caroline christie

CV

 

 

 

Born                            19 December 1969

                                    South Africa

 

Education                

 

1986                           Completed TE in South Africa with distinctions in both Fine Art and History of Art

 

1987-8                                               University of Cape Town BA Architecture

 

1989- 91                    University of Cape Town Bachelor of Art

                                    Major History of Art

 

Experience

 

1992 - 96                   Worked in the family business dealing in art and jewelry. [Specializing in African Art and contemporary South African art and design]

 

1996                           Immigrated to Perth Australia

 

1996 – 2005              Started and directed Code Red Art Gallery and Code Orange Design

 

Caroline Christie has been painting since childhood and over the past years between running her well-established art gallery and reputable interior design business in Perth. Code was sold in June 2005 and Caroline is working full time as a professional artist.

 

Exhibitions and Gallery representation

 

1992 – 96                   Represented by Christies of Constantia, Cape Town

1993   Feb                 Solo Exhibition.  Christies of Constantia, Cape Town

1994  Dec                 Group Exhibition.  Christies of Constantia, Cape Town

1995   April               Solo Exhibition.  Christies of Constantia, Cape Town

 

1992 – 96                   Represented by The Little Church Street Gallery, Cape Town

1994 May                  Solo Exhibition.  The Little Church Street Gallery, Cape Town

 

2003- Current          Representation by Code Red Art Gallery, Claremont WA

2005   June               Heart Foundation Group Exhibition. With Code Red Art

2005 July                   Artitude. Perth Exhibition Centre. With Code Red Art

 

2004 -Current          Representation by :

                                    Elements Art Gallery, 340 Hay Street Subiaco

Tristan’s Gallery, Northbridge WA

 

 

 

 

Artist Statement       July 2005

 

Influences from my architecture and design background show themselves within my paintings: structure, texture, balance and line.

 

On the physical level I explore the process of painting; the effect of time on matter -  with areas scraped and scratched, ‘past’ layers are revealed or hidden…likened to the effects of weathering or oxidization, a frame of history and a reference to change being inevitable.

 

On the mental planes I am fascinated with the subjectivity of perception: duality and ambiguity; the uniqueness of the individual.

 

Purposeful or considered elements are juxtaposed by using my hands directly on the canvas, mixing substances and pigments to creating the unpredicted or spontaneous. Contrasts are balanced or exaggerated in physical expression and subject.

 

In the last years I have been painting circles - forms that float, hang, interlock, jostle, stand alone and fall. The response these varying moments have on the viewer is provocative and completely subjective.  I believe my outpouring of circles is an expression and communication of my experiences in a universal visual language. I have been told that the ancients used circles to represent individuals. This is interesting as, to me, circles are a powerful Archetypal symbol of life and the ever repeating circles thereof.

Likened to the enjoyment I get from designing I relish in the creative process of painting, however the key difference is that the medium of painting is freer. Abandoning some of the restraints of logic and expectation I appreciate painting as conceptual, subjective and with no obligation for justification.