History
REDSEA Gallery is delighted to introduce you to the works of internationally acclaimed contemporary, urban artist, Christian Palmer.
Redsea Gallery Singapore Famous Last Words
Redsea Gallery Singapore Hong Kong Aaf Art2muse Sydney 2 Man Show
Outpost Street Art Festival Sydney
2013
Upraw Art Sydney Pop Up Exhibition
Redsea Gallery Singapore Singapore AAF
Sydney Finalist Wilsons Art Award
Graffik Gallery London Urban Art Explosion
Upraw Gallery Sydney Melborne Arts Fair
Redsea gallery Famous last words
With previous exhibitions across the UK, Europe and Australia, where his art has hung alongside the works of Banksy, Blu and Paul Insect, Christian is already well renowned for his pictures of edgy misfit animals paired with graffiti-styled lyrical phrases. “Famous Last Words” is now a collection of over 30 of Christian’s latest works; encompassing his well-known spray-painted, stenciled pit bull terriers and painted cows and pigs alongside a new range of animals all chosen by Christian for their ‘outsider’ status. Purposely choosing to paint animals that we more frequently see languishing with a sense of ‘fait accompli’ about their being, Christian has the unique ability to give them appeal through his synchronistic and often humorous words delivered in child-like graffiti. Through the clever pairing of animals and words, Christian’s paintings cast an unusual perspective on the human condition, but as he says ‘they are not making judgments only observations’.
In 2001, he emigrated to Australia, first living in Sydney and then Byron Bay. Already interested in the street-art movement with its unrestricted communication and immediate interaction with the public, Christian started experimenting with stencils and graphics subsequently settling on his own unique blend. As such Christian defines himself as a painter who does a bit of street-art, not a street-artist who paints.
Graffik Gallery London Solo Exhibition Graffik Gallery London Group Show
2012 Art2muse Sydney Group Show
Born in London in 1970 and educated in England, Christian gained his formal training through Central St Martins College of Art. Following this he travelled extensively across South America, Africa and Asia, eventually settling for some time to paint in Malta. It was these travels and experiences that shaped and influenced much of Christian’s perspective on the human life, leading him to often wonder how his own life would be if he, himself, had been born in a different culture.
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Graffik Gallery London Grufts Exhibition
2012
Byron Bay Exhibition Space @ Succulent And Fig Tree
2011
Michael Commerford Gallery Sydney Solo Exhibition ‘Angels Spirit And Landscapes’
2008
Michael Commerford Gallery Sydney Solo Exhibition “Driven To Abstraction”
2006
Alta Gallery Sydney Solo Exhibition “Manipulation Of Light”
2004
Tub Gallery Byron Bay Group Exhibition
2002
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2007
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1998
Byron Bay Pop Up Exhibition Sydney Out Post Street Art Festival
Byron Bay Exhibition Space @ Sugar
Resident Artist At Michael Commerford Gallery
Sauc Gallery Sydney Solo Exhibition ‘Subterranean’
Sarah Hess Gallery Sydney Collaboration
Central St Martins College of Art
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
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“I used to have a big block about writing on my art, it never felt right. But then I was working with some Montessori children and we asked them to draw pictures of angels on canvases and write what they thought God was. I loved how the writing worked with the image and I’ve been doing it ever since.”
INSTANT KARMA IS GONNA GET YOU Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
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ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
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“Cows surround me where I live and look through my window.” ReDsea gallery Famous last words
I LOST MY MIND LONG AGO Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 150CM
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“I paint pigs because they’ve been used in experiments to grow human organs.”
TIME KEEPS ON SLIPPING INTO THE FUTURE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
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ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
“Camels are representative of the refugees and their journey as well as being an outsider that has adapted to the foreign environment so well that it has created its own problems in relation to indigenous species.”
There ain’t no rest for the wicked Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
It Ain’t Gonna Work No More Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
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ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
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“I love working with the two disciplines – stencils and paint – with painting you never know where it’s going to end whilst stencils are very definite.”
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION Mixed Media on Canvas, 3 panels 150 x 120cm each, Edition of 2
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“I haven’t finished my favourite piece yet; it’s always the next piece I do…”
“My influences are all unknown contemporaries of mine. Everyone has had a little bit of influence along the way but in very different ways – the way I apply paint, or the way I prepare my canvas or subject matter. You meet everyone for a reason I think.”
How we gonna find the eyes to see a brighter day? Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
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ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
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ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
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“Having this space at REDSEA Gallery has presented the perfect opportunity to paint and display big, life-sized pieces. That’s what I enjoy doing most.”
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
It could all be so simple Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 120CM
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
“The elephants relate to memory and knowledge that has maybe been forgotten or a longing for how things used to be.”
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
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ReDsea gallery Famous last words
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
“Water buffalo are a new subject which intrigue me, along with cows, in terms of how they are viewed in different cultures from the west to India. I have cast the buffalo as a kind of Oracle.”
ReDsea gallery Famous last words
“My donkeys are soul mates wandering the land in search of something that seems to be attainable but is always out of reach.�
This must be the place Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
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INDEX PAGE
I LOST MY MIND LONG AGO Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
THERE ARE MANY AMONG US WHO THINK LIFE IS BUT A Joke Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
THERE ARE NO RULEs THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
IF NOBODY IS RIGHT THEN EVERYBODY IS WRONG Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
THE REVOLUTION WIll NOT BE TELEVISED Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 150CM
THEY KEEP YOU DOPED WITH RELIGION AND SEX AND T.V. Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 150CM
I GOT A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 120CM
DON’T LEAN ON ME MAN Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 120CM
TIME KEEPS ON SLIPPING INTO THE FUTURE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
I CAN’T GO BACK THE WAY I CAME Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 92 X 76CM
STRANGE DAYS HAVE FOUND US Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 92 X 76CM
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOUR WELL RUNS DRY Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 120CM
ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150 cm
WILL IT EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150 cm
WE ARE ALL JUST vISITORS HERE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150 cm
I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 120 cm
INSTANT KARMA IS GONNA GET YOU Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220 cm
TIME IS ON MY SIDE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 150 cm
People say crazy things Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
It Ain’t Gonna Work No More Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
THERE AIN’T NO REST FOR THE WICKED Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
Don’t let them fool you Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
HOW CAN I BE A BETTER BROTHER TO YOU? Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
I’VE BEEN TALKING LESS AND THINKING MORE Handcut Stencil, Spray Paint On Stained Plywood 120 X 120CM
I’VE TOUCHED THIS SPACE BEFORE SOMEWHERE IN... Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 135 X 77CM
A HALF A MILLION THOUGHTS ARE FLOWING THROUGH... Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 135 X 77CM
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION Mixed Media On Canvas 3 Pieces 150 X 120CM Each
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION Mixed Media On Canvas 3 Pieces 150 X 120CM Each
WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION Mixed Media On Canvas 3 Pieces 150 X 120CM Each
IT COULD ALL BE SO SIMPLE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 120CM
HOW WE GONNA FIND THE EYES TO SEE A BRIGHTER DAY? Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
THE ANSWER MY FRIEND IS BLOWING IN THE WIND Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 150 X 150CM
THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF WAY OUT OF HERE Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 120 X 220CM
WHERE IS THE LOVE TO BE FOUND? Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 76 X 76CM
SWEET LIFE MUST BE SOMEWHERE TO BE FOUND Oil & Acrylic On Canvas 76 X 76CM
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