Christine Porter is a full time practicing artist living on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, and working from her studio there, as well as in more remote areas.
She is a painter , printmaker,  teacher and  publisher.

• As a painter, her favoured medium is watercolour. She was elected in 1996 as an exhibiting member of the Australian Watercolour Institute and in 2007 to the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. Her paintings concentrate on the subject matter of rural Australia – especially the sheep, wool and cattle industries of western Queensland. New work in 2009 was a series of miniature painting and drawings entitled remembering how to fly: images of Australian and imagined birds.
  
• As a printmaker, Christine’s medium is the multi-plate colour etching with subjects that come from her painting practice as well as more personal subjects and ideas.  
• In 1996 she formed the publishing company Full Moon Publications to create opportunities for showing her artwork in card and book form.
• Christine, who is a trained and experienced teacher, works with many artists providing training in technical aspects of painting and printmaking. She also provides education and coaching about professionalism in the arts industry through her seminars entitled Success and the Business of Artwork.
  

Christine Porter

born Kempsey, Australia

2011  Celebrating twenty-one years as a full time artist
2007-2008  painting and exhibiting trips to UK
2006  Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore
2004  elected member: Royal Art Society, Sydney
2003  first overseas teaching assignment
2001  established printmaking editioning studio: Full Moon Editions
          established professional development consultation and coaching business: Success and the Business of Artwork
1998  established publishing company: Full Moon Publications
1996  elected member: Australian Watercolour Institute
1993-2011 Toastmasters International, competing successfully to division level
1999-2011 conducted various workshops and speaking engagements in Australia and overseas
1990  commenced full time, self employment as an artist      
1985-9  primary school teacher in western Queensland
1982   Diploma of Teaching, Armidale College of Advanced Education, Armidale

selected major prizes

2009  Finalist Country Energy Award for Landscape Painting
2006  McGregor Fellowship from the University of Southern Queensland for travel to the UK in 2007
2002  Kenneth McQueen Memorial Prize for Watercolour
2001  International  Finalist, International Artist Challenge No. 1 The Landscape
1998  National Finalist, Executive Woman of the Year Award (arts and industry sector)
1997  Zonta Award for Women, Brisbane
1996  National Finalist, Canson Student Print Competition (one of twenty chosen from all Australian universities)
1992   Warwick Daily News Art Prize
1986-2010 more than 120 prizes and awards at various art competitions

selected solo exhibitions

2011  Small Milestones 75 George St Sydney
2010  narrative Barratt Galleries: Alstonville, NSW
          down the Mole Forest to Furniture: Tenterfield, NSW
          a box of horseshoes The Moree Gallery: Moree, NSW
2009  remembering how to fly Barebones Artspace: Bangalow, NSW
2008  British breeds The Royal Highland Show: Edinburgh, Scotland
          I couldn’t see the landscape for the fields Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery: Toowoomba, Qld
          the carelessness of exile Tweed River Regional Art Gallery: Murwilllumbah, NSW
2007  other people’s treasures Randolf Galleries: Edinburgh, Scotland
2006  not far, as the crow flies Stanthorpe Regional Gallery: Stanthorpe, Qld
2005   sheds, tanks and shearers: a portrait of rural Australia Salmon Galleries: Sydney
2004  the shearing shed Brisbane Royal Show: Brisbane, Qld; Andrew Harris Vineyards: Mudgee, NSW
2003   outside in Texas Regional Art Gallery: Texas, Qld
           painted tin Australian Workers’ Heritage Centre: Barcaldine, Qld
2001   Christine Porter ten years: one thousand paintings Lismore Regional Art Gallery: Lismore, NSW
1998, 1991, 1993 Red Hill Gallery: Brisbane, Qld
1995  The Lake Russell Gallery: Coffs Harbour, NSW
1994   The Moree Gallery: Moree, NSW
1990-2001 various venues Goondiwindi, Qld

selected group exhibitions

2012  Melbourne Watercolour Show Glen Eira Council Gallery (proposed)
          8th British INternational Miniature Print Exhibition London (proposed)
2010  Wattle, Thistle and Rose: the finest watercolourists of Australia, England and Scotland Wollongong City Gallery
          paper + wood Kingaroy Shire Art Gallery: Kingaroy, Qld
2009  community printmakers award National finalist exhibition Tweed River Art Gallery: Murwillumbah, NSW (selected by Basil Hall)
2007  Launch exhibition, Barratt Galleries: Alstonville, NSW (curated by Julie Barratt)
2004  Grand Festival of Asian Watercolour Painting Busan, Korea (representing Australia)
          the CMAG collection: Studio One Prints Canberra Museum and Gallery: Canberra, ACT (curated by Mark Van Veen)
          Country Women Artists Salmon Galleries Sydney, NSW (curated by Judith Salmon)
2002   Voluntary response, Lismore Regional Art Gallery: Lismore, NSW
2001  [e] folio Lismore Regional Art: Lismore, NSW (commissioned for the Lismore Regional Art Gallery Foundation)
1998  Australian in New York New York, USA (curated by Simonne Jameson)
          Biennial International Watercolour Exhibition, Mexico City (representing Australia)
1997  Australian in Paris, Paris, France (curated by Simonne Jameson)
          Exhibition of Printmakers’ Art, Royal Queensland Art Society Brisbane, Qld
1995  Profound Statement in Print, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, touring show (curated by Wim de Vos)

collections

International:
Permanent Collection, Museo National de la Acuarela, Mexico;
Private Collections worldwide

Australian
Public: National Gallery of Australia; Brisbane City Council; University of Southern Queensland; Canberra Museum and Gallery; Lismore City Council; Queensland Arts Council; Lismore Regional Art Gallery; Waggamba, Cloncurry, Barcaldine, Blackall, Mt Isa Shire councils. Mitchel Library (Qld)
Corporate: Canson Australia; United Service Club, Brisbane; Australian Police Force, Canberra; Daily News, Warwick; Main Camp Tea-tree, Ballina; Richmond - Upper Clarence Regional Library; Blackall State School, Blackall.
Private collections Australia-wide

current represention

PG Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne, Vic; Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane, Qld; The Moree Gallery, Moree, NSW; Barebones Artspace, Bangalow, NSW ; Millwood Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

affiliations

Australian Watercolour Institute (elected member 1996)
Royal Art Society of New South Wales (exhibiting member, elected 2005)

artist books

1996    “Recollections” PRINTink, Brisbane
1994     Studio One, Canberra, 1996 Calendar (twelve selected printmakers)

commissions

2002  (e) folio Lismore Regional Art Gallery Foundation
1999 The Cathedral Project The Anglican Church, Grafton diocese.

residencies

2011  Lismore art in the heart at The Rocks. Sydney Pop-up residency: 75 George St The Rocks  Small Milestones exhibition and workshops
2010  Kingaroy Shire Art Gallery Flying Ant Project . Workshops, tutorials, public artwork, public lectures, access workshop.
2002  Barcaldine Arts Council: Painted Tin . creating artwork and mounting exhibition about shearing sheds in the area including “Barcaldine Downs”, “Mildura”, “Westbourne”. Exhibition opened by Margaret Whitlam.
1993  Macintyre cluster of schools: Developed project based art programme to  schools in the Goondiwindi area.
1993  Blackall woolscour: Sixty paintings and drawings of the historical woolscour

major rural commission / artist in residence projects

2011   North Star, NSW 
2010   Tenterfield, NSW
2009   Morven Qld: The Beltex and Texels of Turriff Scotland
2008   Coonamble, NSW; Nyngan NSW: The badger faced sheep, England
2007   Charleville Qld: the North Country Cheviots , Scotland
2006   Tenterfield,  NSW
2005   Bendemeer, NSW;  Inglewood, Qld
2004   White Hills, Tas; Goondiwindi, Qld;  Yetman, NSW
2003    Bellata, NSW
1998- 2002  Qld / NSW border properties

selected bibliography

www.visualartsnetwork.net.au
www.fullmoonpublications.com.au

2010  Imprint Autumn 2010 Vol 45 Number 1 Christine Porter fragments of lost narratives by Tim Mosely p 28
2006   The Australian Watercolour Institute Phillip Matthews Sydney 2006 pp132-133 (full colour reproduction and biography)
2005   The Artist’s Palette No37, pp 26-34 Christine Porter Artist in residence (editorial and article)
           The Queensland Country Life June 16, 2005 p45 Capturing the world of shearing
2004   Australian Artist Feb 2004, pp 58-66 Multiplicity ( article and pictures)
           Grand Festival of Asian Watercolour (exhibition catalogue)
2001   Christine Porter  ten years : one thousand paintings Full Moon Publications, Lismore, 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
2000   International Artist- Vol 17 Feb /Mar 2001, p7 (reproduction)
1997   Kennedy,B, “Woolshed  watercolours”, R.M. Williams’ Outback Issue3, Feb\March 99, pp64-65 (article and reproductions)
1998   Tercera Bienal Internacional De Acuarela, Mexico 1998 Catalogue Museo Nacional De La Acuarela (exhibition catalogue)
           Australian Watercolour Institute 75th anniversary 1923-1998 Beagle Press,Sydney, pp118-9 (full colour reproduction and biography)

teaching experience

2000-2011 speaking engagements
Topics: success and the business of artwork, artist talks and other topics including:
2010   Kingaroy Art Gallery: pulic lecture series
2007   guest speaker NSW Medical Art Group; Ku-ring-ai Art Group, Sydney
2006   guest lunch speaker at Toastmaster’s District 69 (national) conference
other judging, speaking and media opportunities.

1991-2011 workshops/ training/ teaching
from 2 – 10 days in watercolour and printmaking  technique as well as business strategies for artists: organised privately by community art groups and public bodies such as Queensland Arts Council including:
2012   Inverlochy Art School Summer School, Wellington New Zealand: Official international guest artist and teacher:  printmaking and public talks
2010 -11   University of Southern Qld, Toowoomba. McGregor Winter School: Printmaking
2010   Kingaroy Art Gallery, Kingaroy Qld.  Artist-in-residence: printmaking, watercolour, art-business
2008   Oakey Art Group. Oakey Qld. Success and the business of artwork
           Barratt Galleries, Alstonville NSW: Printmaking
2005   Mitchell QLD: Watercolour
2004   Mungindi NSW: printmaking
           Inverlochy Art School Summer School, Wellington New Zealand: Official international guest artist and teacher: watercolour and public talks
2002   Artswest, Aramac Qld. 6 day Winter School- watercolour techniques
           Warwick Regional Gallery. Qld. Success and the Business of Artwork
2001   Clifton Art Workshops, CliftonQld. Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Gosford NSW: Success and the Business of Artwork
1990-2010 private classes in painting, drawing, printmaking and art-business
1984-1989  primary school teacher in Western Qld