| CHRIS LANGLOIS |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1969 | Born Gosford, NSW |
| Lives and works Sydney |
| 1990 | BA Visual Arts (painting and drawing), The University of Newcastle, NSW |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 | Another Place, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| Darkwood, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2010 | Quietude, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2009 | Heiser Gallery, Brisbane |
| Michael Reid, Murrurundi |
| 2008 | Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2007 | Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| Moree Plains Art Gallery, Moree |
| 2006 | Winter Weather, Martin Browne Fine Art at Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Landscape Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney |
| 2004 | Vanishing Point, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney |
| Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Half light, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney |
| 2002 | Everything and Nothing, Chris Langlois’ Landscape Paintings, Newcastle Region Art |
| Gallery, Newcastle |
| Imperfect Isolation, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane |
| 2001 | Land sea sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane |
| Fading to Nought, Martin Brown Fine Art, Sydney |
| Nick Mitzevitch Gallery, Newcastle |
| 2000 | Melancholy, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 | A Point In Time, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 | Landscape and Memory, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1997 | Autumn Park, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 | Detached Shadows, Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| Rocket Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1995 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1994 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1993 | Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1992 | Legge Gallery, Sydney |
| 1991 | Veiw Factory, Newcastle |
| 1990 | Watt Space, The University of Newcastle |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 | Landscape + the Urbane Environment, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Water Memory, Glass House Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie |
| Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery |
| Keeping Company, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney |
| New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale |
| Allsorts 2011, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| Salon Des Refuses, S.H Irvin Gallery, Sydney |
| BIG/small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane |
| Paddington Art Prize, Sydney |
| Kings Art Prize, Sydney |
| 30 to collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| BIG/ small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 30 to collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2010 | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Silent Spaces, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney |
| Zoo Artists in Residence, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle, |
| Newcastle |
| 2009 | In Paradise: Artist of the Northern Beaches, Manly Arts Festival, Manly Art Gallery |
| and Museum, Sydney |
| Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney |
| 2008 | Chris Langlois, Luke Pither, Paul Spencer, and Camilla Tadich, Sophie Gannon |
| Gallery, Melbourne |
| Painting the Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| Salon des Refuses, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney |
| Salon des Refuses, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2007 | The University Collection: Evolution, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle |
| Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2006 | Tainted Love, Contemporary developments in Landscape, Bendigo Art Gallery, |
| Bendigo |
| Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2005 | The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney. |
| 2004 | Great Escapes: romantic landscape in the 21st century, Curated by Meryl Ryan, |
| Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie |
| State of Art: Peace, touring exhibition, curated by Katherine Roberts, Manly Art |
| Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 | Depth of Field, Curated by Karen Hall & Louise Tegart, Shepparton Regional Art |
| Gallery, Shepparton |
| Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Volunteered Images, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Cambelltown |
| Horizon, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| Well Connected: Dobell + Company, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake |
| Macquarie |
| New Aquisitions, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Cambelltown |
| University of Newcastle Art Collection, Recent Acquisitions, The University of |
| Newcastle, Newcastle |
| 2000 | Watt Decade, The University of Newcastle Travelling Exhibition, Broken Hill Regional |
| Art Gallery, Broken Hill |
| 1999 | Contemporary, a selection from the collection of Allen, Allen and Hemsley, UTS |
| Gallery, Sydney |
| Velocity, Evan Salmon, Niki Savvas & Chris Langlois, Newspace, Sydney College of |
| the Arts, Sydney |
| Watt Decade, Ten Year Anniversary, Watt Space, The University of Newcastle, |
| Newcastle |
| People and Places from Hunter-Manning Regional Collections, Manning Regional |
| Gallery, Taree |
| 1998 | The Four Elements, A Journey Across The Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, |
| Newcastle |
| Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| Steel Works, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie |
| The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 | Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| 1995 | Hidden Treasures, Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
| Salon Des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney |
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| AWARDS & PRIZES |
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| 2011 | Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Acquisitive Art Prize- Winner |
| Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize – Highly Commended |
| Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 2010 | Wynne Prize - Finalist |
| Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2008 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2007 | Wynne Prize – Finalist |
| Paddington Art Prize - Finalist |
| 2006 | Wynne Prize - Finalist |
| 1998 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1996 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1995 | Salon des Refuses - Finalist |
| 1990 | Maitland Art Prize - Winner |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| Bendigo Art Gallery |
| Newcastle Regional Art Gallery |
| Maitland City Art Gallery |
| The University of Newcastle |
| Parliament House, Canberra |
| Sydney Children’s Hospital |
| NRMA |
| B.T. Funds Management |
| The University and Schools Club, Sydney |
| Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery |
| Manly Art Gallery and Museum |
| New England Regional Art Gallery |
| University of Technology, Sydney |
| Artbank |
| Allen, Aurthur, Robinson |
| Macquarie Bank |
| AMP |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| Simon, Gregg. New Romantics; Darkness and light in Australian Art, Australian |
| Scholarly Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-921509-91-9 |
| Hynes, Victoria. Chris Langlois and the Australian sublime, Australian Art Review, |
| November 2009 -January 2010 |
| Taylor, Andres. Aristocratic Approval, The Sun Herald, 4 July 2010 |
| Roberts, Katherine. In paradise, Artists of the Northern Beaches, catalogue essay |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum, November 2009 |
| Blake, Elissa. I still call Australia home, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘Sunday Magazine’, 22 |
| January 2006 |
| Petley, William. On the rise, The Sun Herald, 7 August 2005 |
| The Hot List 100, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘Sunday Magazine’, 17 July 2005 |
| Ryan, Meryl & Timms, Peter. Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery |
| exhibition catalogue, 2004 - 2005 |
| Hall, Karen. Tegart, Lousie & Bulter, Rex. Depth of Field, Exhibition catalogue, |
| Shepparton Art Gallery, 2003, ISBN 0 9577065 7 X |
| Nelson, Robert. Photography and Painting in Cahoots, The Age, January 2003 |
| Australia’s most Collectable Artists Australian Art Collector, Issue 23, p. 63, January- |
| March 2003 |
| Brown, Phil. Far Horizons, Brisbane News, 17 July 2002 |
| Chester, Rodney. Just Add People, The Courier Mail, 16 July 2002 |
| Birch, Robert. Family over Fame, The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 9 February |
| 2002 |
| Stowell, Jill. Simply Sublime, The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 2 February 2002 |
| Wilcock, Ann-Marie. Alone on the Beach The Newcastle Herald, ‘Weekender’, 2 |
| February 2002 |
| Scott, Jody. Dream Factory, Elle Magazine, pp 159-161, March 2002 |
| Brennan, Betsy. Living Art, Vogue Living, p. 54, February/March 2002 |
| Demasi, Laura. Art Class, Elle Magazine, p. 75, February 2002 |
| The Newcastle Gallery Society Journal (cover), January 2002 |
| Butler, Rex. On the Edge of Reality, Courier Mail, December 2001 |
| Hawker, Rosemary. Everything & Nothing, Land Sea Sky exhibition catalogue, Metro |
| Arts, November 2011 |
| Teutsch, Danielle. ‘Galleries’ The Sun Herald, 12 August 2001 |
| Simmonds, Diana. Secretive Seas, The Sunday Telegraph, 19 August 2001 |
| Murphy, John. Fading to Nought, Fading to Nought exhibition catalogue, Martin |
| Browne Fine Art/ SEL, August 2001 |
| Hynes, Victoria. Critics Picks, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 2001 |
| Ryan, Meryl. Louder Than Words, Newcastle Herald, 14 February 2001 |
| Team Effort Attracts Wave of Interest, Newcastle Herald, 15 February 2001 |
| Langlois to Exhibit New Work at Gallery, Newcastle Herald, 8 February 2001 |
| Kidd, Courtney. Survival of the Fittest, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 July 2000 |
| Time Out Magazine. Shock of the New, February 2000 |
| Ryan, Meryl. Quality for Collectors, Newcastle Herald, 6 November 1999 |
| Smee, Sebastian. Getting All Fogged Up, Lets Count The Ways, Sydney Morning |
| Herald, 24 August 1999 |
| Smee, Sebastian. The Good Oil, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 1999 |
| Stowell, Jill. Survey of Talent, Newcastle Herald,’ Weekender’, 4 September 1999 |
| Smee, Sebastian. Raising The Bar, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May 1999 |
| Ryan, Meryl. Unsettling Suburbia, The Newcastle Herald, 3 October 1998 |
| Smee, Sebastian. A Gutful, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Metro’, 3 July 1998 |
| Stowell, Jill. Newcastle Herald, 4 July 1998 |
| Ingram, Terry. Young Artists ‘Miss Out’ The Australian Financial Review, 22 August |
| 1997 |
| Johnson, Anna. The One That Got Away, Australian Art Collector, July 1997 |
| Smee, Sebastian. 180 Degrees of Separation, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Metro’, 20 |
| June 1997 |
| Johnson, Anna. Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Good Weekend’, 26 April 1997 |
| Stowell, Jill. Etchings Explore The Horror Of War, Newcastle Herald, 24 June 1996 |
| McDonald, John. The Sentimental Prize, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1996 |
| McDonald, John. Familiarity Breeds Content, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 1995 |
| Watson, Bronwyn. The Accidental Purist, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 July 1993 |
| Hedger, Michael. Enjoyment In freedom of Gesture, Newcastle Herald, 15 March |
| 1993 |
| Miller, Kylie. Art Column, Newcastle Herald, 13 March 1993 |
| Williams, Natalie. Sun Herald, 12 April 1992 |
| Walker, Helen. Around the Galleries, Newcastle Herald, 1 April 1992 |
| Stowell, Jill. Hunter Artist Thriving, Newcastle Herald, 2 January 1992 |
| Stowell, Jill. Abundance Of Riches, Newcastle Herald, 14 May 1991 |
| University Of Newcastle Bulletin, May 1991 |
| Stowell, Jill. Pride of Place, Newcastle Herald, 22 October 1990 |
| Stowell, Jill. Polarities and Solidarity, Flair and Faces, Newcastle Herald, August 1990 |
| Mexon, Michelle. To Some It’s a Suicidal Look at Life, The Mercury, 4 October 1990 |
| Eley, Margaret. From Broad Perspective, Lake Macquarie Gallery Exhibition, |
| Newcastle Herald, March 1990 |