Curriculum Vitae - Christopher Beaumont (February 2002)

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Curriculum Vitae
Christopher Beaumont Born: Melbourne, Australia 1961
Studied	Group Exhibitions	Awards and Prizes
Solo Exhibitions	Collections	Bibliography

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
2004	Fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne, Victoria
1995	Scope Gallery Fitzroy
1992	Botanical Gallery South Yarra
1991	Botanical Gallery South Yarra
1990	Pinacotheca Gallery Richmond

Group Exhibitions
2005	The Authur Guy Memorial Painting Prize The Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria. "Postcard Show" - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Art
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 Bruer Gallery, Sydney 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 to top --^

Awards and Prizes
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
1987	Hans and Sylvia Sumberg Prize

Collections
	National Gallery of Victoria, Margaret Stewart Endowment
	Monash University Collection
	ex-BHP Collection - now dispersed through Christies
	Western Mining Collection
	Malleson Stephen Jaques Collection
	Gold Coast City Art Gallery
	Australian Gallery of Sport & Olympic Museum
	Lowensteins Arts Management
	Private Collections to top --^

Bibliography
2004	Robert Nelson "A Serve of Fruit & Vegetables" Review - The Age Oct 22
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 McCullogh 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 to top --^