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Born 7 April 1975, Sydney, Australia Sydney-based artist Chris Fox combines the Architectural and the artistic with his sculptures, installations, hybrid objects, drawings and models. Skating a fine line between folly and practicality, the various projects devised by Fox draw from their own physical manifestation as sculptures and installations. His formal training as an architect and visual artist is acutely visible in his projects. Chris Fox has exhibited nationally and internationally in over 40 exhibitions, has received a number of awards and scholarships. Fox has work held in collections in Australia and has been commissioned for a number of large-scale projects including private and public art commissions.
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EDUCATION
2005 - 2006 Bachelor of Architecture, Honours University of Technology, Sydney
2003 - 2004 Socrates Erasmus Exchange, Faculty of Architecture TU Delft, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2002 - 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture University of Technology, Sydney
1994 - 1997 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1995 Research Course, EcoDesign Foundation
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 Australia Council, Los Angeles Studio Residency
2009 FraserStudios Visual Arts Residency Program
2007 Arts NSW Artist Grant, National Association for Visual Arts
2003 IESS Scholarship International Scholarship, University of Technology,
2001 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Michael Carr Gallery Technology Award
2001 - 2002 Australia Council, Emerging Artist Initiative Grant, Imperial Slacks Collective
1995 Golden Key National Honour Award Academic Excellence
COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
2009 Orange Regional Gallery, Permanent Public Work
2008 Substation Trench, Paddington, Commission for a Residential Site
2007 1 Kilo Block Feeds the Whole Family, Jerilderie Art Gallery Acquisition for Collection
2006 Fire Dogs, World Square Sydney, Chinese New Year Collaboration with Studio Zeds
2005 All-in-one Potato-peeling soup maker, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Acquisition
2005 Inside a Radio Wave, Sculpture by the Sea and Federation Square, A&US Willea Ferris in association with Chris Fox
2004 Faceted Sound Studio, Amsterdam, Commercial Site
2003 Folding Void, Paddington, Sherman Galleries
2001 Waterwall, Paddington, Commission for a Residential Site
1999 Vapour, Cammeray, Commission for a Residential Site
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Salon Jetpack, Gallery Barry Keldoulis
2007 Lubricant City, Gallery Barry Keldoulis
2006 Here’s one I prepared earlier, Gallery Barry Keldoulis
2005 28 Potatoes, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
2002 Egress, Sherman Artbox, Sherman Galleries Hargrave
2001 Independence Day, Space3, Chippendale, Sydney
GROUP AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2009 FraserStudios Exhibition, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 ABN Amro Emerging Art Prize, Sydney
2007 Art and About, AMP Forecourt, Circular Quay Sydney
Invited Artists Project, Strand Ephemera, Townsville
ABN Amro Emerging Art Prize, Sydney
Homes in The Sky, Museum of Sydney
2006 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace
GBK at Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
2005 GBK at Span, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Muscle Recon!gured, TU Delft, The Netherlands [collaboration]
Work, Rest, Play, [Escape], Artspace, Sydney [collaboration]
2003 Confusion + Coherence, Hotel Bellville, Waterloo, London, UK
Artbox Inc. Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Paddington
2002 Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney [collaboration]
Desk Job, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Positive Overkill, Imperial Slacks
Advent, SCAA, Scotts Church, Sydney
2001 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi + Tamarama foreshore, Bondi
Art Castle, Dover Heights Reserve, Sydney
Period, Blaugrau, Sydney [collaboration]
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
Temporary Fixtures, Artspace, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
2000 Imperial Alliance, Imperial Slacks, Surry Hills
The Palace of Exaggeration + Everything, Grey Matter [collaboration]
Pursuit 2000, Imperial Slacks, Sydney [collaboration]
One Last Show, Herringbone Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
UnBecomings, Performance Space, Redfern [collaboration]
1999 Eighteen is Enough, Herringbone Gallery
Factory Sellout, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney
Fundraiser, Herringbone Gallery, Surry Hills
1998 Indahaus, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney
1997 1997, Kirkbride, Rozelle, Sydney
Reference, Hester Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
1996 Landed, Kirkbride, Rozelle, Sydney
For Your Information, Kinesis, Liechardt,
MCLX, 235 Nelson Street Gallery, Sydney
1995 Artful Park 2, Centennial Park, Sydney
1994 Show + Tell, Allen Street Gallery, Glebe
Artful Park, Centennial Park, Paddington
PRESS
Das Superpaper Rose Vickers, Chris Fox, p19-26, Issue 9, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald Tracey Clement, Metro Picks, p14, 17 July 2009
Australian Financial Review Hannah Tattersall, Artists provide creative solution, 27 March 2009
Central Western Daily Brenda Gray, Public Sculpture - Ripper, 14 Feb 2009
ABC North Queensland Paula Tapiolas, The Breadfruit Tree Project, 3 Sept 2007
Art Gaze Quintin Wood, A Modern Bounty, Nov 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald Tracey Clement, Metro Picks, p29, 17 Aug 2007
Dazed & Confused Harold David, Artists, Aus/ Nz Vol 1, p140, Aug 2006
The Art Life Touchy Feely, 2 Feb 2006
Australian Art Collector Andrew Frost, Chris Fox and Daniel Templeman, Jan-Mar 2006
State of the Arts Alex McDonald, Sculpture 06, Jan-Mar 2006
Henry Thornton Edwina Marks, GBK in Melbourne, 20 Aug 2005
The Sydney Morning Herald Lenny Ann Low, 28 Potatoes, Spectrum, p 19, 29 –30 Jan 2005
Henry Thornton Edwina Marks, Florentine gold and potato soup, 18 Jan 2005
The Sydney Morning Herald Dominique Angeloro, Critics Picks, p 27, 21 Jan 2005
Lives of the Artists # 8 Elizabeth Pulie, Imperial Slacks, p 4-5, Dec 2004
Broadsheet Alex Gawronski, Imperial Slacks, vol 31 no.4, p 28, Dec 2002
The Sydney Morning Herald Lenny Ann Low, Desk Job, July 2002
Oyster Magazine Artists Pro!le, p 102, Summer 2002
The Sydney Morning Herald Lenny Anne Low, Bubble trouble, p 13, 18 May 2002
Architectural Review Australia Gerard Reinmuth, p 32-39, Residential 2002
Real Time Kieth Gallash + Virginia Baxter, unBecomings, no.36, Apr 2002
Mosaic Daniel Nunan, Fringe Dwellers, p 6-8, Issue 2, Oct 2000
City Hub Garth Bolwell, Indahaus, p 20, 1 Oct 1998
SCA Handbook The University of Sydney, Cover Image, May 1998
EXPERIENCE
2006 - 2009 Graduate Architect Group GSA
2008 University Tutor + Guest Lecturer UTS, Architecture
2006 - 2009 Guest Lecturer + Final Year Jury UNSW, TAFE, Sydney University
2005 Project Designer + Manager Vertel Event Pavilion + Tech Labs
2003 - 2004 Design + Construction Residential + Commercial, Holland
2003 - 2005 Exhibition Co-ordinator Fiona Tan, Europe
2003 Production Design + Construction Nederland 3, Dutch Television
2002 - 2003 Architectural Assistant Buzacott Associate Architects
2001 - 2004 Carpentry + Building Residential Construction
2001 - 2005 Museum Preparator Museum of Contemporary Art
2000 - 2002 Architectural Assistant Michael Fox Architects
1999 - 2002 Founding Board Member Imperial Slacks Gallery
1999 Builder’s Labourer Kell + Rigby Builders
1998 Studio Manager + Designer Cydonia the Glass Studio
1998 - 2000 Performance, Film + Video The de Quincey Company
1994 - 2001 Set design + Construction The Performance Space