Andrew Christofides
1946 |
Born, Nicosia, Cyprus |
1951 |
Arrived in Australia |
Studies & Employment
2003-12 |
Head of Drawing, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
1988-12 |
Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales |
1990-93 |
M.F.A., College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales |
1982-88 |
Part time lecturer, St. George & Gymea TAFE, Sydney |
1980-81 |
Part time lecturer, Reading University, Canterbury College of Art & Bristol Polytechnic, England |
1979-80 |
Awarded Picker Fellowship in Painting, Kinston Polytechnic, London |
1978-79 |
Awarded Abbey Major Scholarship, British School, Rome |
1975-78 |
B.A. (Honours) Chelsea School of Art, London |
1974-75 |
Byam Shaw School of Drawing & Painting, London |
1972-73 |
Research Analyst, Commonwealth Taxation Office, Canberra |
1967-71 |
B. Com (Economics), University of New South Wales, Sydney |
Solo Exhibitions
2024 |
Andrew Christofides: Evolving Hierarchies King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2022 |
Andrew Christofides: Studio Archaeology Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2021 |
Andrew Christofides: Parallel Universe: A paradise of images King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2018 |
Andrew Christofides: Reason and Intuition Nancy Sever Gallery, CanberraAndrew Christofides: Towards Intuition King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2016-2017 |
Andrew Christofides’ Abstraction- from the collection Maitland Regional Art Gallery |
2016 |
New Work King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2015 |
Abstraction x 3 Nancy Sever Gallery, CanberraGrid, Structure, Space Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2012 |
Relief Constructions and Works on Paper King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2010 |
New Work King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2009 |
Constructions Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2008 |
New Work King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2007 |
Andrew Christofides A Survey 1982-2006 Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong |
2006 |
new work king street gallery on Burton, SydneyNew Work Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
2004 |
Odyssey, King Street Gallery on burton, Sydney |
2003 |
New Paintings Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
2002 |
Works on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2001 |
new paintings & works on paper king Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney |
2000 |
New Paintings & Works on Paper Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
1999 |
new work king Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyRecent Work Robert Steele Gallery, Adelaide |
1998 |
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
1997 |
King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyAnima Gallery, Adelaide |
1996 |
The Cut Gallery, London |
1995 |
The Beatty Gallery, SydneyCharles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneSolander Gallery, Canberra |
1994 |
The Beatty Gallery, Sydney |
1992 |
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
1989 |
The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1988 |
The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1986 |
The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1980 |
House Gallery, London |
1979 |
The British School, Rome |
1978 |
Chelsea School of Art Gallery, London |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 |
Works on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneAbstraction 23 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneText Re – Read Curated by Leanne Willis and Stephen Wickham, Deakin University Art Gallery, MelbourneSydney Contemporary Art Fair Charles Nodrum Gallery, SydneyRound, curated by Lisa Jones and Tom Loveday, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales |
2022 |
Abstraction 22 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneWorks on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2021 |
Mayday Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneAbstraction 21 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2020 |
Small Abstracts: from the collection of David and Gillian Serisier Orange Regional Gallery, New South WalesUncurated Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney |
2019 |
Works on Paper 2019 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneInside/Outside King Street Gallery on William, SydneyGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneAbstract 19 King Street Gallery on William, SydneyRNOP – The Road paintings Five Walls Gallery, MelbourneRecent Acquisitions Deakin University Gallery, Melbourne |
2018 |
Chromophilia curated by Louise Brand, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, New South WalesAbstractionTwentyEighteen Langford120, Melbourne, Victoria |
2017 |
Visions of Utopia Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest, Sydney, New South WalesArtist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007-2017 Orange Regional Gallery, Curated by Kon Gouriotis and Lucy Stranger, Orange, New South WalesTimeframe Justin Arthouse Museum. Curated by Susan Taylor and Peter Jones, Melbourne, VictoriaAbstraction 16 Charles Nodrum gallery, Melbourne, VictoriaThe Void. Visible. Abstraction & Non-objective Art Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria |
2016 |
Cultural Conversations Gallery LVC, Seoul, Korea, Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney, New South WalesCollected II Wangarratta Art Gallery, Wangarratta, VictoriaInto Abstraction Macquarie University Art Gallery, SydneyQuiddity RMIT University Art Gallery, MelbourneIn the Field Macquarie University Art Gallery, SydneyVisions of Utopia Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales |
2015 |
Grid: Matrix Module Myth Langford 120 Gallery, MelbourneLittle Pictures and Sculptures Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneSummer Exhibition Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra |
2014 |
Abstraction 13 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneDark Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, MelbournePerceptions of Space: Justin Collection Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne30th Anniversary Group Show Charles Nodrum gallery, MelbourneThe Democracy of Drawing Airspace Projects, Sydney |
2013 |
Last but not Least King Street Gallery on William, SydneyFactory 49 @ Stephen McLaughlan Gallery Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, MelbourneDrawing Now Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyAbstraction 12 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneLooking Forward King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2012 |
Works on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneMelbourne Art Fair Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneThe Big picture King Street Gallery on William, SydneySquare One Wollongong City gallery, Wollongong, New South WalesNon Objective Present Langford Gallery, Melbourne |
2011 |
Abstraction 10 Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneLast Show of the Year King Street Gallery on William, SydneyField Work: abstraction and the permanent collection Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South WalesTogether in Harmony Korea Foundation Cultural centre, Seoul KoreaTogether in Harmony Korean and Australian Artists, BOM Gallery, Seoul Korea |
2010 |
Everything and Nothing King Street Gallery on William, SydneyAbstraction – Form + Content Cowwarr Art Space Cowwarr, VictoriaThe Catalano Collection Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria |
2009 |
Quiet Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, MelbourneLittle Pictures Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2008 |
Compositions King Street Gallery on William, SydneyFreestyle Books Artist books from the Collection State Library of Queensland, BrisbaneRubik, 54 works by 54 artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2007 |
To Experience Abstraction Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South WalesFive x Five Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyAbstraction 6 Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2006 |
Libris Awards: The Australian Artists Book Prize Mackay Regional Gallery, Mackay, Queensland |
2004 |
As We See It Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkWorks on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneThe Affordable Art Fair Pier 92, Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
2003 |
Works on paper Delmar Gallery, SydneyThe Affordable Art Fair Pier 92, Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkSmall Wonders Delmar Gallery, SydneyPlacemark COFA Gallery, SydneyRedlands Westpac Invitational Exhibition, Mosman Regional Gallery, Sydney |
2002 |
A Silver Lining & A New Beginning Ivan Dougherty GalleryContemporary Australian Art Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneGallery Artists Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkSalon 2002 Abstract Painting, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, MelbourneCharles Nodrum at Studio 91B, Studio 91B Gallery, AdelaidePleasureland New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South WalesA silver lining and a new beginning Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneySummer Group Exhibition Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
2001 |
Creative Madness Volvo Gallery, SydneyWorks on paper: Andrew Christofides with Melissa Richards & Jim Thalassoudis Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkThe Last show of the Year King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyLess is More Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
2000-03 |
We are Australian touring to numerous public venues throughout Australia and overseas |
2000 |
Melbourne Art Fair 2000 Melbourne Exhibition Building, King Street Gallery, MelbourneMarking Time COFA Gallery, SydneyGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneThe last show of the year King Street Gallery, SydneyGallery Artists Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkSilverpoint acrylic and oil on Paper Robert Steele Gallery, New York |
1999 |
On the Tiles Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney, SydneyWorks on Paper Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneGallery artists King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyCollage Smyrnios Gallery, MelbourneShifting Currents Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
1998-99 |
The Enduring Tradition: Drawings by Nine Contemporary Artists Toowoomba Regional Gallery and touring regional galleries throughout Queensland |
1998 |
Optics Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney, SydneyThe Niland Collection Penrith Regional & Lewers Bequest Gallery, Penrith, New South WalesA fine line King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneSixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne Exhibition Building, King Street Gallery, MelbourneFive Abstract Artists Robert Steele Gallery, New YorkLast show of the year King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyBall Christofides Hickey Rankin Serisier Robert Steele Gallery, Adelaide |
1997 |
The Cut Group Show The Cut Gallery, LondonGallery Artists King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney |
1996-9 |
Non-Objective Presence Australian Galleries, Sydney & MelbourneGallery Artists King Street Gallery on Burton, SydneyFirst Nights King Street Gallery on Burton, Sydney |
1996-98 |
Flagging the Republic Sherman Galleries, Sydney (touring Regional Galleries in New South Wales, Tasmania & Victoria)The Experience of Abstraction Wollongong City Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, New South WalesGallery Artists The Cut Gallery, London |
1996 |
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne, Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
1995 |
London Contemporary Art Fair Corr Contemporary Art, LondonInterlude Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyPast Shelf Life Meridian Gallery, MelbourneIron Sides Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
1994-95 |
Circle, Line & Square-Aspects of Geometry Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Albury Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales |
1994-96 |
New Prints-Eight Contemporary Artists New England Regional Art Museum, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Moree Plains Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales and Queensland |
1994 |
Gallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneFourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneGallery Artists The Beatty Gallery, Sydney |
1993-94 |
Approaches to the Sublime: the esoteric in painting Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Ipswich Gallery, Brisbane |
1993 |
New Acquisitions New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South WalesVirtu Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyCanberra Contemporary Art Fair Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra |
1992 |
Fidelity: 4 Abstract Artists New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South WalesManu et Mente Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyGallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneThird Australian Contemporary Art Fair Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne |
1991 |
Gallery Artists Charles Nodrum Gallery, MelbourneFaber Castell Drawing Prize Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney25 Years of Screen Prints Larry Rawlings Studios, Melbourne |
1990 |
New Faces Solander Gallery, CanberraSecond Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne Exhibition Building, The Painters Gallery, Melbourne |
1989 |
Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales |
1988 |
Drawing Show 70 Arden Street Gallery, MelbourneGallery Artists The Painters Gallery, SydneyWyatt, Odgers & Christofides The Painters Gallery, SydneyFirst Australian Contemporary Art Fair, The Painters Gallery, MelbourneCollectors Starter Kit D.C. Art, Sydney |
1986 |
Pure Abstraction The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1985 |
The Subject of Painting Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
1984 |
Painters & Sculptors The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1980 |
Rome Scholars 1970-80 South London Art Gallery, LondonThe House Construction Show House Gallery, LondonStaff Exhibition Canterbury College of Art, Canterbury, England |
1979 |
Rome Scholars British Academy, Rome |
1978 |
Lubium Biennial Mantua, Italy |
Collections
American University, Cairo
Art Bank, Australia
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
Australian Library of Art, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Axes Corporation, Tokyo
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New south Wales
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria
Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, Sydney
Department of Immigration, Canberra
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales
Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, New South Wales
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, New South Wales
New Zealand Insurance, Sydney
Philip Cox & Partners, Sydney
Phillip Institute, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Qantas Collection, Australia
RMIT University, Melbourne
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland
University of Central Queensland, Queensland
University of Melbourne, St Mary’s and Newman Colleges academic centre, Melbourne
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Sydney University Union, Sydney
The Rare Books Collection, Monash University, Melbourne
The State Library of NSW, Sydney
The State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales
Bibliography
2022 |
Nodrum, Charles & Nodrum, Kate: Catalogue essay for Studio Archaeology |
2021 |
McFadyen, Erin, Online exhibition review, Artist Profile, August 6. https://www.artistprofile.com.au/andrew-christofides-2/ |
2020 |
McGillick, Paul:’ Music of the spheres’, Catalogue essay for Andrew Christofides: Parallel Universe: A Paradise of imagesThomas, Dr Paul: ‘Mastery to Intuition’. Catalogue essay for Andrew Christofides: Towards Intuition |
2018 |
Landt, John: ‘Christofides gives depth to abstract art’, Canberra City News, August 6. https://citynews.com.au/2018/review-christofides-gives-depth-to-abstract-art/Grishin, Sasha: ‘Geometric abstraction with spiritual and emotional content’, The Canberra Times, August 14. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6013029/geometric-abstraction-with-spiritual-and-emotional-content/Chin, Weng: ‘Andrew Christofides: Reason and Intuition’, VisArt Canberra, August 4. https://medium.com/@wengchindahler/andrew-christofides-on-his-exhibition-reason-and-intuition-2571832e1652Grishin, Sasha: ‘Beyond the blockbusters: five remarkable art exhibitions in 2019’, The Canberra Times, December 20. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/beyond-the-blockbusters-five-remarkable-art-exhibitions-in-2019-20181217-p50mnh.html |
2017 |
Hartigan, Patrick: ‘Visions of Utopia and Superposition of three types’, The Saturday Paper, issue#149, March 25-31,Niland, Rose: ‘Visions of Utopia’, ‘The Culture Concept Circle’, May 2Heathcote, Christopher: ‘Geometric Abstraction’, Catalogue Essay. The Void. Visible. Abstraction & Non-Objective ArtWillis, Leanne and Lynch, James, ‘Deakin University Art Collection: A Selection of Works’, Deakin University, 2017 |
2016 |
Gouriotis, Kon: ‘Visions of Utopia’, preview, Artist profile Magazine, Issue 36, September 6, Pages 142-143McGillick, Paul: ‘Hidden Harmonies’, Catalogue essay, ‘Visions of Utopia’Locklee, Glenn: ‘Wollongong Art Gallery – Visions of Utopia’ online review http://www.sixtoeight.net/2016/10/wollongong-art-gallery-visions-of-utopia.html |
2015 |
Grishin, Sacha: ‘Abstract Artists Impress’, The Canberra Times, Saturday, November 14, 2015 |
2012 |
Frost, Andrew: ‘Andrew Christofides 2012’, online review, Nov 16, 2012, The Art Life, http://www.theartlife.com.au/2012/Andrew-christofides-2012McGillick, Paul: ‘Conversation with Andrew Christofides’, online interview, Cultural Conversations, The Australian Centre for Oral History, http://www.cultconv.com/English/Conversations/Christofides_Andrew/HTML5/testimonybrowser.htmlFrost, Joe: ‘Andrew Christofides’, Artist Profile, issue 20, pp.80-84Flemming, Ivy: ‘Thinking Inside the Square’, The Illawarra Mercury, Sep 26, p35Bithell, Garrett: ‘Number Crunching’, SX Magazine, Nov 5, 2010, p.23 |
2011 |
Allen, Christopher: ‘Abstraction Anchored in History’, The Australian, Nov 10, 2011 |
2010 |
‘Iconic works on display in drawing exhibition’, The Blue Mountains Gazette, Nov 3, 2010, p.47 De Lorenzo, Catherine, and Phillipa Hutchings:’Andrew Christofides Biography’online biography, 2010 Design & Art Australia online, http://www.daao.org.au/bio/andrew-christofides/biography/ |
2009 |
McGillick, Paul: ‘The Sounds of Silence’, Indesign issue 38, pp.63-65 |
2008 |
Karabenick, Julie: ‘Interview with Artist Andrew Christofides’, online interview, Sep, 2008, Geoform, http://www.geoform.net/interviews/an-interview-with-artist-andrew-christofides/ |
2007 |
Waterlow, Nick: catalogue forward for Andrew Christofides a survey, 1982-2006, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South WalesHeathcote, Dr Christopher: ‘Map: Square: Grid – Metaphor and the Art of Andrew Christofides’, catalogue essay for Andrew Christofides a survey, 1982-2006, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South WalesWaterlow, Nick: curator’s notes for Five x Five, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyColan, Luis, ’Andrew Christofides: New work’, online review, Jan 4, 2007, Luis Colan, http://luiscolan.blogspot.com.au/2007/01/andrew-christofides-new-work.html |
2005 |
Kalina, Richard: ‘Down under no more’, Art In America, Apr 2005, pp.77-85 |
2004 |
Chubby, Ben, and Sunanda Creagh: ‘Comforting chessboards’ Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 24, 2004 |
2002 |
Backhouse, Megan: ‘Mapping Abstraction’, The Age, Jun 8, 2002 |
2001 |
Smith, Bernard, Terry Smith, and Christopher Heathcote: Australian Painting, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press |
2000 |
Heathcote, Christopher: ‘Poetry and Order’, Monument Magazine, Issue 39, Dec/Jan 2000-2001, pp.104-107 |
1999 |
James, Bruce: ‘Sights’, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 9, 1999, sec. City FilesDutkiewicz, Adam: ‘Geometry as an Abstract Distraction’, The Adelaide Advertiser, Jun 22, 1999 |
1998 |
Delaruelle, Jacques: , catalogue essay for The Enduring Tradition: drawings by nine contemporary artists, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QueenslandDrury, Neville: Images 3: Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House Press, Sydney‘A career in tune’, Snapshot: UNSW Graduate Review, Summer/Autumn 1998, p.4Neylon, John: ‘Shall These Bones Live?’, The Adelaide Review, Nov, 1998 |
1997 |
Allen, Christopher: ‘Memories, References and Conceits’, Art Monthly Australia, Mar, 1997, pp.6-8James, Bruce: ‘Galleries’, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 19, 1997Smee, Sebastian: ‘Abstract: alive and cliquing’, Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 13, 1997 |
1996 |
McGillick, Paul: ‘Abstract Art’, The Financial Review, Dec 6, 1997French, Blair: ‘Staying Alert to Change’, Art Monthly Australia, Jul, 1997, pp.28-30Smee, Sebastian: ‘A Headlong Dive into Cultural Theory’, Art Monthly Australia, Aug, 1996, pp.21-22Catalano, Gary: ‘Andrew Christofides and His Paintings’, catalogue essay, The Cut Gallery, LondonAuty, Giles: ‘Abstraction the Unresolved Debate,’ The Australian, Mar 2, 1996, pp.12-13Lynton, Norbert: catalogue essay for The Experience of Abstraction, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, New South Wales, pp.3-7 |
1995 |
Zimmer, Jenny: ‘Abstractionists’, catalogue essay, Charles Nodrum GalleryNelson, Robert: ‘More Pout Than Clout’, The Age, Jul 5, 1995 |
1994 |
Forsyth, Graham: ‘A Certain Form Of Eternity – Approaches to the Sublime’, catalogue essay, Ipswich Regional Gallery, Ipswich, QueenslandKolenberg, Hendrick: catalogue essay for New Prints, Eight Contemporary Artists, New England Regional Art MuseumMcCulloch, Alan, and Susan McCulloch (editors): Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin PressMeagher, Margaret (editor): ‘Circle, Line & Square: Aspects of Geometry’, State of The Art, Issue 10, Sep–Dec. 1994Fenner, Felicity: ‘An Antidote to Creeping Craft’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 23, 1994, p.15Zimmer, Jenny: catalogue essay for Circle, Line & Square: Aspects of Geometry, Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery, New South Wales, pp.8-15Dury, Neville: Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House Press |
1993 |
Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Sublimity to Ridicule’, The Weekend Australian, Nov 13, 1993Jordan, Colin: ‘Thoughts on painting and the Sublime’, catalogue essay for Approaches to the Sublime: Aspects of the Esoteric in Contemporary Painting, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, SydneyZimmer, Jenny: ‘Introduction catalogue essay’, in A Study Exhibition: Abstract Painting in Melbourne from mid 1950’s – 1960’s, Art School Press, Monash University, MelbourneBerlind, Robert: ‘Report from Australia – Winter Walkabout’, Art in America, Apr, 1993, p.45Heathcote, Christopher: ‘Boston’s ambiguities of line a stretch for the imagination’, The Age, Melbourne, Jul 22, 1993 |
1992 |
Heathcote, Christopher: ‘Grey Paintings charged with Introspective’, The Age, Jul 15, 1992Dury, Neville (editor): New Art Seven: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art, Craftsman House PressLockwood, Ken (editor): Artfile: A source book of Australian artists & galleries, Craft Arts InternationalLeach-Jones, Alun: ‘Dreaming of Eden’, catalogue essay for Fidelity: 4 Abstract artists, New England Regional Art Museum |
1991 |
Spalding, Frances: Dictionary of British Art: 20th Century Painters & Sculptors, Vol. VI, Antique Collectors Club, LondonHeathcote, Christopher: ‘Art After a Fashion’, The Age, Feb 20, 1991 |
1990 |
Germaine, Max: ‘Artists & Galleries of Australia’, Craftsman House Press |
1989 |
Adams, Jane: ‘Young Artists in Transit’, The Bulletin, Nov 28, 1989, p.20 |
1988 |
Watson, Bronwyn: ‘Tide Turns for Art Rebels’, Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 22, 1988Catalogue essay for The First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Australian Contemporary Galleries Association, Jul, 1988Jordan, Colin: catalogue essay for Andrew Christofides, The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1986 |
MacDonald, John: ‘Gallery Reviews’, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 22, 1986Montague, Sally: catalogue essay for Andrew Christofides, The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1985 |
McGillick, Paul: catalogue essay for The Subject of Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, SydneyShort, Sussan: ‘Exploring relationships, essentials and harmony’, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 22, 1985Maloon, Terrence: ‘Abstracts fail to raise the status of symbols’, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 13, 1985 |
1984 |
Cornford, Ian: catalogue essay for Painters & Sculptors,The Painters Gallery |
1981 |
McLaughlin, John: ‘House Construction Show’, Art Monthly, No 47, London |
1980 |
Gallery Reviews, Time Out, LondonEllmann, Lucy: ‘Andrew Christofides’, Arts Review, London, No 16, Aug, 1980, p.351 |
Interviews
2012 |
McGillick, Paul: ‘Conversation with Andrew Christofides’, Cultural Conversations, online interview, The Australian Centre for Oral History, http://www.cultconv.com/English/Conversations/Christofides_Andrew/HTML5/testimonybrowser.htmlFrost, Joe: ‘Andrew Christofides’, Artist Profile, issue 20, pp.80-84 |
2008 |
Karabenick, Julie: ’Interview with Andrew Christofides’ online interview, Sep 2008, Geoform, http://www.geoform.net/interviews/an-interview-with-artist-andrew-christofides/ |
1988 |
Recorded interview with James Mellon, State Archives of Victoria |
Statements by the artist:
2018 |
‘Portraiture in Non-Objective Art’ Panel discussion, Artist Profile, Issue 42, 2018 |
2016 |
‘Introduction’, Visions of Utopia catalogue, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong |
2013 |
‘George Johnson’, Artist Profile, Issue 25, 2013-14 |
2012 |
Artist’s statement for Relief constructions and Works on paper, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney |
2002 |
Catalogue statement for Works on paper: Maps and Mapping, Charles Nodrum Gallery |
1993 |
Catalogue statement for Approaches to the Sublime: The Esoteric in Painting, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney‘Pure Abstraction: An Australian Context’, reprinted in Abstract Painting in Melbourne from the mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, Art School Press, Monash University, Melbourne |
1992 |
Catalogue statement for Fidelity: Four Abstract Artists New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale |
1989 |
‘Victor Passmore: Relief Construction In White, Black, Maroon and Ochre’, in Art and Australia, Vol 26, No 4‘Catalogue statement, The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1988 |
Recorded Interview with James Mellon, State Archives of Victoria |
1986 |
‘Pure Abstraction – introductory essay, for Pure Abstraction, The Painters Gallery, Sydney‘Pure Abstraction: An Australian Context, for Pure Abstraction, The Painters Gallery, Sydney |
1985 |
Catalogue statement, for The Subject of Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |