Chris Pittard
Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE - CHRIS PITTARD66 Glen Park Rd.
Eltham Nth 3095
ph: 03 9431 0401
Email: cj-ml.pittard@bigpond.com.auBIOGRAPHY
1958 Born Melbourne Aus.
1978 - 80 B.A. Fine Art Painting, R.M.I.T. -Distinction Painting
1987 - 88 Graduate Diploma V.C.A. Melb. (Painting )
1987 - 94 Owned and operated ceramic manufacturing business
1992 - Supplying galleries and retail outlets with hand decorated Ceramics
2002 Certificate 1V in Assessment &Workplace Training C.A.E.
TEACHING
1999 - 06 C.A.E. Dept. Visual Arts Diploma of Visual Arts.
2000 - 02 C.A.E. Dept. Visual Arts Fee for service Short courses
1999 Workshop Equity Program Yirrakala Womens Centre, East Arnham Land N.T.
1995 Workshop Broken Hill Western College of T.A.F.E. N.S.W.
1995 -2000 Box Hill T.A.F.E. Dept. Ceramics.
1993 - 98 N.E.I.S. Arts and Crafts program Sounding Board
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Cusp Gallery Melb.
1996 QDOS Lorne ( with Mary-Lou Pittard )
1994 Distelfink Gallery Melb. ( with Mary-Lou Pittard )
1989 Powell Street Gallery Melb.
1984 Powell Street Gallery Melb
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ‘Nillumbik Prize’ Montsalvat Eltham, Victoria
2007 ‘French Connection’ Manningham Gallery Manningham, Victoria
2006 ‘Les Tupiniers du Vieux Lyon’ Lyon, France
2006 Potters Market Grenoble, France
2006 ‘Surface Connections’ Manningham Gallery Melb Aus.
2006 ‘Impressed’ Gallery 25 New Delhi India
2004 ‘Celebrating the Masters 2’ Skepsi Gallery, Melbourne
2004 ‘Encore’ Skepsi Gallery Melb. Aus.
2004 ‘Food and Wine Artistically Speaking’ Montsalvat Melb.Aus.
2003 ‘Distinctly Nillumbik : Tapping the Potential’ Montsalvat Melb.
2002 ‘Showing Off ’ Skepsi Gallery Melb. Aus
2002 ‘Clay at Montsalvat’ Montsalvat Melb. Aus.
1998 ‘40 th Anniversary Exhibition’ Potters Cottage Gallery Melb Aus
1995 ‘In the Round’ Horsham Gallery, Touring Regional Galleries Vic
1995 ‘Platter as a Canvas’ Crowded House Melb.Aus.
1992 ‘Paintings from a Constructed World Vic.’ Ministry of Arts
1989 ‘Murdoch Travelling Fellowship’ V.C.A. College Gallery Melb
1989 ‘Sixteen Artists’ Melb. University Gallery Aus.
1987 ‘Spring Festival of Drawing’ Mornington Arts Centre Vic Aus.
TRADE SHOWS
1997 Exhibition Centre Melb. ‘Interior Designex’
1996 Exhibition Centre Melb. ‘Bridal Fair’
1995 Exhibition centre Darling Harbour Syd. ‘Interior Designex’
1994 Exhibitions Buildings Melb. ‘Interior Designex’
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
1996 Feature tiles Hoyts Theatre Sorrento
1996 Melb Womens Centre Melb. tile restoration
1995 Athenaeum Club Melb. tile restoration
1995 High Point Shopping Centre tiles
1993 Craft Council N.S.W. ‘Designed & Made’ Van Gogh Merchandise National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Camberwell Grammar -Private collections
The Margaret Lawrence Australian Ceramics Collection V.C.A.
Nillumbik Shire Art Collection
PRIZES
1988 Special Award - Trustee of the National Gallery Victoria
2000 Highly commended Bushells Teapot Award
PUBLICATIONS
2006 Impressed exhibition catalogue
2004 Creative Cooking Louise Clifton-Evans Herald Sun Home
2004 Celebrating the Master exhibition catalogue
2001 Australian Country Style ‘A Talented Blend’ by Lynne Landy
1999 Australian Ceramics and Pottery ‘A Creative Partnership’ by Kylie Davis
1998 Craft Victoria Bulletin ‘The Decision to scale down’ by Chris Pittard
1995 Pottery in Australia ‘The Colour of Stoneware’ by Jane Kent
1994 Victorian Ceramic Group Newsletter ‘Pittard & Pittard a creative partnership’ by Brett Robertson
SELECTED REVIEWS
1994 Melb, Age ‘Objects bizarre that became objects with function’ Jenny Zimmer
1989 Melb Age ‘Young Artists reveal diversity in their styles’ Elizabeth Cross
1989 Melb Herald ‘Break Figuratively speaking is over’ Ron Miller
1984 Melb Herald ‘So much to see’ Ron Miller
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