Chris Humphries

Resides in Melbourne

Qualifications

1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Departure: South America. Arrival: Victorian Alps, Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne
2005 Pasion de Multitudes, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2002 Que?, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2000 I am Wedgehead, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 Western Styles Pants, Citylights outdoor exhibition, Melbourne
1995 Paintings and Sculptures, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1994 Stuff, Making Sense Gallery, North Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2007 Williamstown Festival Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown, Victoria
2006 Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
        R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Victoria   
        Williamstown Festival Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown, Victoria
2005 Luminous Two, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
        Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2003 White Lies Beneath, Helen Gory Galerie
2002 Twighlight Zone, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Summer Show, Helen Gory Galerie
1999 Linden Post- Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
        Paintings displayed at Dwyer & Co Solicitors, Melbourne
        Not the Biennale, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
        National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1998 Ruralurbanworld, Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Linden Post-Postcard Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Dobell Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Awards
2007 Highly Commended, Williamstown Festival Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown, Victoria
2006 Selected entrant, Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
        Selected entrant, R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne
        Selected entrant, Williamstown Festival, Tattersall's Contemporary Art Prize
2005 Selected entrant, Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown, NSW
1999 Selected entrant, National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
1993 Selected entrant, Dobell Drawing Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Commissions & Projects

2005 DVD Cover Design for Australian cricket documentary “Save Your Legs”
2001 Mural installation at the Goods Shed, Docklands Melbourne
2001 Big Day Out (music festival), commission main-stage screens
2000 Release of limited edition t-shirts with HA! HA! HA! design

Bibliography

2005 ‘Passion of Chris’, Profile, the Age, Metro, March 8, pg 7
        ‘Passion de Multitudes’, essay by Ken Wach, Head of Creative School of Arts, Melbourne University
2002 Profiled, Art Almanac, October, 2002
2000 Review, The Age, by Robert Nelson, Melbourne, August 16, 2000
        Interview, RRR Radio, Breakfasters, August 20, 2000
        ‘Brash and Grab’, Tim Scott, Melbourne Tribe Online Magazine, September 2000
        'Find yourself in the child you were’, Paul Gray, Herald Sun, September 2, 2000
1998 ‘Western Style Pants’, The Age Melbourne, September 1998