 1993 | BA - Humanities and Journalism (deferred) |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 |
Falling Down Like A Woman Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2012 | Christine Polowyj at MADE Gallery, Daylesford, Vic |
| 2009 |
Introspection Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2008 |
Transformation Jackman Gallery, St Kilda VIC |
| Crossing Over Richard Martin Art, Woollahra NSW | |
| 2007 | (untitled) Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| Head Studies Jackman Gallery, St Kilda VIC | |
| 2006 | Further from Here Eurotrash Gallery, Melbourne VIC |
| 2003 | Role Model Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| 2001 | Fashion Gone Wrong Fat Ben Cafe, Melbourne VIC |
| more! Gluttony Collingwood VIC. | |
| 2000 | 4'6'8'9 Espressohead, Brisbane QLD |
| 1999 | The 8th SW Dub The Zoo, Brisbane QLD |
| 1998 | Making it Big Alley Kat Cafe, Brisbane QLD |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
|
| 2018 | Feature Artists - 21st annual Art4All show, Fairfield Primary School, VIC |
| 2017 |
Small Gifts Christmas Exhibition Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2012 |
The Artist Revealed Christmas Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2011 | 8 Days Before Christmas Our Artists' Special Christnas Show, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2010 | Christmas Portrait Show, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 'Star Abstraction' Gilligan Grant Gallery, Collingwood VIC | |
| First Anniversary Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld | |
| 'Summer' Iain Dawson Gallery, Paddington NSW | |
| 2009 | 40 x 40 Special First Christmas Show Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Qld |
| 'Troop 2009' Gilligan Grant Gallery, Collingwood VIC | |
| '30 x 40' United Galleries, Darlinghurst NSW | |
| ''Figuratively Speaking'' '' GreenWood Gallery, Lorne VIC | |
| 2008 | Art Auction (invited artist: 30 works, 30 artists) '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| Small Works show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| 2007 | Off the Wall (Independent Artists Showcase) '' Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park NSW |
| Brunswick Street Gallery stand (invited artist) '' Art Melbourne, Carlton Exhibition Centre VIC | |
| Small Works show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| Portrait show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| Annual show (invited artist) '' HiArts, Highlands, VIC | |
| 2006 | End-of-year Auction '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| ''Provocateur'' '' Eurotrash Gallery, Melbourne VIC | |
| ''On The Wall'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC: (Live painting on the wall) | |
| ''Love is in the Air'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC | |
| 2005 | ''9 Pink Pigs Go Pop'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC |
| 2004 | ''Art vs Art'' '' Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne VIC |
| with James Hancock '' Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne VIC | |
| 2001 | Multimedia works - fEMmEDIA01 '' Chauvel Cinema, Paddington NSW |
| Featured Artist on the Noise website '' www.noise.net.au | |
| 2000 | ''Feisty Apple Girls'' '' Cambridge Academy, Brisbane QLD |
| 1993 | with Sara Shera '' Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Petrie Terrace, Brisbane QLD |
AWARDS |
|
| 2018 | Winner - Hanger's Prize, 21st annual Art4All show, Fairfield Primary School, VIC |
| 2017 |
Finalist - 42nd Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum QLD |
| 2012 |
Selected Artist - Swiss Italian 20th Anniversary Festa, Hepburn Springs VIC |
| 2008 | Featured artist on myartspace.com |
| 2007 | Avant Card, Calling All Artists Project (20,000 postcards printed and distributed Australia-wide) |
| 2002 | Multimedia piece '' Next Wave Festival (online) |
| 2001 | Featured artist, Fake Ads winner & GQ Fashion Illustration Award, Noise festival [www.noise.net.au] |
| Artist for a Day '' National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) [www.nava.org.au] | |
PUBLICATIONS |
|
| Gold Coast Bulletin, Paradise Magazine "Christine's Bold Brush With Colour" Marina St Martin, Artworld, June 20 | |
| Art Catalyst http://paulwruiz.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/art-catalyst-interview-christine-polowyj/ February 2008 | |
| Central Sydney April 2008 | |
| mX Sydney Murdoch Press April 2008 | |
| Time Out Sydney April 2008 | |
| Sydney Style Cumberland Newspapers March 2008 | |
| Wentworth Courier, Dateline March 2008 | |
| Imagining Ourselves Paula Goldman (ed), International Museum of Women. New World Library, San Francisco USA, 2006 | |
| Hermes Art and Literature Annual University of Sydney, Vol 18 2002 | |
| Juice Noise editoirial, November 2002 | |
| Artworker Case study, Queensland Artworkers Alliance, Autumn 2002 | |
| Stuff State Government of Victoria, Consumer and Business Affairs, Issue no. 2, 2001 | |
| http://stevegray.com.au/blog/christine-polowyj-artist/ | |
COLLECTIONS |
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Gold Coast City Art Gallery, KPMG Collection Brisbane, Ann & Barrie McCann Collection Brisbane (Qld), Smorgan Collection Melbourne (Vic), The Brookes Collection Brisbane (Qld), Various private collections in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, London, Bavaria, Florida and China |
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Artist Statement
Christine Polowyj is a contemporary painter living in Brunswick, Victoria. She paints the depths and heights of human emotion, uncomfortable situations and challenging human behaviours that embrace the awkward, the difficult, the strange and the vibrant.
Career highlights over her 20-year exhibiting time include Winner of the Hanger's Prize at the 21st annual Art4All show, Vic; Finalist for the 42nd Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, Qld and acquisitions by the Gold Coast Art Gallery, the Ann and Barrie McCann Collection (Brisbane), the KPMG Collection (Brisbane) and the Smorgon Collection (Melbourne). Christine's work offers explorations into abstract, figurative and psychological spaces which blaze with brilliant colour and an instinct for shape placement.
September 2018
Christine Polowyj
Curriculum vitae
| 1975 | Born UK |
| 1983 | Emigrated to Australia |
STUDIES |
|
| 2001 | Diploma - Introduction to Supervision, Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VECCI) |
| 2000 | Diploma - Graphic Design (Technical Major), Queensland School of Printing & Graphic Arts, Brisbane |
| 1996 | Certificate - Office Administration (Business Traineeship), Brisbane |
| 1993 | BA - Humanities and Journalism (deferred) |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
|
| 2012 |
Falling Down Like A Woman Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2012 | Christine Polowyj at MADE Gallery, Daylesford, Vic |
| 2009 |
Introspection Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2008 |
Transformation Jackman Gallery, St Kilda VIC |
| Crossing Over Richard Martin Art, Woollahra NSW | |
| 2007 | (untitled) Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| Head Studies Jackman Gallery, St Kilda VIC | |
| 2006 | Further from Here Eurotrash Gallery, Melbourne VIC |
| 2003 | Role Model Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| 2001 | Fashion Gone Wrong Fat Ben Cafe, Melbourne VIC |
| more! Gluttony Collingwood VIC. | |
| 2000 | 4'6'8'9 Espressohead, Brisbane QLD |
| 1999 | The 8th SW Dub The Zoo, Brisbane QLD |
| 1998 | Making it Big Alley Kat Cafe, Brisbane QLD |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
|
| 2018 | Feature Artists - 21st annual Art4All show, Fairfield Primary School, VIC |
| 2017 |
Small Gifts Christmas Exhibition Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2012 |
The Artist Revealed Christmas Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2011 | 8 Days Before Christmas Our Artists' Special Christnas Show, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 2010 | Christmas Portrait Show, Anthea Polson Art, Qld |
| 'Star Abstraction' Gilligan Grant Gallery, Collingwood VIC | |
| First Anniversary Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld | |
| 'Summer' Iain Dawson Gallery, Paddington NSW | |
| 2009 | 40 x 40 Special First Christmas Show Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Qld |
| 'Troop 2009' Gilligan Grant Gallery, Collingwood VIC | |
| '30 x 40' United Galleries, Darlinghurst NSW | |
| ''Figuratively Speaking'' '' GreenWood Gallery, Lorne VIC | |
| 2008 | Art Auction (invited artist: 30 works, 30 artists) '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| Small Works show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| 2007 | Off the Wall (Independent Artists Showcase) '' Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park NSW |
| Brunswick Street Gallery stand (invited artist) '' Art Melbourne, Carlton Exhibition Centre VIC | |
| Small Works show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| Portrait show '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC | |
| Annual show (invited artist) '' HiArts, Highlands, VIC | |
| 2006 | End-of-year Auction '' Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| ''Provocateur'' '' Eurotrash Gallery, Melbourne VIC | |
| ''On The Wall'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC: (Live painting on the wall) | |
| ''Love is in the Air'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC | |
| 2005 | ''9 Pink Pigs Go Pop'' '' Popshop Gallery, Melbourne VIC |
| 2004 | ''Art vs Art'' '' Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne VIC |
| with James Hancock '' Stella Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne VIC | |
| 2001 | Multimedia works - fEMmEDIA01 '' Chauvel Cinema, Paddington NSW |
| Featured Artist on the Noise website '' www.noise.net.au | |
| 2000 | ''Feisty Apple Girls'' '' Cambridge Academy, Brisbane QLD |
| 1993 | with Sara Shera '' Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Petrie Terrace, Brisbane QLD |
AWARDS |
|
| 2018 | Winner - Hanger's Prize, 21st annual Art4All show, Fairfield Primary School, VIC |
| 2017 |
Finalist - 42nd Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum QLD |
| 2012 |
Selected Artist - Swiss Italian 20th Anniversary Festa, Hepburn Springs VIC |
| 2008 | Featured artist on myartspace.com |
| 2007 | Avant Card, Calling All Artists Project (20,000 postcards printed and distributed Australia-wide) |
| 2002 | Multimedia piece '' Next Wave Festival (online) |
| 2001 | Featured artist, Fake Ads winner & GQ Fashion Illustration Award, Noise festival [www.noise.net.au] |
| Artist for a Day '' National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) [www.nava.org.au] | |
PUBLICATIONS |
|
| Gold Coast Bulletin, Paradise Magazine "Christine's Bold Brush With Colour" Marina St Martin, Artworld, June 20 | |
| Art Catalyst http://paulwruiz.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/art-catalyst-interview-christine-polowyj/ February 2008 | |
| Central Sydney April 2008 | |
| mX Sydney Murdoch Press April 2008 | |
| Time Out Sydney April 2008 | |
| Sydney Style Cumberland Newspapers March 2008 | |
| Wentworth Courier, Dateline March 2008 | |
| Imagining Ourselves Paula Goldman (ed), International Museum of Women. New World Library, San Francisco USA, 2006 | |
| Hermes Art and Literature Annual University of Sydney, Vol 18 2002 | |
| Juice Noise editoirial, November 2002 | |
| Artworker Case study, Queensland Artworkers Alliance, Autumn 2002 | |
| Stuff State Government of Victoria, Consumer and Business Affairs, Issue no. 2, 2001 | |
| http://stevegray.com.au/blog/christine-polowyj-artist/ | |
COLLECTIONS |
|
|
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, KPMG Collection Brisbane, Ann & Barrie McCann Collection Brisbane (Qld), Smorgan Collection Melbourne (Vic), The Brookes Collection Brisbane (Qld), Various private collections in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, London, Bavaria, Florida and China |
|
Artist Statement
Christine Polowyj is a contemporary painter living in Brunswick, Victoria. She paints the depths and heights of human emotion, uncomfortable situations and challenging human behaviours that embrace the awkward, the difficult, the strange and the vibrant.
Career highlights over her 20-year exhibiting time include Winner of the Hanger's Prize at the 21st annual Art4All show, Vic; Finalist for the 42nd Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, Qld and acquisitions by the Gold Coast Art Gallery, the Ann and Barrie McCann Collection (Brisbane), the KPMG Collection (Brisbane) and the Smorgon Collection (Melbourne). Christine's work offers explorations into abstract, figurative and psychological spaces which blaze with brilliant colour and an instinct for shape placement.
September 2018
