CAS Collectors artist - Christopher Adams

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....

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Studies

1980 - 2005 Private studies with Margery Hummel-Bennett. Workshops with various artists.

Activities

1996 - 1999 Joined Roar Studios.
1994 - 1998 Invited to join Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (MSWPS).
1992 Accepted, as Exhibiting member, into Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
1991 Awarded Signatory Membership Victorian Artists Society (VAS).
1985 - 1998 Exhibiting member of VAS.
1982 Joined Mentone-Mordialloc Art Group (MMAG).

Awards

2004 Selected for National ANL Maritime Art Prize
2003 MMAG Award, MMAG Autumn Members Exhibition. Judge: Walter Magilton.
2002 Judges prize, Mentone Girls Grammar School, Inaugural Art Competition and Exhibition. Judge: Patricia Fullerton.
1999 1st prize, CAS Vic., Annual exhibition. Judge: Deborah Halpern.
1996 1st prize, CAS Vic., Members exhibition. Judges: Wendy Stavrianos, Craig Gough.
1995 Best Oil, Flinders Art Show. Judges: Susan McCulloch, Noel Teasdale.
1994 Highly Commended, CAS Vic, Members exhibition. Judge: Fred Cress.
1992 Honourable Mention, Royal Overseas League, Omega Contemporary. Judge: Sir William Dargie.
1990 Best Oil, MMAG. Judge Nathan Paramanathan.
1990 Rod Atkinson, M.P. Award. Judge: Dr. Roger Dedman.
1989 Selected for ACTA Australian Maritime Art Award.
1988 Victorian Police Exhibition. Judge: David Roper.
1988 Flinders Art Show. Judge: Allan McCulloch.
1988 MMAG Acquisitive Award. Judge: Norma McKenzie.
1987 Best Oil, Geelong Art Society. Judge: Margery Fitzgerald.
In addition to receiving many other "Honourable Mention" and "Highly Commended" awards.

Solo exhibitions

1997 CAS Vic., Windows. 546 Collins Street, Melbourne,
1994 Carringbush Library, Richmond. Selection of works on paper.

The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria (Inc.) is a non-profit organisation, run on a voluntary basis by artists, for artists, and the Society has a long history of supporting and fostering artists - particularly emerging artists and those from regional Australia.

Contemporary Art Society of Victoria - Collectors' Exhibition (Updated: 5 March 2005)