Celeste Chandler - CV

Born 1977, Hobart Tasmania

Lives and works in Melbourne

Education

2001-03 Masters in Fine Art by studio based research
University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art 1st Class Honours
Universtiy of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art
1998 Bachelor in Fine Art (major in Painting)
University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Dwell, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Breath, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2005 Tender, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2004 New Work, ANU School of Art, Canberra
2000 Confessions of a Supersensualist, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
1997 I dreamt I kissed your sister, Feast Restaurant, Hobart

Group Exhibitions

2007 Metro 5 Award Finalist Exhibition, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Letitia Street Studios, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2004 Opening Exhibition, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Scratching the Surface, Logan Regional Gallery, Queensland
Open Studios, Cité International des Art, Paris
2003 Scratching the Surface, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
Painting the Home, Inflight Gallery, Hobart
2002 Synergy, SCIRO Marine Building, Hobart
2001 Half Way There, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000 Game Over, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Artist living in North Hobart, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
1999 Work by 1999 residents, Cité International des Art, Paris
Open Studios, McCulloch Studio, Cité International des Art, Paris
1998 Christmas Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart
3000,000kms, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart

Awards

2007 People's Choice, Metro 5 Award, Melbourne
2004 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, Quebec, Canada
Emerging Artist Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2003 Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship
2001 Australian Postgraduate Award
1999 Residency McCulloch Studio, Cité International des Art, Paris
1998 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Scholarship, Quebec, Canada

Commissions and Employment

2005 Artist in Residence, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra
2004 Artist in Residence, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra
2003 Tutor in Painting, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Art
2001 Portrait Commission for Mr Duncan Kerr MP
1998 Mural Painting, All Bar One, Hobart

Bibliography

2003 Painting the Home, Briony Downes, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts, issue number 52

Scratch the Surface, Muse, June issue, p18

Bette Davis eyes: Scratch the surface at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Chris Chapman, Art Monthly, August, pp30-32

The Changing Face of Portraiture, Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, May 21, p24
2001 She who must be displayed, by Jennifer Sexton, The Weekend Australian

Confessions of a Supersensualist, Gallery Watch, The Mercury, July 29