CHRIS DOLMAN

Born 1977 in Vancouver, Canada. Lives and works in Sydney

Education
2016

Masters of Fine Arts (Research), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University

2010

Bachelor of Fine Art with 1st Class Honours (Printmaking), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne

Selected Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2021

The door is ajar, The exit a dead end, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2019

Falling from a broken ladder, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2018

Bad Luck Feels…, MARS Gallery, Melbourne

2017

Good Grief! and other Calamities, Galerie pompom, Sydney An Anxious Tableau, SCA Gallery, Sydney

2016

Born Toulouse, Fontanelle, Adelaide

2015

Death Wobbles, MOP Projects, Sydney Adventures in the Neodrome, MARS Gallery, Melbourne

2014

Pipe Down FELTspace, Adelaide (with Paul Williams) Empty Vessels, Awkward Advances, Wellington St Projects, Sydney Other Day Ornamental SafARI, Alaska Projects, Sydney (with Paul Williams)

2013

Trompe l’ol, Firstdraft Sydney

2012

Roads?…Where we’re going we don’t need roads, Inflight, Hobart Sick’s & Seven’s, West Space, Melbourne Arrange/Rearrange/Deranged, MARS Gallery, Melbourne

2011

Superegular, Seventh, Melbourne

2010

Autoretro, Seventh, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021

Salon des Refusés, S. H. Ervin Gallery Shaping Wit, Art Space on the Concourse, Chatswood

2019

Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship, SCA Galleries The Portrait, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney

2018

Home Ground Advantage, Tillman Park, Sydenham All the Parts I Like About You, Artspace Sydney, Ideas platform SPRING1883, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne Installation Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks Video Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks Still Life Pt.1, Irene Rose, Melbourne Bad Mannerism, Galerie pompom, Sydney Suburbia, Cement Fondu, Sydney Pulp Fiction, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2017

Alice Guitard, Chris Dolman, et Louis Matton, VillaBelleville, Paris, France Double A-side, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Nice One Picasso, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney Weird Ceramics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria

2016

Solid Gold Easy Action II, Galerie pompom, Sydney Auckland Art Fair Interiors/Exteriors, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney Project 16: The Agency of Things, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne Landings, Merry Crisis, Sydney Sunday Punch, SCA Galleries, Sydney

2015

Grace Cossington Smith Award, Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith gallery, Sydney Friends With Benefits: Sharing is Caring, Part of TINA, Cooks Hill, Newcastle Biggie Smalls, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Leisure, curated by Lara Merrington, Fontanelle, Adelaide The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of, Verge Gallery, Sydney Exploring BigCi, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

2014

Glazed and Confused, Ceramics in contemporary art practice, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery Perpetual Horizon, Turner Gallery Tokyo Notfair Artfair, 12 Peel St Melbourne

2013

Art on Paper Prize Finalist, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery NSW Home and Hosed Hazelhurst Regional Gallery NSW

2012

Eye Candy Orange Regional Gallery NSW

2011

Stonehenge, Rearview, Melbourne

2010

Graduate Exhibition (Honours) VCA Melbourne The Wildman The Library Artspace Melbourne

2009

Wallara Traveling Scholarship Winner, Margaret Lawrence Melbourne Graduate Exhibition VCA Melbourne

2008

Habitats Print Exchange, Diagako Geijatsu University. Tokyo

Awards, Scholarships & Residencies
2021

Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Award Artist in residence, Rydalmere Studio

2019

Winner, Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Artist in residence, Artspace, Sydney

2018

Artist in residence, Parramatta Artist Studios

2017

Artist in residence, Villa Belleville, Paris Artist in residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium Artist in residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris Dyason Bequest, Art Gallery of NSW Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazehurst Regional Gallery

2016

Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre Art Gallery of New South Wales Studio Scholarship, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

2015

Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Award

2014

Australian Post Graduate Award, Sydney University Artist in Residence The Prop Room, St George Institute of TAFE

2013

Artist in Residence Ceramic Design Studio, Sydney Institute of TAFE Artist in Residence Bundanon Trust NSW Artist in Residence BigCi Bilpin NSW ArtStart Grant Australia Council for the Arts

2011

New Work Grant, Early career Australia Council for the Arts

2010

George Hicks Award, VCA Graduate award

2009

NGV Womans Association Award, VCA Graduate award Carbon Black Award, VCA Graduate award Tania Brougham Award, VCA Graduate award Wallara Traveling Scholarship VCA

2006

Artist in Residence Haefliger’s Cottage, Hill End, NSW

Bibliography
2018

Chelsea Lehmann, ‘Bad Mannerism’, exhibition essay Giselle Stanborough, ‘Suburbia’, Art Guide Australia

2017

Simon Gregg, ‘Hello Weird’, exhibition catalogue essay for Weird Ceramic

2016

Naomi Riddle, ‘Solid Gold Easy Action II’, exhibition essay Kent Wilson, ‘The Agency of Things’, exhibition essay

2015

Stella Rosa McDonald, ‘Death Wobbles’, The Art Life, 1 June Mia Van den Bos, ‘Objectifying the social’, fineprintmagazine.com Ashley Crawford, ‘Bong Nose Long Socks Goes To Town’, exhibition essay

2014

Chloe Wolifson, ‘Colouring outside the lines’, exhibition essay for artist fold out poster publication Liz Nowell, ‘Other Day Ornamental’, SafARI 2014 exhibition catalogue essay

2013

Benjamin Ryan, ‘White Out’, Trompe l’ol exhibition essay

Collections

Gippsland Art Gallery Artbank Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Wallara Asset Management