Biography

CHRISTINE WEBB

Christine Webb (nee Grieve, 1954) studied at Sydney College of the Arts (Sydney University) and was asked to leave 10 weeks before the end of a 4 year course for being the only student already offered a job.

The first stage of her artistic career was as Art Director, Publisher and Editor of the contemporary indie monthly Stiletto Magazine in 1981 till 1989.

In 2000 - 2011 relocated to Italy and worked as photographer and painter with husband Radio 2JJ co-founder, Marius Webb and their two sons.

Since 2011 Christine has divided her time between Sydney, Australia and her home in Umbria, Italy.

She is a full time artist, exhibiting regular solo exhibitions and teaching One Day Workshops in Colour Theory.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 ON REFLECTION Art2Muse Double Bay, NSW AUSTRALIA
2015 SUMMER’S LAVORO, Studio Gallery, Citerna PG ITALY
2015 RECENT WORKS Art2Muse Double Bay, NSW AUSTRALIA
2014 RECENT WORKS Art2Muse Double Bay, NSW AUSTRALIA
2014 LITE LIGHT Accelerator Gallery, Pyrmont, NSW AUSTRALIA
2013 AT HOME Bridget McDonnell Hampton Gallery, Hampton, VIC AUSTRALIA
2013 DENTRO FUORI - INSIDE OUT, Palazzo PRETORIO Sansepolcro, AR ITALY
2013 COLOUR OF LIGHT, Danks Street Depot, Waterloo, NSW AUSTRALIA
2012 HERE AND THERE Salerno Gallery Glebe, NSW AUSTRALIA
2011 TOUCH OF COLOUR Palazzo Pretorio Sansepolcro, AR ITALY
2010 SHADOW OF COLOUR Palazzo Pretorio Sansepolcro, AR ITALY
2009 COLOUR of LIGHT Palazzo Pretorio Sansepolcro, AR ITALY
1999 MORNINGTON REGIONAL GALLERY, Mornington, VIC AUSTRALIA
1998 SOLO EXHIBITION, Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, VIC AUSTRALIA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Gingko Gallery Glebe, NSW AUSTRALIA
2012 with Christabel Blackman, Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide,SA AUSTRALIA
2012 alumNOW, Lavender Bay Gallery, North Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
2010 with Tom Duguid, Chiostro San Agostino, Cortona, AR ITALY
COLLECTIONS
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Osaka?Rosebud Hospital, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
ASSOCIATIONS
Member NAVA 2016
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I am a figurative, still life artist who paints in Acrylic on stretched canvas.
My work builds upon other Australian still life painters such as Margaret Preston in the use of Australian flora in the restricted work space of the domestic environment.
My current practice has pushed these limitations with a more esoteric staging that still holds a tangible quality, within the viewers immediate spacial boundaries and with a concrete reality. While at once centred and stable, the fragility of the environment is expressed through the use of delicate dried flowers and bush fire blackened, banksia.
The symmetry and balance of the works is a quest for calm amidst the current world uncertainty. The use of reflection and transparency is both a literal and spiritual call for truth and serenity.