Curriculum vitae
Chronology
1947 Born 10th October in Melbourne
1966 Certificate of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1966 Studied Life Drawing with Louis Kahan , Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne
1966-1970 Studied Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1973 Fine Arts Degree, Printmaking, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education
1974 Tutor, Printmaking and Drawing, Prahran College of Advanced Education
1975 Tutor, Art Theory and Drawing, Preston Institute of Technology
1976-1978 German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), Stuttgart Art School
1978 Lecturer, Design, Drawing and Printmaking, Prahran College of Advanced Education
1979 Concurrent Part-time Lecturer, Printmaking, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Prahran, College of Advanced Education and Preston Institute of Technology
1980-1981 Residency, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany with assistance from Berlin Artist’s Program of DAAD Berlin and the Australia Council
1981 Lecturer, Printmaking and Drawing, Caulfield Institute of Technology,
1981 studied Educational Administration, Hawthorn Institute of Higher Education
1982 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Head of Printmaking (A/g), Sydney College of the Arts,
1982 studied Educational Administration (Masters Degree), University of New South Wales
1983 Travel Grant, Australia-Japan Foundation, World Papermaking Conference, Kyoto/Tokyo,
1983 Lecturer, Drawing, Nepean College of Advanced Education
1984-1987 Lecturer, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art
1985-1986 Senior Lecturer, Head of Graphic Investigation Workshop (A/g), Canberra School of Art
1990-1993 Studio in Munich
1990-1992 Lecturer, Printmaking and Open Art Workshop, Münchner Volkshochschule, Munich
1993-1995 Studio in Milan
1996-1998 Studio in Wellington
1996 Lecturer, Drawing, School of Design, Wellington Polytechnic
1999-2004 Living and working in Paris
2002-2003 Member of Faculty, Lecturer in Painting, Parsons School of Design, Paris
2004-2011 Living and working in London
2010 Curator, Catalogue Editor, “100 Years of Diplomacy”, An exhibition commemorating the centenary of Australia’s diplomatic representation in the United Kingdom, Australia House, London
2010 Artist Residency, Basil Hall Editions Printmaking Workshop, Skopelos
2011 Artist Residency, Basil Hall Editions Printmaking Workshop, Skopelos
2011 Studio, Munich, living and working in Munich
2012-2023 Lecturer, Münchner Volkshochschule, Munich
2014 Seminar Leader, Zeichnerische Spurensuche, 1 September - 5 September, Buchenried House, Education and Seminar Centre of the Munich Volkshochschule, Berg
2015 Seminar Leader, Gestalten mit Feder, Tusche und Aquarell, 07.December - 11.December 2015, Buchenried House, Education and Seminar Centre of the Munich Volkshochschule, Berg
2023 New studio projects informed by current and ongoing interests in old encyclopedias, archives, memory collectives of all sorts, James Lovelock’s and Lynn Margulis’ Gaia hypothesis, object oriented ontology and the juristic rights of all forms of nature
Solo Exhibitions
1973 Mill Gallery, Deloraine
1976 Mill Gallery, Deloraine
1977 Mill Gallery, Deloraine
1977 Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1978 Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1979 Collectors Lithograph Gallery, Melbourne
1979 Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1981 Künstlerhaus Bethanien Gallery, Berlin
1982 Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1984 Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1989 Workspace Interiors, Canberra
1989 Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1990 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1991 Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1991 Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad, Bad Homburg
1992 Kunsthandlung Erich Ehmer, Munich
1992 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1992 Kunstforum Arabellapark, Munich
1993 Galerie Levy, Hamburg
1994 Kunsthandlung Erich Ehmer, Munich
1995 Australian Consulate General, Milan
1996 Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney
1998 Jensen Gallery, Wellington
1998 Galeria Levy, Madrid
2000 Galerie Siemens, Munich
2001 Le groupe “De quoi on se mêle”, Paris
2002 Australian Embassy, Paris
2002 Kunst oder Reklame, Munich
2004 Galerie Caprice Horn, Art Frankfurt
2005 QDOS Gallery, Lorne
2006 Galerie Anima(l), Lyon
2011 “New Works”, Galerie Gabriele Green , Munich
2013 “Holiday at Home”, ‘Showroom’, Ackermannbogen, Munich
2013 Paintings and Collages, German Federal Patent Court, November 2013 – February 2014, Munich
2014 "Views - Drawing: A Personal Journey (Zeichnerische Spurensuche)", Buchenried House, Education and Seminar Centre of the Munich Volkshochschule, April 2014 – January 2015, Berg
2014 Paintings and Prints, Artist’s Studio, Open Westend, 4 - 6 April, Munich
2016 Drawings and Prints, ‘Wir laden Ein’, Artist’s Studio, Westend, 18 - 20 November, Munich
2017 Paintings and Prints, Artist’s Studio, Open Westend, 31 March - 2 April Munich
2017 “En Miniature“, Galerie Michael Heufelder Christopher Croft / Michael Munding, 24.11-10.12, Munich
2017 Recent Paintings, “Wir laden ein”, Artist’s Studio, Westend, 17 - 19 November, Munich
2018 Prints in the Studio, “Wir laden ein”, Gewerbehof Westend, 16 - 18 November, Munich
2019 Prints in the Studio, “Wir laden ein”, Gewerbehof Westend, 8 - 10 November, Munich
2020 “Household Pets in a Digital World”, Susan Boutwell Gallery, 24 January - 7 March, Munich
2023 “Fables for Future”, Paintings and Drawings, Boutwell Schabrowsky Gallery, Munich, 26 January - 25 February, with the support of the German Federal Government’s Foundation for Art Funds, ‘Neustart Kultur’
2024 Recent Paintings, Drawings and Prints, “Wir laden ein”, Artist’s Studio, Westend, 15 - 17 November, Munich
Group Exhibitions
1973 Students and Teachers-School of Art, Launceston, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, , Launceston
1975 Survival Kit, Ewing Gallery, curated by Kiffy Rubbo, Melbourne University Gallery, Melbourne
1977 Künstler der Galerie, Galerie Brinkman, Amsterdam
1977 Innenbilder/Außenbilder, Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1978 99 Radierungen, Galerie Henning, Hamburg
1978 Fifth International Graphic Biennale, Frechen
1978 Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1979 Innenbilder/Außenbilder, Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1980 Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1980 Australian Art in Prints, 1970-1980, curated by Paul McIntyre, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
1981 Tasmania Visited, curated by Hendrik Kolenberg, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
1981 Ausstellung, Autoren Galerie 1, Goethe-Institut, London
1982 Preston to Philip, A Survey, 10 Years of Art Education, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1983 Australian Artist’s Books, curated by Judy Annear, Artspace, Sydney
1983 Continuum, First Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art in Japan, organised by Japan-Australia Cultural and Art Exchange Committee, Tokyo
1984 Hugh Williamson Prize, Exhibition Officer, Robert Jenyns, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
1985 Print as Object, curated by Bill Meyer, Print Council of Australia Travelling Exhibition, Melbourne
1985 Insequence, curated by Ray Arnold and Milan Milojevic, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart
1986 Staff Show, curated by David Dolan, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
1986 Crosscurrents, curated by Elizabeth Cross and Maudie Palmer, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Heidelberg
1988 Artist’s Objects, curated by Elizabeth Cross, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Heidelberg
1988 10:1 Print Project, curated by Basil Hall and Deborah Perrow, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra; City Art Gallery, Wagga; Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
1988 100 x 100 Print Portfolio, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
1989 Artists of the Gallery, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1990 Sun, Smoke and Steel, Studio One Print Workshop, National Touring Exhibition, Canberra
1990 Innenbilder/Außenbilder, Autoren Galerie 1, Munich
1991 In Progress, curated by Association of Female Artists and Friends of Art of Germany and Austria, Travelling Exhibition, Germany and Holland
1991 Freiräume IV, Aspekte Galerie, Munich,
1992 The New Metaphysics, curated by Felicity Fenner, Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney
1993 Galerie Levy, Art Cologne, Cologne
1994 Drawing on Inspiration, chosen by Rodney Pople, Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney
1994 Galerie Levy, Art Cologne, Cologne
1995 “Forest”, curated by Constanze Kirmse, Forest Sciences Faculty, University of Munich, Freising
1995 Galerie Levy, Art Cologne, Cologne
1996 Galerie Levy, Art Cologne, Cologne
1998 Drawing is Dead? Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Visa Gold Award, Travelling Exhibition, Wellington
1998 Renard Wardell Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2000 Accents australiens, Espace Adamski Designs, Paris
2000 Arts d’Australie, Galeries Lafayette Homme, Paris
2001 Sarcelles Print Biennale, Sarcelles
2001 Voyage dans la matière, Atelier Claude Cerf, Paris
2001 Arts d’Australie. Visages d’un continent, Galerie Visages de l’art, Marly-le-Roi
2001 Critiques en herbe, Reg’Art Contemporain, Paris
2001 Art Paris 2001, Arts d’Australie, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2002 Histoires Naturelles, Salon d’Art Contemporain, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
2002 Art Paris 2002, Arts d’Australie, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2002 Faculty Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, Paris
2003 Art Paris 2003, Arts d’Australie, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2003 Sarcelles Print Biennale, Sarcelles
2003 L’Art Emmêlé, City Hall, Paris
2004 Christopher Croft / Goran Djurovic / Martin Heinig, Galerie Caprice Horn Berlin
2006 House Collection, Print Treasures from the Megalo Stockroom, Megalo Gallery, Canberra
2007 Affordable Art Fair London, Arts d’Australie - Stéphane Jacob, Paris
2007 Affordable Art Fair New York, Art Vitam Miami, New York
2010 Ithica, Group exhibition with Garry Shead, Judy Watson, Belinda Fox, Adam Rish, Gary Shinfield, Christopher Croft and Mikael Kihlman. Skopelos Foundation
2012 Galerie Green , Munich
2013 Munich Draws , Artist’s Gallery (Galerie der Künstler), Bavarian Professional Artist’s Union, 23 July-25 August, exhibition curated by Dr. Erika Wäcker-Babnik and Dr. Stefan Graupner, Munich
2015 “Parkhotel", Westend Studios, 16 - 18 October, Munich
2016 “Green”, Edition Karbit, Galerie Michael Heufelder, 2 - 23 December, Munich
2017 “Create Art”, Munich Volkshochschule East, 23 February - 6 April, Munich
2017 Art Bodensee in Dornbirn, Galerie Michael Heufelder, 21- 23. July, Dornbirn
2018 Bleistift, Papier, fertig! The Drawing Academy of the Munich Volkshochschule October 2018, Munich
2018 Summer Exhibition - Susan Boutwell Gallery, July - August 2018, Munich
2022 G’day! Discover Australia, Munich Volkshochschule, March - September, Munich
2022 Down Under in Munich, Werkgalerie, Munich Volkshochschule, July - September, Munich
2023 Guest Artist, “Bilder, Briefe, Noten CVI”, Autoren Galerie 1, May 2023, Munich
Bibliography
Christopher Croft, Zeichnungen, Radierungen und Buchobjekte, Heinz Ohff, catalogue, Berlin,1977
Bildgeschichten eines Vaganten, Jürgen Morschel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 26 , 1977
Christopher Croft, Zeichnungen, Radierungen und Pastelle, catalogue, Autoren Galerie 1, Munich, January 20, 1978
Conversation with Christopher Croft, Elizabeth Cross, 'Imprint' no. 1, 1979, Print Council of Australia
An Artist of Sensibility..., Nancy Borlase, Sydney Morning Herald, November 24, 1979
The Recent Coloured Etchings..., Mary Eagle, The Age, Melbourne, November 28, 1979
Christopher Croft...a Superb Printmaker..., Jeffrey Makin, The Sun, Melbourne, December 5, 1979
The Dreamlike Quality in His Work..., Alan McCulloch, The Herald, Melbourne, December 6, 1979
A Series of Small Boxed Etchings..., Graeme Sturgeon, The Australian, December 8, 1979
Australian Art in Prints, 1970-1980, Paul McIntyre, catalogue, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, January, 1980
12th Alice Prize, Elwynn Lynn, The Australian, 1981
Christopher Croft - Auf dem Weg zum Memory Theater, Dr. Michael Haerdter, catalogue, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, January 28, 1981
Zum Theater der Erinnerungen, Heinz Ohff, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, February 3, 1981
Tasmania Visited, Hendrik Kolenberg, catalogue, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, November 3, 1981
Australian Art of the Last Ten Years, catalogue, Philip Morris Arts Grant Collection, Australian National Gallery, 1982
Christopher Croft, Works on Paper, Elizabeth Cross, National Times, August 25, 1982
The Streets and Galleries of Berlin..., Memory Hollaway, The Age, Melbourne, August 25, 1982
Critic's Choice, Memory Hollaway, The Age, Melbourne, August 28, 1982
Continuum, First Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art in Japan, Jennifer Phipps, catalogue, August 22, 1983
The Memory Theatre and Other Works, Susanna Short, Sydney Morning Herald, September 21, 1984
Print as Object, catalogue, Print Council of Australia Travelling Exhibition, 1985
Insequence, catalogue, Tasmanian School of Art Gallery, Hobart, June, 1985
Striking Tigers on Show, Mary Dineen, Hobart Mercury, June 22 1985
Insequence, Mary Dineen, 'Imprint', Print Council of Australia, September/December, 1985
Art Review, Phyllis Woolcock, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, September 10, 1985
Drawing in Australia, Janet Mckenzie, published by Macmillan Aust. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne 1986
Print as Object, Art in Australia, Autumn issue, 1986
For Croft "the world can be understood in small things"..., Elizabeth Cross, Catalogue, Crosscurrents, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, September, 1986
Poetry on canvas deceives passing eyes, Gary Catalano, The Age, Melbourne, October 10, 1986
... the forgiving humanist ..., Elizabeth Cross, Catalogue, Artists Objects, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, April, 1988
There is a story by Borges..., Gary Catalano, The Age, Melbourne, May 4, 1988
Tough, cerebral showing of art determined to last the distance, Sasha Grishin, The Canberra Times, June 21, 1989
... images of defined space..., Jan Blendsdorf, The Age, Melbourne, September 28, 1990
Verkehrte heile Welt, Christoph Wiedemann, Catalogue, Christopher Croft, Paintings and Drawings, Autoren Galerie, Munich, September 1991
An Exhibition of work by Christopher Croft, Helen McDonald, Catalogue, Christopher Croft, Paintings and Drawings, Autoren Galerie, Munich, September, 1991
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
Wandeln in der Weite, Mark Hübner, Hamburger Abendblatt, October 14, 1993
Spleens, die im Bilderrahmen bleiben, Die Welt, November 11, 1993
Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Alan and Susan McCulloch, published by Allen and Unwin, 1994
"unwitting players in the tragic comedy of life", Anne Loxton, Press Release, Eva Breuer Gallery, July, 1996
Croft`s Chronicles, Katy Corner, City Voice, Wellington, April 2, 1998
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
Artistes australiens avant JO, Jean-Pierre Bourcier, Paris, La Tribune, 4 july, 2000
L’art d’un continent, Nathalie Bouvard, Paris, Madame Figaro, September, 2000
Artipodes, Pascal Sanson, Paris, Monsieur, No. 24, September, 2000
Vernissage, Jean-Pierre Frimbois, Paris, Art Actuel, No. 10, September/October, 2000
Accès 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 drôles 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 juin 2001
Le XXe siecle a l’honneur, Aladin, France, Septembre, 2001
Les centres d’art, Annick Colonna-Césarie, L’Expresss, Le Magazine, 24.10.02, S.24
Art Paris prend du galon, Myriam Boutoulle, Connaissance des arts, no 598, October 02, S.112
SZ Kunst-Tipp, Christoph Wiedemann, Süddeutsche Zeitung, no.257, 7.-13.11.02, S.47
Ausstellungs-Tipps der Go-Redaktion, Thomas Schillo, Go, 11/02, S. 80
Innerlich – in München bis 11.Dezember, Sybille Weber, Wohn!Design, Nov./Dec.issue 2002
Inner Lives, Catalogue Essay, Christian Leroy, October 2002
Persian Rug(by), L’Art Emmêlé Catalogue Essay, Stéphane Jacob, August 2003
Christopher Croft, Harry Kampianne, Arts Actualités Magazine, No. 12, January 2004
Art Frankfurt, Gerhard Charles Rump, Die Welt, 8 May 2004
Painting and Drawing by Max Klinger, translated from German by Fiona Elliott and Christopher Croft, published by IKON Gallery, Birmingham, July 2005
Christopher Croft - Household Pets in a Digital World, Dr. Peter Münch, Munich, January 2019
Awards/Commissions/Projects
1973 Membership Print, Print Council of Australia
1975 Designed series of Theatre Posters for La Mama Theatre, Melbourne
1976 German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD), Stuttgart Art Academy
1979 Visual Arts Board Artist's Traineeship Program Grant (with Deborah Walker)
1979 Westmead Print Prize
1979 Musica Viva Poster for Victorian Ministry for the Arts
1979 Advisor to Victorian Ministry for Arts on feasibility of establishing the Victorian Print Workshop
1979 Illustrations, Primary School Curriculum, Victorian Education Department
1980 Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien with assistance from the Berlin Artist's Program of the DAAD Berlin and the Australia Council
1980 Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council
1981 Department of Foreign Affairs, Australia, assistance with cost of catalogue for Künstlerhaus Bethanien exhibition
1981 Purchased, Alice Springs Art Prize
1982 Two editions of lithographs published by Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1983 Australia-Japan Foundation Travel Grant to attend World Handmade Paper Conference, Kyoto
1989 Handmade book edition of 75 for Croftology Publishing, "A-Z of Australian Animals"
1988 10:1 Print Project, A Collaboration between artist and printer, Studio One (Inc.) Print Workshop Travelling Print Exhibition, Canberra, Australia.
1988 100 x 100, One Hundred Prints by One Hundred Australian Artists, presented by Print Council of Australia. Sponsored by Dr. Michel Lefebvre
1988 Two poster designs for Children's Poster Project, Parliament House Construction Authority, Canberra
1988 Professional Experience Award, Canberra Institute of the Arts
1992 Exhibition at Kunstforum Arabellapark, Munich, assisted by City of Munich Department of Culture
1996 Exhibition, Australian Consulate General, Milan
2001 Folio of 5 Flower Prints, 2 colour intaglio, Published by Arts d’Australie - Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France
2019 German Federal Government’s Foundation for Art Funds Grant - ‘Neustart Kultur’
Public and Corporate Collections
ADAC Collection, Munich
Adam Foundation Art Collection, Wellington, New Zealand
Alice Springs Art Foundation, Australia
Artbank, Sydney, Australia
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Australian Parliament House Collection, Canberra, Australia
BHP Collection, Australia
Ballarat College of Advanced Education Collection, Ballarat, Australia
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Australia
City of Caulfield Permanent Art Collection, Caulfield, Australia
Deakin University Art Collection, Malvern, Australia
Griffith University Collection, Queensland, Australia
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
New Gallery of Linz - Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, Austria
Philipp Morris Collection, Australia
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Australia
Tasmanian College of Advanced Education Collection, Hobart, Australia
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia
University of Queensland Collection, Brisbane, Australia
University of Tasmania Collection, Hobart, Australia
University of Tasmania Collection, Launceston, Australia
Victoria University Collection, Wellington, New Zealand
Victorian State Government Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Australia
Westmead Centre Collection, Sydney, Australia
Representation
Galerie Michael Heufelder
Gabelsbergerstraße 83
80333 Munich, Germany
Gallery Arts d’Australie - Stéphane Jacob
13 rue Chapon
75003 Paris, France
Gallery ART VITAM
2001 Meridian Avenue
#323 Miami Beach
FL 33139-1536, USA
Domaine de Withley
F - 62520 Le Touquet, France