Christine Willcocks        
CV          

Education
2003       Certificate 4, Assessment and Workplace Training, Lismore TAFE
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
2002-09  Casual Academic, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
2001-09  Part-time teacher - Fine Arts, TAFE, Lismore Campus, NSW
2005        Mike Parr Workshop, technical assistant / printer. Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, 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)

Commissions
2008       Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Vic. 2008 Print Council Commissioned Prints.
2006       Drawing the O'Grady's: A contemporary view of the Grafton Regional Gallery's collection of women's drawing
2005       National Australia Bank, Melbourne, Vic., Image for Christmas card
2002       Holiday Inn, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW.  Foyer - 4 works            
                Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW. Grafton Print Folio
2001       Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.  E - Folio of Prints
1999       Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Vic. 1999 Print Council Commissioned Prints.

Solo Exhibitions
2012      Objects of Interest from The Museum of nothing Special, Flinders Lane Gallery
2012       The Museum of nothing Special, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2011       The Intertidal Zone, Flinders Lane Gallery
2010       Musee Imaginaire   Flinders Lane Gallery
2008       New Works – Cape Gallery – Byron Bay, NSW
2007       Natura Morta – Newtown Fine Art – Sydney, NSW
2006       Wall To Wall..... - Byron Fine Art Gallery - Byron Bay, NSW
2004       Personal Language with Lucille Martin – Byron Studios, NSW
2001       The Ornamental Language of Plants  - Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012       Time, Flinders Lane Gallery
2011       Visible/Invisible, Flinders Lane Gallery
2010       FRESH, Flinders Lane Gallery
2010       View From Here V, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2009       Ecologies – with Fiona Hall, Lyndal Jones and Mickie Quick, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
                CPM Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW - Finalist
                The Industrialists, Qdos, Lorne, Victoria
2008       The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, National Archives of Australia, ACT - Finalist
                Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW - Finalist
                National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic. - Finalist
                The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA – Finalist
                Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Art Gallery, Qld - Finalist
2007      Convictions, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
                Hutchins Art Prize - Works on Paper, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, TAS - Finalist                                                   
                Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA – Finalist
                Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, VIC. - Finalist
                Lessons in History Vol I, an exhibition of artists' books, Grahame Galleries + Editions
                Let Them Roam, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, NSW
                Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2006       An Exhibition of Drawings and Prints – 5 Women, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, NSW
                Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD. - Finalist
                Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW - Finalist
                Chrysalis, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
                Local Art, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Byron Bay, NSW
                Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld
                Editioned / Additions - Commissioned Prints collected by Banyule City Council, Banyule Art Space, Melbourne, Vic
2005       case Unpacked, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2004       Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW - Finalist
                The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide – Finalist
2003       Inaugural Exhibition at the Female Orphan School, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus
                Distant Noises, a collaboration with Juli Haas,  RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
                Surface Tension, Firstdraft, Sydney, NSW
                Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD - Finalist
                Surface Tension, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2002       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 Jupiter's Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld. - Finalist
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. - Finalist
1999       Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic. - Finalist
                National Works on paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic. - Finalist
                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. - Finalist
                International Works on paper Fair, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW. - Finalist
                The Illawarra Grammar School Print Award, Figtree, NSW. - Finalist
                Interior/ Exterior, Barebones, Bangalow, NSW.
1998       Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD. - Finalist
                Artists' Book & Multiples Fair, The School of Arts, Brisbane, QLD.
                Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA. - Finalist
                National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Vic. - Finalist
                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.
                The Australian Print Media Awards, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, NSW. - Finalist
                Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA. - Finalist
                Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld. - Finalist
1996       Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, WA. - Finalist
                Evolute, Next Wave Festival, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne.
                Connection S#6: for external use only, Maudspace, Glebe.
1995       Through Australian Women's Eyes, NGO Forum, Beijing, China.
 
Awards
2012       Finalist, The Wilson Visual Art Award, Lismore
2010       Australia Council, Skills and Arts Development: Residency - Paris Cité Studio - Reserve
2009       CPM Print Awards, Highly Commended
2008       The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Highly Commended
2007       Fremantle Print Award, Acquired
2006       Southern Cross Arts Festival, First prize – works on paper
2005       Southern Cross Arts Festival, First prize Open Section, Contemporary
                Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 3rd prize - Open Section,
2004       Southern Cross Arts Festival, First prize Open Section- Contemporary,
2003       Southern Cross Arts Festival, First prize - Printmaking, 2nd Prize - Mixed media 
                Art in January, Runner up - Open section
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.
1991       North Coast Art Show, Tallows Beach Resort Prize-Open Section.

Reproduced/Published
2010       Imprint, vol., 45, #. 3, Musee Imaginaire, Phe Luxford, pg 16
2008       ABC News, Thursday 25/09/08, Natural Art Exhibition Opens
                Imprint, vol., 43, #. 3, Commissioned Prints 2008, pg.22.
2006       Imprint, vol., 41, #. 1, Afterprint, Abbra Kotlarczyk, pg 6 & 7
2005       ArtReach, Autumn 2005, Dedicated c.a.s.e. work, Cath Fogaty, pg 26
2003       Review, Imprint, vol., 38 # 4, Distance Noises, Sue Foster, editor, pg 14 & 15
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, editorial pg. 13
                Imprint , vol., 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 , vol., 34, #.3, The 1999 Print Council Commissioned Prints, pg.14-15.
                Imprint , vol., 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', exhibitions, installations and objects, pg.55.
1995       Review,Periphery, Issue No. 22, Feb, Exploring Exhibition Strategies, Arlene Dalton, Page 31
1993       Review, Byron Shire Echo, North Coast Art Show, Michael McDonald, December 22, p.8.
1992       Review,  Brunswick Byron Echo, From the Dream to The Reality, Jane Flower, August 26, p.15.

Curatorial
2005       Ultrasound, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW.
2004       Collage and the Found Object, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW
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; 3 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 Little Collection, Little Creatures Brewing, WA
The University of Southern Qld; 2 works
The University of Western Sydney - Macarthur Permanent Art Collection, NSW   
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Warrnambool Art Gallery; Vic

Residencies
Self initiated - 3 months in Bundi, Rajasthan, India
CO-FOUNDER/CO-DIRECTOR of CASE inc., (CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE AND EDUCATION ) @ PIECE GALLERY, MULLUMBIMBY
2005       NSW Ministry of the Arts Grant
2004       NSW Ministry of the Arts Grant
                 NAVA Grant
2003       NAVA Grant