CHRISTOPHER ORCHARD
- Silvana Angelakis
- Andrew Baines
- Doug Bartlett
- Andrew Bennett
- Annette Bezor
- Daniel Brinsmead
- Nona Burden
- Penny Coss
- Adrian Doyle
- Joe Felber
- Louise Feneley
- Ginny Grayson
- Paul Haggith
- Noel Hart
- Huang He
- Adam Hill
- Anna Hoyle
- David Kenworthy
- Wenmin Li
- Cate Maddy
- Angela McHarrie
- Lorna Murray
- Sue Ninham
- Sarah Nolan
- Christopher Orchard
- Lauren Potts
- Britt Salt
- Margie Sheppard
- Miranda Skoczek
- Deborah Sleeman
- Luke Sullivan
- Samone Turnbull
- Vince Vozzo
- Alan Watt
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The materiality and density of Orchard's work is viscerally powerful. It transcends both the literal messages it carries and the media that give it form. Each drawing is a snapshot, fleeting moment in a train of thought. In Orchard's hands, each drawing is also a dynamic entity, changing and metamorphosing like the individual and moving towards a final confrontation.
STOCKROOM
ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE
After his work was surveyed in a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1976, Christopher Orchard moved to London where he worked alongside with Paula Rego. Founding member of Central Studios inc. in Adelaide SA. in 1981, Orchard is now Head of Drawing at Adelaide Central School of Art and active supporter of professional development for young artists. His drawing and works on paper are the major areas of his studio practise, with a background of sculptural installation during the 1970s. To this date, he has held 23 solo exhibitions.
Education| 1997 | Greenhill Galleries, Perth |
| 1976 | Art Gallery of South Australia |
| 2008 | Doppel, Harrison Galleries, Sydney |
| 2006 | Small Incidence. Harrison (formerly Brian Moore) Galleries Sydney |
| 2005 | The persistence of Memory. BMGArt Adelaide |
| 2004 | New Works, Brian Moore Gallery Sydney |
| 2003 | No One In Particular BMGArt Adelaide SA |
| 2001 | Topos, BMGArt, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1999 | Sitings, Adelaide Central Gallery |
| 1996 | Ekstasis, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1995 | Ekstasis, Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. |
| 1994 | Running, Jumping, Standing Still - Adelaide Central Gallery, Norwood, S.A. |
| 1993 | Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1992 | Way Points. Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, S.A |
| 1991 | The Uncertainty of the Poet Reade Art Gallery, Adelaide S.A. |
| 1988 | The Diary of the Tightrope Walker Festival Centre, Adelaide |
| 1987 | Reade Art Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1987 | Art Zone Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1986 | Cuts Gallery, London, UK. |
| 1986 | International Art Fair, Olympia, London, UK |
| 1984 | Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 1975 | Liddums Gallery, Adelaide, S.A. |
| 2008 | Short-listed for the Dobell Prize for Drawing |
| Government House, South Australia | |
| F H Faulding Collection | |
| Benko Collection, South Australia | |
| Flinders Medical Centre, SA. | |
| British Petroleum Collection, Britannia House, London | |
| Scotch College Art Collection | |
| Santos Whyalla Art Award Winner, 1994 Acquisitive | |
| Art Gallery of South Australia Permanent Collection | |
| Kedumba drawing collection NSW | |
| Art Bank | |
| Adelaide University Collection | |
| Private collections in Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Kenya, U.S.A. | |
| Renmark City Art Collection |