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Navigating Time, 2008
Exhibited at Swell Scupture Prize
contact
Christina Khumari
tel: (02)66847874 mob:0438840203
biography
education & training
| Advanced Diploma of Fine Art - North Coast Institute, Lismore | |
| Diploma of Fine Art - North Coast Institute, Lismore | |
| Photography - Sydney Technical College, Sydney | |
| Armidale Teachers College - Armidale, NSW | |
| Macquarie University - Sydney | |
| PLC Orange | |
| 2000 | - current Independent cultural practitioner, specialising in sculpture/goldsmithing/painting |
| 1991 | - current International custom design and production of fine contemporary jewellery |
| and sculpture based in Byron Shire - private commissions. | |
| 1999 | - 2003 Study and development of fine art practice, sculpture/painting/printmaking |
| 1995 | - 1997 Handbuilding of 'Boogarem Studio', architectural sculpture. |
| 1990 | Fine contemporary jewellery production - Santa Fe, USA |
| 1989 | Travel, study and |
solo exhibitions
| 2004 | Biotica, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 | Divining the Dark - Lismore Regional Gallery |
| 1993 | Adornament, Cape Gallery, Byron Bay |
| 1992 | Sunshine Gallery, Gold Coast |
| 1991 | Synergy, McWhirters Artspace, Brisbane |
selected group exhibitions
| 2009 | Postcards, Wayward Gallery, Byron Bay |
| 2008 | Swell Sculpture Show, Currumbin |
| 2006 | Casuarina Sculpture Show, Casuarina |
| 2005 | Trinity, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney |
| artsCape, the Nature of Sculpture, Byron Bay | |
| Flights of Fancy Festival, Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| Australian Indonesian Alliance Ass, Byron Bay | |
| 2004 | Foreign Body, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney |
| Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show - Ballina | |
| Warm up! Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney | |
| The Jeweller & The Photograph - JMGQ - Charles Smith Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2003 | The Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| 2002 | Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show - Ballina |
| Talls Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay | |
| Stanthorpe Arts Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery | |
| Doors of Perception, Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby | |
| 2001 | Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina |
| Facets, Graduate Diploma Exhibition, North Coast Institute, Lismore | |
| 2000 | Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina |
| Lismore City Art Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery | |
| Transformation, Lismore Regional Gallery | |
| Gemmological Association of Australia, Sydney | |
| 1999 | Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina |
| 1997 | Memento, Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Maker's Mark, Sydney |
| 1995 | The Byron Bay Exhibition,A.R.T. Gallery, Sydney |
| 1994 | Postcards from Paradise, collection of Byron Bay artists |
| Easter Art Classic, Byron Bay Community Centre | |
| 1993 | North Coast Art Show, Epicentre Art Gallery, Byron Bay |
awards & residencies
| 2006 | People's Choice Casuarina Sculpture Show |
| 2005 | Highly commended, artsCape, the Nature of Sculpture |
| Public artwork, Web sculpture, Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| Rotorua Arts Village, three month Residency - Rotorua, NZ | |
| Workshop series 'Investigating Creativity', Rotorua, NZ | |
| 2004 | NAVA Visual and Craft Artists' Grant |
| Curator, BVL Photo Competition, Brunswick Valley | |
| Arts writer, Byron Shire ECHO, Byron Bay | |
| 2001 | People's Choice Award, Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina |
| Donation of gold jewellery for fundraiser - Byron Bay Community Centre | |
| 1999 | Special Mention, Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show, Ballina |
| 1993 | Ouroborous, solid gold sculpture, Byron Bay |
| 1992 | Byron Shire Arts Council grant for fundraiser , Community radio, Bay FM |
artist profile
Established as a custom goldsmith, emerging as a sculptor and painter, Christina Khumari's skills and expertise cover various areas. She has spent over twenty years working in precious metals and gemstones, five years concentrating on larger scale sculpture in non precious materials and found objects, and a lifetime addressing an irrepressible need to create.
"That place where one thing becomes another, where realistic images become abstract, where abstraction becomes recognisable, where everyday objects become strange and strange becomes fascinating, that is the place where all the possibilities exist. That is the place that I attempt to draw out and bring attention to, that place in all of us that is full of wonder."
