Chronology
1947 Born 10th October, Melbourne
1967-1970 Studied Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne
1973 Diploma of Fine Art (Printmaking), Tasmanian College of Advanced
Education, Launceston
1975 Lecturer, Art Theory, Preston Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1976-1978 German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), Stuttgart Art
School
1980-1981 Residency, with assistance from Australia Council and Berlin
Artist’s Program of DAAD, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1981 Purchased, Alice Springs Art Award
1982 Senior Lecturer, Head of Printmaking (A/g), Sydney College of
the Arts,
1983 Travel Grant, Australia-Japan Foundation, World Papermaking Conference,
Kyoto
1984-1989 Lecturer, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School
of Art, Canberra
1990-1993 Living and working, Munich
1993-1995 Living and working, Milan
1996-1998 Living and working, Wellington
1999- Living and working, Paris
2002- Member of the Faculty, Parsons School of Design, Paris
2004 - Living and working in London
Individual Exhibitions (selected)
1993 Galerie Levy, Hamburg
1995 Australian Consulate General, Milan
1996 Eva Breuer Galleries, Sydney
1998 Galeria Levy, Madrid
2000 Siemens, Munich
2001 Le groupe «De quoi on se mêle», Paris, France
2002 Australian Embassy, Paris
2002 Galerie Kunst oder Reklame, Munich
2004 Galerie Caprice Horn (formerly Artesse Galerie), Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Deutschland
2005 QDOS Gallery, Lorne, Australia
2005 Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions (selected)
1993 Art Cologne, Galerie Levy, Cologne
1994 Drawing on Inspiration, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
1995 Forest, University of Munich
1998 Visa Gold Award Exhibition, Auckland
2000 Accents Australiens, Arts d’Australie, l’espace Adamski
Designs, Paris
2001 Visages d’un Continent, Arts d’Australie, Galerie
Visages de l’Art, Paris
2001 Sarcelles Print Biennale, Sarcelles
2002 Salon of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Natural History,
Paris
2002 Art Paris 2002, Arts d’Australie, Carrousel du Louvre,
Paris, France
2003 Art Paris 2003, Arts d’Australie.Stéphane Jacob,
Carroussel du Louvre, Paris, France
2003 L’Art Emmêlé, 03 October - 22 November, City
Hall, Paris, France
2003 Sarcelles Print Biennale, Sarcelles, France
2004 Christopher Croft / Goran Djurovic / Martin Heinig, Gallery Caprice
Horn (formerly Artesse Galerie), Berlin, Deutschland
Bibliography (selected)
Their restrained bemusement ..., Felicity Fenner, Catalogue, The New
Metaphysics, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, November, 1992
... the enigmatic paintings of Christopher Croft., Bronwyn Watson,
Sydney Morning Herald, December 4, 1992
... Kind satirical interior views..., Elwyn Lynn, The Australian,
December 5-6, 1992
Paintings record museum`s transition, Damian Skinner, The Dominion,
Wellington, April 6,
1998
Musing Over Museum Move, Exhibition Notes, Lloyd Jones, Melbourne,
March 10, 1998
Exhibitions, Wellington, Christopher Croft, Damian Skinner, Art New
Zealand, Number 87/
Winter 1998
‘...un espíritu burión...’, Carmen Pallarés,
ABC Cultural, Madrid, Spain, November, 1998
Decouverte de l’art Australien, Harry Kampianne, Paris, Arts
Actualites Magazine – No. 109 – October, 2000
L’art d’un continent, Nathalie Bouvard, Paris, Madame
Figaro, September, 2000
Acces australiens, John Peter Brakewood, Paris, Art Actuel, No. 10,
September/October, 2000
Vivre en France a l, australienne, Rose Balmain and Eric Lecourt,
Paris, Le Figaro, 15 September, 2000
Accents australiens, Paris, Le Monde, 13 September, 2000
De droles de jeux d’artistes australiens, Jean-Pierre Bourcier,
Paris, La Tribune, 18 September, 2000
L’envers de Crocodile Dundee, Jaques Ternes, Paris, Marianne,
no. 217, 18-24 June, 2001
Le XXe siecle a l’honneur, Aladin, France, September, 2001
Les centres d’art, Annick Colonna-Césarie, L’Expresss,
Le Magazine, S.24, 24.10.2002,
Art Paris prend du galon, Myriam Boutoulle, Connaissance des arts,
no 598, S.112, October 2002,
SZ Kunst-Tipp, Christoph Wiedemann, Süddeutsche Zeitung, no.257,
S.47, 13.11.2002,
Innerlich – in München bis 11.Dezember, Sybille Weber,Wohn!Design,
November/December, 2002
Inner Lives, Catalogue Essay, Christian Leroy, October, 2002
Persian Rug(by), L’Art Emmêlé Catalogue, Stéphane
Jacob, August, 2003
Christopher Croft, Harry Kampianne, Arts Actualités Magazine,
No. 12, Janvier 2004
Art Frankfurt, Gerhard Charles Rump, Die Welt, 8 Mai, 2004
Public and Corporate Collections (selected)
Adam Foundation Art Collection, Wellington
Alice Springs Art Foundation
Artbank, Sydney
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Australian Parliament House Collection, Canberra
BHP Collection, Australia
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Gallery of Linz - Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum
Philipp Morris Collection, Australia
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
University of Tasmania, Launceston