| | CHRIS LANGLOIS |
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| | BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1969 | Born Gosford NSW |
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| 1990 | BA Visual Arts (painting and drawing), The University of Newcastle, NSW |
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| | SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2016 |
'Scapes, OlsenIrwin Gallery, Sydney
Atmosphere, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Chris Langlois, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Regional Gallery |
| 2015 | On the Nature of Air and Light, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Chris Langlois, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Regional Gallery |
| 2014 | Chris Langlois Points in Time, Manly Art Gallery and Museum and Gippsland Art Gallery Touring Exhibition; Gippsland Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Gold Coast City Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery |
| | Weather Systems, OlsenIrwin, Sydney |
| 2013 | Points in Time, Manly Art Gallery and Museum and Gippsland Art Gallery, Touring Exhibition |
| | Close Space, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Sketches, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2012 | Waterfield, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2011 | Another Place, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Darkwood, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2010 | Quietude, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2009 | Heiser Gallery, Brisbane |
| | Michael Reid, Murrurundi |
| 2008 | Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2007 | Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| | Moree Plains Art Gallery, Moree |
| 2006 | Winter Weather, Martin Browne Fine Art at Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Landscape Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney |
| 2004 | Vanishing Point, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney |
| | Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Half light, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney |
| 2002 | Everything and Nothing, Chris Langlois’ Landscape Paintings, Newcastle Region Art |
| | Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Imperfect Isolation, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane |
| 2001 | Land sea sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane |
| | Fading to Nought, Martin Brown Fine Art, Sydney |
| | Nick Mitzevitch Gallery, Newcastle |
| 2000 | Melancholy, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 | A Point In Time, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 | Landscape and Memory, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 | Autumn Park, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 | Detached Shadows, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| | Rocket Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1995 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1994 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1993 | Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1992 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 | View Factory, Newcastle |
| 1990 | Watt Space, The University of Newcastle |
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| | GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2016
2015 | Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery
The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
| Signature, The University of Newcastle | | Keeping Company: Saltwater, Manly Art Gallery and Museum | | Sydney Contemporary, Sydney |
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| 2014 | The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art gallery, Rockhampton |
| | Sublime Points, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre |
| | Tattersalls landscape Art prize, Brisbane |
| | Watt Space 25th Year Anniversary, Watt Space, The University of Newcastle |
| 2013 | Summer Show, Chris LANGLOIS, Hyojin PARK, Konstantin BESSMERTNY, |
| | LIU Xiao Fang, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong |
| | 2013 Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia |
| | Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| 2012 | Within Sight of Land, Newcastle Art Gallery |
| | Landscape + the Urbane Environment, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong |
| | Directors Choice 2012, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Reflective Dialogues, The University Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle |
| | Winter Warmers, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Kings School Art Prize, Sydney |
| | Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| 2011 | Water Memory, Glass House Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie |
| | Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery |
| | Keeping Company, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney |
| | New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale |
| | Allsorts 2011, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Salon Des Refuses, S.H Irvin Gallery, Sydney |
| | BIG/small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| | Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| | Paddington Art Prize, Sydney |
| | Kings Art Prize, Sydney |
| | 30 to collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| | BIG/ small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| | 30 to collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2010 | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| | Silent Spaces, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney |
| | Zoo Artists in Residence, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle, |
| | Newcastle |
| 2009 | In Paradise: Artist of the Northern Beaches, Manly Arts Festival, Manly Art Gallery |
| | and Museum, Sydney |
| | Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2008 | Chris Langlois, Luke Pither, Paul Spencer, and Camilla Tadich, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne |
| | Painting the Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Salon des Refuses, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney |
| | Salon des Refuses, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2007 | The University Collection: Evolution, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2006 | Tainted Love, Contemporary developments in Landscape, Bendigo Art Gallery, |
| | Bendigo |
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2005 | The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. |
| 2004 | Great Escapes: romantic landscape in the 21st century, Curated by Meryl Ryan, |
| | Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie |
| | State of Art: Peace, touring exhibition, curated by Katherine Roberts, Manly Art |
| | Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 | Depth of Field, Curated by Karen Hall & Louise Tegart, Shepparton Regional Art |
| | Gallery, Shepparton |
| | Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Volunteered Images, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Cambelltown |
| | Horizon, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Well Connected: Dobell + Company, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake |
| | Macquarie |
| | New Aquisitions, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Cambelltown |
| | University of Newcastle Art Collection, Recent Acquisitions, The University of |
| | Newcastle, Newcastle |
| 2000 | Watt Decade, The University of Newcastle Travelling Exhibition, Broken Hill Regional |
| | Art Gallery, Broken Hill |
| 1999 | Contemporary, a selection from the collection of Allen, Allen and Hemsley, UTS |
| | Gallery, Sydney |
| | Velocity, Evan Salmon, Niki Savvas & Chris Langlois, Newspace, Sydney College of |
| | the Arts, Sydney |
| | Watt Decade, Ten Year Anniversary, Watt Space, The University of Newcastle, |
| | Newcastle |
| | People and Places from Hunter-Manning Regional Collections, Manning Regional |
| | Gallery, Taree |
| 1998 | The Four Elements, A Journey Across The Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, |
| | Newcastle |
| | Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| | Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| | Steel Works, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie |
| | The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 | Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 1995 | Hidden Treasures, Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| | Salon Des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
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| | AWARDS & PRIZES |
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| 2011 | Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Acquisitive Art Prize- Winner |
| | Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize – Highly Commended |
| | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 2010 | Wynne Prize - Finalist |
| | Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2008 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| | Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2007 | Wynne Prize – Finalist |
| | Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2006 | Wynne Prize - Finalist |
| 1998 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1996 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1995 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1990 | Maitland Art Prize - Winner |
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| | COLLECTIONS |
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| | Bendigo Art Gallery |
| | Newcastle Regional Art Gallery |
| | Maitland City Art Gallery |
| | Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| | The University of Newcastle |
| | Parliament House, Canberra |
| | Sydney Children’s Hospital |
| | NRMA |
| | B.T. Funds Management |
| | The University and Schools Club, Sydney |
| | Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery |
| | Manly Art Gallery and Museum |
| | New England Regional Art Gallery |
| | Glasshouse Regional Art Gallery, Port Macquarie |
| | University of Technology, Sydney |
| | Artbank |
| | Allen, Aurthur, Robinson |
| | Macquarie Bank |
| | AMP |
| | Gippsland Art Gallery |
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| | BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| | Beaumont,J, Fenner,F, McDonald,J. The Land and its Psyche, the Macquarie Group Collection, New South Publishing, 2013 |
| | Roberts, Katherine, Gregg, Simon.Chris Langlois Points in Time, Manly Art Gallery and Museum and Gippsland Art Gallery, 2013 |
| | Reflective Dialogue, Chris Capper, Andy Devine, Chris Langlois, Peter Tilley, The University of Newcastle, 2012 |
| | Gregg, Simon. New Romantics; Darkness and light in Australian Art, Australian |
| | Scholarly Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-921509-91-9 |
| | Hynes, Victoria. Chris Langlois and the Australian sublime, Australian Art Review, |
| | November 2009 -January 2010 |
| | Taylor, Andres. Aristocratic Approval, The Sun Herald, 4 July 2010 |
| | Roberts, Katherine. In paradise, Artists of the Northern Beaches, catalogue essay |
| | Manly Art Gallery & Museum, November 2009 |
| | Blake, Elissa. I still call Australia home, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘Sunday Magazine’, 22 |
| | January 2006 |
| | Petley, William. On the rise, The Sun Herald, 7 August 2005 |
| | The Hot List 100, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘Sunday Magazine’, 17 July 2005 |
| | Ryan, Meryl & Timms, Peter. Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery |
| | exhibition catalogue, 2004 - 2005 |
| | Hall, Karen. Tegart, Lousie & Bulter, Rex. Depth of Field, Exhibition catalogue, |
| | Shepparton Art Gallery, 2003, ISBN 0 9577065 7 X |
| | Nelson, Robert. Photography and Painting in Cahoots, The Age, January 2003 |
| | Australia’s most Collectable Artists Australian Art Collector, Issue 23, p. 63, January- |
| | March 2003 |
| | Brown, Phil. Far Horizons, Brisbane News, 17 July 2002 |
| | Chester, Rodney. Just Add People, The Courier Mail, 16 July 2002 |
| | Birch, Robert. Family over Fame, The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 9 February |
| | 2002 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Simply Sublime, The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 2 February 2002 |
| | Wilcock, Ann-Marie. Alone on the Beach The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 2 |
| | February 2002 |
| | Scott, Jody. Dream Factory, Elle Magazine, pp 159-161, March 2002 |
| | Brennan, Betsy. Living Art, Vogue Living, p. 54, February/March 2002 |
| | Demasi, Laura. Art Class, Elle Magazine, p. 75, February 2002 |
| | The Newcastle Gallery Society Journal (cover), January 2002 |
| | Butler, Rex. On the Edge of Reality, Courier Mail, December 2001 |
| | Hawker, Rosemary. Everything & Nothing, Land Sea Sky exhibition catalogue, Metro |
| | Arts, November 2011 |
| | Teutsch, Danielle. ‘Galleries’ The Sun Herald, 12 August 2001 |
| | Simmonds, Diana. Secretive Seas, The Sunday Telegraph, 19 August 2001 |
| | Murphy, John. Fading to Nought, Fading to Nought exhibition catalogue, Martin |
| | Browne Fine Art/ SEL, August 2001 |
| | Hynes, Victoria. Critics Picks, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 2001 |
| | Ryan, Meryl. Louder Than Words, Newcastle Herald, 14 February 2001 |
| | Team Effort Attracts Wave of Interest, Newcastle Herald, 15 February 2001 |
| | Langlois to Exhibit New Work at Gallery, Newcastle Herald, 8 February 2001 |
| | Kidd, Courtney. Survival of the Fittest, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 July 2000 |
| | Time Out Magazine. Shock of the New, February 2000 |
| | Ryan, Meryl. Quality for Collectors, Newcastle Herald, 6 November 1999 |
| | Smee, Sebastian. Getting All Fogged Up, Lets Count The Ways, Sydney Morning |
| | Herald, 24 August 1999 |
| | Smee, Sebastian. The Good Oil, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 1999 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Survey of Talent, Newcastle Herald,’ Weekender’, 4 September 1999 |
| | Smee, Sebastian. Raising The Bar, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May 1999 |
| | Ryan, Meryl. Unsettling Suburbia, The Newcastle Herald, 3 October 1998 |
| | Smee, Sebastian. A Gutful, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Metro’, 3 July 1998 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Newcastle Herald, 4 July 1998 |
| | Ingram, Terry. Young Artists ‘Miss Out’ The Australian Financial Review, 22 August |
| | 1997 |
| | Johnson, Anna. The One That Got Away, Australian Art Collector, July 1997 |
| | Smee, Sebastian. 180 Degrees of Separation, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Metro’, 20 |
| | June 1997 |
| | Johnson, Anna. Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Good Weekend’, 26 April 1997 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Etchings Explore The Horror Of War, Newcastle Herald, 24 June 1996 |
| | McDonald, John. The Sentimental Prize, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1996 |
| | McDonald, John. Familiarity Breeds Content, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 1995 |
| | Watson, Bronwyn. The Accidental Purist, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 1993 |
| | Hedger, Michael. Enjoyment In freedom of Gesture, Newcastle Herald, 15 March |
| | 1993 |
| | Miller, Kylie. Art Column, Newcastle Herald, 13 March 1993 |
| | Williams, Natalie. Sun Herald, 12 April 1992 |
| | Walker, Helen. Around the Galleries, Newcastle Herald, 1 April 1992 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Hunter Artist Thriving, Newcastle Herald, 2 January 1992 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Abundance Of Riches, Newcastle Herald, 14 May 1991 |
| | University Of Newcastle Bulletin, May 1991 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Pride of Place, Newcastle Herald, 22 October 1990 |
| | Stowell, Jill. Polarities and Solidarity, Flair and Faces, Newcastle Herald, August 1990 |
| | Mexon, Michelle. To Some It’s a Suicidal Look at Life, The Mercury, 4 October 1990 |
| | Eley, Margaret. From Broad Perspective, Lake Macquarie Gallery Exhibition, |
| | Newcastle Herald, March 1990 |