The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Incorporated Collectors' Exhibition 2005 A selected exhibition of Australian Contemporary Art 6 - 21 February 2005 Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton, Melbourne information from the artist....

CHRISTINA CORDERO

Born in Chile.

!987-91 Certificate, Post-Certificate and Diploma in Fine Arts - National Art School, Sydney. Twenty-one solo exhibitions; over seventy awards including twenty eight First Prizes; Honourable Mention, International Awards Exhibition, Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada, 1991; Grand Prize, International Miniature Art Biennial, Quebec, Canada, 1994; Grand Prize, National Awards Exhibition, Combined Australian Societies of Miniature Art,1999; 1st Prize, Print, National Awards Exhibition 2000 Australian Miniature Societies; Mini Print International Cadaques 1999 Award, Spain; Hunters Hill Open Art Award 2003. Christina is included in: M.Germaine: Artists and Galleries of Australia;

Women Artists of Australia and in several catalogues in Australia and overseas. See also Imprint, Print Council of Australia, vol.29 no.3

1994; V. Hynes, Oz Arts Magazine, n.ll 1994; Parcours Magazine, Canada 1994,1996; S.Grishin (1996), Australian Printmaking in the 1990s;

B.Verge, Zoom sur les Miniatures, Musee de la Civilization, Quebec, Canada 1997; Art and Australia, vol.35 no.2, p.256,1997. Exhibition Reviews: M. Schawel, Art Streams, April/May 1998; S.Grishin, Canberra Times, June 1998, , May 2001, Sep 2004; H.McFadden, MUSE, Canberra July 1998, J Stowell, Newcastle Herald, October 1999, A Sisley, Our Town, Orange, March 2002; P Walker, Collector, Wentworth Courier, Sept.2003. Cordero is represented in several collections including: the Premier's Department of NSW; the Print Council of Australia, Melbourne; ARTBANK; Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, VIC.; Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS; LaTrobe University Art Collection, VIC.; United Airlines Red Carpet Club, Singapore; State Library of Victoria; Gippsland School of Art, Monash University, VIC.; Canson Australia, National Gallery of Australia, ACT; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY

• 1963-64 Spent a year in China.
• 1967 BA (Hons), Universidad de Chile.
• 1966-86 Teaching/Research Positions at Uni de Chile; Uni de Concepcion, Chile; Uni Catolica, Chile; Uni of NSW.
• 1968 Certificat d'Etudes Supérieures, Université de Bordeaux, France.
• 1971-73 Post-grad Studies/Research, Universidad Católica, Chile.
• 1973 Migrated to Australia from Chile.
• 1974 Post-graduate Studies, University of NewEngland, Armidale.
• 1978 Post-grad, FLACSO, Mexico City.
• 1987 Art Certificate, NAS, ESTC.
• 1988 Post-Cad, Printmaking, NAS, ESTC.
• 1989 Post-Cad, Painting, NAS, ESTC.
• 1990 Diploma of Fine Arts, NAS, ESTC.
• 1991 Painting (Post-Tech), NAS, ESTC.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2000 Taller Galleda Fort, Cadaques, Spain.
• 2000, 2002 Pod Jackson Press, Melbourne.; Art Images Gallery, Adelaide SA.
• 2001 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
• 2001, 2003 Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
• 2004 Beaver Galleries, Canberra

RECENT SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS

• 1999 Bringing Culture with us, Lake Macquade City Art Gallery, NSW. On the Tiles Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney University.
• 1999-00 9"x 12", Contemporary Art Society of Vic, National Toudng Exhibition. Tyree-Tycan Ad Prize, Bowral, NSW.
• 2001 Invited, 2001:A Space Odyssey" Penrith Regional Gallery, NSW; Oceanside Miniat Art Soc, BC, Canada Invited "Hungry Man's Exhib."Manning Regional Gallery, Taree (Travelling); Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
• 2002 Invited, Blennale Int.d'Estampes Miniatures de Montreal, Canada
• 2002-3 Northwest Print Council, Portland Oregon USA (travelling)
• 2003 Warringah Printmakers Exhib. NSW "Distant Noises",PCA Australia
• 2004 "Miniare" (Montreal), Manly Regional Gallery; Invited, III Biennial,Graphic Art. Spain Invited, Musée de la Miniature, Montelimar, France

RECENT SELECTED AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

• 1999 Grand Prize & Highly Comm., Oil, National Awards Exhibition Combined ASMA, NSW. Winner, Int. MiniPrint Cadaques, Spain
• 2000 Open Art Prize, Works on Paper Tyree-Tycan, Bowral, NSW. Comm.Miniature,Wyong Shire Festival of Arts; 1st Prize, Pdnt, National Awards Exhibition Combined ASMA. Highly Comm., Pdntmaking, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby. Highly Comm., Works on Paper, Fisher's Ghost Campbelltown Regional Gallery
• 2001 Highly Comm. Miniature Wyong Shire Festival of Arts. Comm., Print, National Awards Exhibition Combined ASMA
• 2002 1st Prize, Contemporary Painting, Central Coast Festival of Arts, Wyong HC Print, National Award Exhib Combined ASMA
• 2003 1st Prize,Works on Paper and HC Contemporary and Open Wyong Festival of Arts. Winner, Open Art Prize Hunters Hill
• 2004 HC & C, Miniat.& Works on Paper Wyong Festival of Arts Comm., Print, National Awards Exhib. Combined A.S.M.A.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED/REPRODUCED

• 2000 Printmaking Today London, Spdng p.5. El Punti Diad, June, Cadaqués, Spain. Reproduced, Art Gallery Guide Australia, November. An artist by accident, Herald Sun, Melbourne, S Hudson, Nov. 13, p86.
• 2001 Ron Cerabona The Canberra Times 24 May. "Imaginary Journey of the Surrealist", Sasha Grishin The Canberra Times 29 May.
• 2001, 2004 Catalogue Miniprint Triennale, Lahti Art Museum Finland
• 2002 A Sislay, Our Town, Orange, March
• 2003 P Walker Collection, Wentworth Courier 24 September