Christine Willcocks

Curriculum Vitae / Biography

EDUCATION:
1996 Post Graduate Diploma of Arts, Printmaking, Monash University. Vic.
1994 Bachelor of Arts, 2-D Studies, Major- Printmaking. Southern Cross University, Lismore. NSW.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002 Part-time lecturer - printmaking, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
2001/02 Part-time teacher - Fine Arts , TAFE, Lismore Campus, NSW
2000 Workshop - laserheat transfer, yrs 11 & 12 Mullumbimby High School.
Workshop - cardboard etching, yrs 9,10,11 & 12 Evans River K - 12 Community School
1997 Casual teacher, Shearwater School, year 7 ( winner Silkcut Print Prize - Student section. )
1995 Technician:Creative Arts Dept. Griffith University Gold Coast Campus.
1992 Assistant to Artist-in-Resident: Daniel Brandely (visiting French Artist in Residence) - two
exhibitions: Lismore Regional Gallery & The University Museum, Lismore.

COMMISSIONS:
2002 Foyer - 4 works, Holiday Inn, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW.
Grafton Print Folio, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2001 e - folio of prints, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
1999 Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Vic. 1999 Print Council Commissioned Prints.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2001 The Ornamental Language of Plants - Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS:
2002 enCASED, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
Grafton Print Folio, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Pushy, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW
'e' - folio, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
2001 Xmas Show, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic.
Conrad Jupitors Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld.
Mixed Show, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW.
CPM Print Acquisitions Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2000 Acquisition Survey- 1995 - 2000, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic.
Evolution - Recent acquisitions for the collection, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld.
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic.
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
1999 Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery,Vic.
National Works on paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery,Vic.
PCA 1999 Commissioned Prints, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW, Port
Jackson Press, Fitzroy, Vic. Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane, Qld; Studio
One, Kingston, ACT; Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
International Works on paper Fair, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW.
The Illawarra Grammar School Print Award, Figtree, NSW.
Interior/ Exterior, Barebones, Bangalow, NSW.
1998 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD.
Artists' Book & Multiples Fair, The School of Arts, Brisbane, QLD.
Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic.
Putting it in Print, The Gallery, Craft ACT, Canberra.
Putting it in Print, Nara, Japan.
Bathurst Art Purchase, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW.
1997 Evolute, Robert Hughes Gallery, Brisbane.
Through Australian Women's Eyes, Chicago ARC Gallery, USA.
CPM Print Acquisition Award, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.NSW
The Australian Print Media Awards, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW.
Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld.
1996 Artists' Book & Multiples Fair, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Qld.
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, WA.
Evolute, Next Wave Festival, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne.
CPM 6th National Print Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
Connection S#6: for external use only, Maudspace, Glebe.
1995 Through Australian Women's Eyes, NGO Forum, Beijing, China.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
CPM 5th National Print Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery.
CPM 5th National Print Prize Traveling Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery.
1994 Graduation Exhibition 94, Southern Cross University, Lismore.
CPM 4th National Print Prize, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
These Faces, This Place, Mullumbimby Art Gallery, NSW.
Selected Exhibition, The Epicentre Art Gallery, Byron Bay.
Viewing, The Epicentre Art Gallery, Byron Bay.
1993 Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
Chance Encounters, Lismore Regional Art Gallery.
Selected Prints, Stokers Siding Gallery, NSW.
1992 Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah.
The Christmas Show, Mullumbimby Art Gallery.
The Christmas Show, Stokers Siding Gallery, NSW.
Northern Star North Coast National Exhibition, Lismore.
Women's Image Makers-Next Chapter, Byron Bay Community Centre.
Women's Image Makers-Next Chapter, Gasworks Art Gallery, Lismore.
Selected Exhibition-Five Artists, Mullumbimby Art Gallery.

AWARDS AND ACQUISITIONS:
2002 Art in January, First prize - Open section
2001 Southern Cross Arts Festival, Mixed Media - 1st prize, Open section - 3rd prize
2000 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Acquired.
Southern Cross Arts Festival, overall winner - Open section and First prize, Printmaking
Byron Easter Art Classic, First Prize, Printmaking.
1999 PCA Print Commission acquisitions, refer to Collections.
Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, acquired.
Southern Cross Arts Festival, First Prize Mixed Media.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, First Prize, New Technologies.
Byron Eater Art Classic, First Prize, Printmaking.
1998 Artbank, acquired two works.
QLD State Library, acquired, Artist Book.
Bathurst Art Purchase, acquired.
Southern Cross Arts Festival, First Prize Printmaking.
Pat Corrigan Grant, Nava.
Byron Easter Art Classic, Printmaking Prize.
University of Southern Qld, acquisition, two works.
1997 CPM Acquisition Award, acquired.
Australian Print Media Awards, acquired.
Southern Cross Art Prize, miniatures first prize.
1995 Tweed Valley Art Prize, Major Award.
1994 Southern Cross Art Prize, First Prize-Printmaking.
Southern Cross Art Prize, First Prize Warm Glass.
Tweed Valley Art Prize, Major Award.
Byron Easter Art Classic, The Epicentre Prize.
1993 Southern Cross Art Prize, First Prize-Mixed Media.
1992 Tweed Valley Art Prize, Murwillumbah Arts Council Award.
Byron Easter Art Classic, Works on Paper-First Prize.
Southern Cross University, acquired.
1991 North Coast Art Show, Tallows Beach Resort Prize-Open Section.

REPRODUCED/ PUBLISHED:
2001 Daily Examiner, Grafton, 11th April, Exquisite Prints on Exhibition,
The Byron Shire Echo, 15 #45, Pushing the boundaries of print, profile of local artist, pg. 13
Imprint Volume 35 # 4, Responding To Place: Gary Jolly and Christine Willcocks, pg.4-5
2000 Australian House and Garden, Feb., The Tomorrow People, pg.90-93.
The Byron Shire Echo, 15 #24, Backlash
1999 Imprint Volume 34, #.3, The 1999 Print Council Commissioned Prints, pg.14-15.
Imprint Volume 34, #.2, 1999 Member Print commissioning, pg.20.
Craft Arts International 45, Putting it in Print, Meredith Hinchliffe, pg.96-98.
1998 Textile, Fibre Forum, Vol.17, Issue 3, No. 53. 'Putting it in Print', Douglas McManus, pg.64, inside cover.
Object-Contemporary craft & design, + 3D Art, 'Snapshot', events, exhibitions,installations
and objects, pg.55.
1995 Review, Exploring Exhibition Strategies, Arlene Dalton, Periphery, Issue No. 22, Feb, Page 31.
1993 Review, North Coast Art Show, Byron Shire Echo, Michael McDonald, December 22, p.8.
1992 Review, From the Dream to The Reality, Brunswick Byron Echo, Jane Flower, August 26, p.15.
Review, Aku Aku among the Raku, Brunswick Byron Echo, Michael McDonald, Dec. 16, p.14.

CURATORIAL:
1994 The Japanese Woodblock Exhibition, Shearwater, Mullumbimby, NSW.
1993 Points of Contention, James Guppy, University Museum, Southern Cross University, Lismore.

COLLECTIONS:
Artbank, 2 works; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania; Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne, Vic; Canson Australia Pty Ltd; City of Banyule, Melbourne, Vic; City of Fremantle Arts Centre,WA; City of Whitehorse, Melbourne, Vic; Downlands College, Toowoomba, Qld; Geelong Grammar, Geelong, Vic; Genezzano College, Melbourne, Vic; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Qld; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, NSW; Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW; 2 works; Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Melbourne Grammar School, Vic; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Vic; Mullumbimby High School, NSW; Our Lady of Mercy College, Melbourne, Vic; Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, Vic; Print Council of Australia; Queensland State Library; Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane; Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW; St Margaret's School, Melbourne, Vic; St Ursula's College, Toowoomba, Qld; The University of Southern Qld; 2 works; The University of Western Sydney - Macarthur Permanent Art Collection, NSW; Warrnambool Art Gallery; Vic;

REPRESENTED BY:
Noreen Grahame, Grahame Galleries + editions, Number One Fernberg Road, Milton, Brisbane., QLD
Brian Moore Gallery, 294 Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW.

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