Christopher McVinish, Australian, born in 1952

Education
1973 Diploma Art &Design, Swinburne College of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
1976 Diploma of Education, State College of Victoria at Hawthorn, Australia
After graduating from State College Christopher lectured at Queensland College of Art, and later taught at the University of Tasmania. In 1991, he returned to Queensland to pursue painting full time.

Solo Exhibitions
2016  Gallery One, Southport, Queensland, Australia
2015  Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2015  Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2015  Maunsell Wickes gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014  Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2014  Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2013  Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2013  Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2012  Lethbridge, Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2011  Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2010  Neo Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2009  Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2009  Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2009  Neo Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2008  Neo Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2007  Richard Martin Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2006  Richard Martin Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2004  Soho Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2003  Soho Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2003  Gallery 482, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2002  Mahoney's Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2002  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2001  Gallery 460, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
2001  Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2000  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1999  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1997  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1996  Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1996  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1995  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1994  Hang-Ups Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1993  Hang-Ups Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1991  Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania, Australia
1990  Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania, Australia
1983  Cintra House Galleries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1982  Basement Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1981  Paddington Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Group Exhibitions and Awards
2013  Salon des Refuses, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013  Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Queensland, Australia
2013  The Paddington Art Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013  Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth, Western Australia
2013  EMSLA Still Life Award, Coff’s Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
2012  Redland Art Prize, Queensland, Australia
2012  EMSLA Still Life Award, Coff’s Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
2012  Norvill Landscape Prize, New South Wales, Australia
2012  Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Queensland, Australia
2011  Winner of the Archibald Prize (Australia’s most prestigious prize for portraiture)
2011  Finalist Still Life, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2011  Finalist Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2011  Finalist Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
2011  Finalist Lethbridge Art Award, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2011  Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2009  Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
2009  William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2008  Finalist Norvill Art Prize, New South Wales, Australia
2008  William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2008  Neo Gallery, Coolum Beach, New South Wales, Summer Exhibition
2007  Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2007  William Merrill Galley, Laguna Beach, CA
2006  William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006  Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
2006  Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2005  William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2005  Richard Martin Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2002  Soho Galleries, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2002  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2001  Jan Murphy Gallery, Singapore
2001  Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2001  Australian Artists, Tokyo, Japan
2000  Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2000  The Hills Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1999  Sunday Mail Art Prize, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1998  Caloundra Art Prize, Queensland, Australia (Painting)
1997  Redland Westpac Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1996  Caloundra Art Prize, Queensland, Australia (Painting)
1996  Still Life Award, Redcliffe Art Show
1995  Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1994  Sunshine Coast Art Group Prize, Queensland, Australia
1994  Noosa Art Prize, Tewartin, Queensland, Australia
1993  Maroochy Art Prize, Queensland, Australia
1992  Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania, Australia
1990  Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1986  Printmaking Prize, Redcliffe Art Show, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1985  Ardrossan Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1982  Gallery Baguette, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1980  Gold Coast City Council Acquisition Prize, Queensland, Australia
1980  Cloncurry Art Prize, Queensland, Australia
1979  Paddington Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1979  Toowoomba City Council Acquisition Prize, Queensland, Australia