Christian Palmer 2011/12
pop-up gallery april 2012
Christian Palmer embraces the urban contemporary genre from a kind of mongrel fine art perspective. The work is a culmination of many years in the creative arts ranging from fine art to graphics, illustration and street art. Recent works reflects upon the irony of the human condition. Canvas, wood, street scapes, screenprints and giclees are all used to communicate lyrical art works, using a child’s writing, the most elementary graffiti ....
“Dogs of perception”
Originally from the U.K, Christian Palmer emigrated to Australia in 2001 and lives in Byron Bay. His time is divided between Byron and Sydney. His early years were spent in London. Later he moved between Europe and Hong Kong. Central St. Martins followed immediately after studies in Art, Theology and English Literature. After Central Saint Martins College, Palmer travelled extensively in South America, Africa and Asia and eventually landed in Malta experimenting with painting on the idyllic Mediterranean isle of Gozo in collaboration with a group of like minded artists as well as setting up a boutique graphic design company. Five years later he moved to Byron and self published ‘Byron Bay Diaries’ photographic journal and began to work professionally as a painter. After several exhibitions in Sydney he is now represented in London @ Graffik Gallery, specialists in urban contemporary art and is represented by Urban Uprising in Sydney for the Outpost Street Art festival 2011 and UPRAW gallery (sister gallery to Art Equity) for Online sales 2012 and Arts Fairs.
2012 Melbourne Arts Fair (UpRaw Art) 2012 POP-UP Gallery Byron Bay 2012 UPRAW Gallery – Stockist 2012 The Art Park – Stockist 2012 Graffick Gallery – Grufts Exhibition - London 2011 Sydney Out Post Street Art Festival 2011 Stockist - Urban Uprising - Sydney 2011 Stockist - Graffik Gallery - London 2011 Stockist - Sugar - Sydney 2011 Exhibition Space - Succulent - Byron Bay 2011 Exhibition Space – Fig Tree - Byron Bay 2010 Exhibition Space – Sugar - Bondi Junction 2010 Perl Contemporary Gallery – Stockist 2009 - ARTSPEC – ARTSPEC operates Australia-wide. We supply hotels, motels, resorts, developments and serviced apartments with the highest quality limited edition original art, by Australia’s brightest stars – commissioned by you, exclusively for your project. Gary Hartwig – Art consultant – corporate art 2008 Michael Commerford Gallery ‘Angels spirit and landscapes’ 2007 Michael Commerford Gallery resident artist 2006 Michael Commerford Gallery “Driven to abstraction” 2006 Sara Roney Gallery (stockist) 2005 Sauc Gallery “subterranean”
90x90cm hand cut stencil/ spray paint/ wood stain on ply wood with stainless steel frame
stencil work
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
screen prints
90x90cm hand cut stencil/ spray paint/ wood stain on ply wood with stainless steel frame
stencil work
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
screen prints
90x90cm hand cut stencil/ spray paint/ wood stain on ply wood with stainless steel frame
stencil work
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
print size 25.5x27.5cm hand puled 4 colour screen prints
screen prints
“mad cows” 137x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
100x180cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
100x180cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
80x80cm oil and acrylic on canvas
80x80cm oil and acrylic on canvas
80x80cm oil and acrylic on canvas
80x80cm oil and acrylic on canvas
100x180cm oil and acrylic on canvas
“lost & profound” 71x91cm oil and acrylic on canvas
122x91cm oil and acrylic on canvas
122x91cm oil and acrylic on canvas
71x100cm oil and acrylic on canvas
122x91cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
71x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
71x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
sample commissions
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
76x137cm oil and acrylic on canvas
105x180cm oil and acrylic on canvas
mail@christianpalmer.com.au