CV | Conchita Carambano

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Born in Stuttgart in 1961 to Spanish Parents, her family migrated to Australia in 1969.  She now lives in Sydney.  Her multi-layered and richly textured painting reflect both the scale and antiquity of the Australian landscape.  "My work is about pushing inventiveness to the limit with abstract forms and shapes through a sensuous use of symmetry, space and colour.  It incorporates the colours of Australia that are found nowhere else in the world."  Since completing post-graduate studies in Fine Art in 1983, Carambano has had a number of highly successful solo exhibitions in Sydney, is represented in the National Library Collection in Canberra and has won four significant art prizes.

PERSONAL HISTORY

1961         Born Stuttgart, Germany to Spanish parents

1969         Family migrated to Australia

1979         Completed NSW Higher School Certificate

1981         Completed Fine Arts Course, Sydney School of Arts

1982         Completed Graduate Course - Fine Arts

1983         Completed Post-Graduate Course-Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Gallery One, Petersham

Holdsworth Gallery, Darlinghurst

Bonython Meadmore, Darlinghurst

The Rocks Gallery,The Rocks

Naïve Gallery, Woollahra

Eaglehawke, Glebe

Istral, Woollahra

Hester Gallery, Newtown

Gallery 368, Crows Nest

Salmon Gallery, McMahons Point

Art-Frame, Double Bay

Mahoneys Gallery, Melbourne

Art Images, Adelaide

SOHO Galleries, Sydney

Graphis, Woollahra

Quadrivium, Sydney

COMMISSIONS

Shangri-La Sydney

National Library Canberra

Hayman Island Resort

Walker Corporation

ANA Hotel Sydney

Royal North Shore Hospital

Regent Hotel Sydney

Stamford on Kent Hotel

Bennelong Apartments and Penthouse

St John of God Private Hospital Perth

Celcius at the Radisson Hotel Sydney

Kingston Apartments Canberra

Hunt & Hunt Lawyers

St. Vincents Hospital

Berlie Bra Company

Marriott Sydney

Quay West

Macau Resort China

PUBLICATIONS

Australian Interior, Vol.17 no. 13

The Sydney Weekly, Jan 27-feb 2 1998

Instyle Magazine, February 1998

Look Magazine, NSW Art Gallery 1999

Art in Australia Magazine, 1999

New South Wales Gallery, 1999

Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia by Michael Berry, Published 2003

AWARDS

1987 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize

1988 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize

1989 Acquisitive Award, Hawkesbury City Council

1990 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize

1991 Winner Camden Art Prize

1992 Highly Commended, Hawkesbury City Council

1993 Highly Commended, DMAS Award

1994 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill

1995 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill

1998 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize

2001 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize

2002 Highly Commended Works on Paper

2003 Open Winner Camden Art Prize

ACQUISITIVE WORKS AND COLLECTIONS

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

Duxton Hotel Melbourne

Macquarie Town Windsor

Camden Awards 1991

Camden Awards 1992

David Jones Sydney

Veritas Corporation

David Jones South Australia

BMC Software

Duxton Hotel Sydney

Sheraton Noosa Day Spa

Hyatt Hotel Canberra

Western Hotel Taipei Taiwan

Sheraton Hotel Darling Harbour

105 Pitt Street Sydney

Blessington Judd Solicitors Sydney

Sheraton Hotel Puong China

Bangkok Hotel

Marriott Sydney