Curriculum Vitae
Christopher Beaumont
Born: Melbourne, Australia 1961
Studied
| 1997 | Swinburne University of Technology - Grad Dip. Multimedia Software Development |
| 1985-87 | Victorian College of the Arts - BA. Painting & Sculpture |
| 1984 | Prahran College of TAFE(now Swinburne University) - Dip. TOP Art & Design |
| 1980-83 | University of Melbourne - MB., BS. Medicine |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2008 | Organic Chemistry: Still Life Paintings by Christopher Beaumont - Deloitte, VIC |
| 2006 |
Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Woollahra NSW |
| 2005 | Cobalt Gallery, South Yarra VIC |
| 2004 | Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne VIC |
| 1995 | Scope Gallery, Fitzroy VIC |
| 1992 | Botanical Gallery, South Yarra VIC |
| 1991 | Botanical Gallery, South Yarra VIC |
| 1990 | Pinacotheca Gallery, Richmond VIC |
Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize 2008 Vic. "Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art Vic. |
| 2007 |
"New Artists" - AXIA Modern Art Armadale Vic. "Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art St Kilda Vic. "Natura" - Fortyfive Downstairs Melbourne Vic. Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Auction Nellie Caston Gallery South Yarra / Ormond Hall Vic. |
| 2006 |
"Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art St Kilda Vic. Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Auction Jackman Gallery St Kilda / Ormond Hall |
| 2005 |
The Authur Guy Memorial Painting Prize The Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria. "Neo Millennium" - Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Toyota Australia Vic. "Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art St Kilda Vic. "Works for Windows" - St Kilda Festival Vic. Artists for Kids Culture Prahran Town Hall & Jackman Gallery St Kilda |
| 2004 |
Artists for Kids Culture St Kilda Town Hall & Jackman Gallery St Kilda "120º of Separation" Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art "Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art "Compendium" ICON Gallery Deakin University Vic |
| 2003 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art "St. Kilda Artists' Group Show" - Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda Vic. St Kilda Art Supplies 10th Anniversary Show - Metropolis Gallery St Kilda Vic. Compendium - Platform Artists Group Spencer Street, Melbourne Vic |
| 2002 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art "St. Kilda Artists' Group Show" - Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda Vic. JNF Genus Art Auction - Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda Vic |
| 2001 |
"St Kilda Artists' Group Show" - Patrizia Autore
Gallery, St Kilda Vic. |
| 2000 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden Gallery, St Kilda Vic. "St. Kilda Artists' Show" - Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda Vic. |
| 1999 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden Gallery, St Kilda Vic. "Acland Street Show" - Shop Windows Acland Street, St Kilda Vic. "Exposure" - Linden Gallery, St Kilda Vic. |
| 1996 | "Food in Art" - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic |
| 1995 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden Gallery, St Kilda Vic. "Australia Felix" - Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 1994 | "Sport the Greatest Theatre of All" - Adelaide Festival
Centre Art Space, Adelaide SA Touring Exhibition, South Australia, Vic., NSW, Qld., NT Sotheby's Contempary Art Auction - Sotheby's Armadale Vic "Re Production" - Gallery at Tolarno's St. Kilda Vic. "Still Life" - Eva Breuer Gallery, Woollahra NSW Conrad Jupiters' Aquisitive Prize - Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Coolangatta Queensland - aquired "Love & Ruin" - , St Kilda Town Hall, St Kilda Vic "The Monster Footy Show" - Artists Garden, Fitzroy Vic. |
| 1993 | "Arrangement, Australian Still Life 1973-1993" -
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen Vic. "Postcard Show" - Linden Gallery St Kilda Vic. Group Show - 135 Fitzroy Street Gallery St Kilda Vic. |
| 1992 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden Gallery St Kilda Vic Margaret Stewart Endowment Collection, National Gallery of Victoria Margaret Stewart Endowment Collection, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin Vic "St Kilda Festival - Food" - Gallery at Tolarno's St. Kilda Vic Summer Group Show - Botanical Gallery South Yarra Vic |
| 1991 | "Postcard
Show" - Linden Gallery St Kilda Vic "Out of our Oeuvre" - Gallery at Tolarno's St. Kilda Vic |
| 1990 | Moet &
Chandon Touring Exhibition, Australia wide "Art with Text" - Monash University Gallery, Victoria "Good for Football" - Punters' Club Fitzroy Vic |
| 1989 | "From
the Collection" - Monash University Gallery, Clayton
Victoria Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Australia wide "The Slab" - Punters' Club, Fitzroy Vic. Group Show - Pinacotheca Gallery, Richmond Vic. |
| 1988 | "Site of Execution" - Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Victoria |
| 1987 | Graduate Show - Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Vic |
Awards and Prizes
| 2008 | Finalist - Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize |
| 2005 | People's Choice Award - Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC Finalist - Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC |
| 2000 | Art Spectrum Finest Artist Colours Prize - Post Card Show Linden St.Kilda |
| 1999 | Sweet Design Acquisitive Prize - Post Card Show Linden St. Kilda |
| 1994 | Conrad Jupiters' Prize, Gold Coast City Council, QLD |
| 1992 | St Kilda City Council Prize (non acquisitive) Selected by Melbourne Theatre Company for Seasons Brochure |
| 1991 | Postcard Prize & reproduction, St Kilda City Council |
| 1990 | Finalist - Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition |
| 1989 | Finalist - Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition |
| 1987 | Hans and Sylvia Sumberg Prize (VCA) |
Collections
- National Gallery of Victoria, Margaret Stewart Endowment
- Monash University Collection
- BHP Collection - (ex) now dispersed through Christies
- Western Mining Collection - (ex) now dispersed
- Malleson Stephen Jaques Collection - (ex) dispersed through Bonhams and Goodman
- Gold Coast City Art Gallery
- Australian Gallery of Sport & Olympic Museum
- City of Port Phillip
- Lowensteins Arts Management
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Private Collections
Bibliography
| 2006 | McCullough Alan & Susan, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin |
| 2004 | Robert Nelson "A Serve of Fruit & Vegetables" Review - The Age Oct 22nd |
| 1995 | Catherine
Lambert "Giving Life to the Ordinary" Review -
Herald-Sun February 19th Robert Nelson "Contemplation of Fragile Riches" Review - The Age March 1st |
| 1994 | Martin
Flannagan, Exhibition Catalogue, "Sport the Greatest
Theatre of All" Adelaide Festival Centre Art Space McCullough Alan & Susan, Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin Victoria Lyn & John Rigby, Exhibition Catalogue Conrad Jupiters' Art Prize |
| 1993 | Melbourne
Theatre Company Brochure John R Neeson, "Arrangement, Australian Still Life 1973-1993" Exhibition Catalogue MOMA Heide Robert Rooney, "Our Still Life Assurance" The Australian, December 11th Christopher Heathcote, "An unfashionable but thought-provoking show for lovers of art", The Age, December 22 Today Arts, Summer, Herald-Sun, January 12th "Arrangements", Stages Magazine, January/February Edition. |
| 1992 | MIFA Brochure Rebecca Lancashire, "A Penchant for Vegetables", The Age, September 9 Rebecca Lancashire, "All the Art that's fit to see", Entertainment Guide The Age, September 11 Exhibition Catalogue Margaret Stewart Endownment |
| 1991 | Andrew Masterson, Best Weekend, Age Weekend Magazine, November 2 |
| 1990 | Merryn Gates,
"Art with Text" Exhibition Catalogue, Monash
University Press Alex Selenitsch, Art Monthly, No. 34 September Peter Hill, Tension Magazine, No. 23 October Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition Catalogue |
| 1989 | Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition Catalogue |