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Graeme Balchin
Artist Statement
We live in a time where technology has advanced to the point we no longer need a camera to make a great image. For the commercial world, technology is the future, for it has embraced the new mediums with open arms.With this in mind, I am constantly amazed with the amount of artists who still use traditional mediums and methods simply because they wish too. I am one of those people, who has a compelling desire that borders on an insane obsession, to paint and draw. Painting has been and still is a successful way of recording history, but I feel it is also an integral part of human endeavor; the need to achieve excellence in creation.
To view a selection of my work visit my Gallery
Education
Studied at Paddington Art School 1986, Pennant Hills Life Drawing 1987, Sydney Art Station 1988, Julian Ashtons Art School Sydney p/t (drawing, painting,etching), Studied Etching at Duck Print, Professional Trade - Signwriter.
Business Acumen
On completion of trade qualifications, I established and ran my own successful signwriting business Vital Signs which operated until 2000.We produced work for Village Road Show, Hoyts, Greater Union, Home Pics Video,Top Video and many RSL, Leagues and Bowling Clubs.In 2000 we sold the business and my invention of a Aluminum flexible signface. I later started p/t Teaching at Newcastle Tafe in 2003 and finished in 2004 to pursue a career in Fine Art.
Exhibitions
2000 Three Way Exhibition Tap Gallery Sydney
2002 Invited Exhibitions Flesh Exhibition - Gosford Regional Gallery
2003 Solo Exhibition Cross Section Exhibition - Grand Gallery CC
2003 Invited Exhibitions Oh My God - Grand Gallery CC, Rude Nude - Brokenback Gallery Hunter Valley, The Grand Under a Grand - Grand Gallery CC
2003 Open Exhibitions Banool Conservation Prize, Australian Watercolour Inst. Exhibition - Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford Art Prize - Gosford Regional Gallery
2004 Invited Exhibitions Ferous Non-Ferous Exhibition - Grand Gallery CC, Rude Nude 2 - Grand Gallery, Suburbia Exhibition - Grand Gallery CC, Northern Exposure - Cpt Cook Gallery Paddington,Birth of Zooid - Grand Gallery CC, City Slickers Not Exhibition - Sydney Metro Gallery, Cross Section Exhibition - Erina Art Space - Gosford City Council, Open Christmas Exhibition - Cpt Cook Gallery Paddington
2004 Open Exhibitions Gosford Art Prize - Gosford Regional Gallery, Who's Who - (Archibald combined show) - Gosford Regional Gallery
2005 Invited Exhibitions Art Is Alive - Grand Gallery CC and Sydney Metro Gallery, Mardi Gras Exhibition - Cpt Cook Gallery Paddington, Rude Nude 3 - Grand Gallery CC, Zooid Exhibition - Sydney Metro Gallery and Cpt Cook Gallery Paddington, Very Bloody Expensive Exhibition - Grand Gallery CC, Open Christmas Exhibition - Paddington and Grand Gallery CC
2006 Invited Exhibitions Glamoroma Exhibition - Cpt Cook Gallery Paddington, Rude Nude 4 - Grand Gallery CC
2006 Solo Exhibition The Entree Series - Palm House Gallery Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
2006/07 Gosford Art Prize - Finalist
2007 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize - Finalist
2007 Hunters Hill Art Prize (Selected)
Graeme kindly donated a painting in support of Nepal Art Aid Auction held on Sat 24th Feb 2007 @ the 460 Gallery,Green Point, Gosford. *Note Auction raised approx $30,000
2008 Solo Exhibition 'Aboreal' - Who Art Thou Gallery
Collections Numerous Artworks in both Private Australian Collections & Private Collections in America and England.
Exhibition Judging 2005 8th Annual Fabulous Fakes - Tuggerah Lakes Art Society
Media and Publicity
2003 The Herald 19th June
2004 The Daily Telegraph 1st April
2005 The Daily Telegraph 2nd June
2005 The Daily Telegraph 13th April
2005 Star FM Radio Interview
2005 ABC Radio Interview
2005 Central Coast Express Advocate
2005 Sunrise Channel 7, Sydney - Archibald Coverage
2005 Financial Review - Archibald Coverage
2005 NBN TV Newcastle - Archibald Coverage
2005 ABC TV Document - Loaded Brush
2005 NBN TV Newcastle - Rude Nude Coverage for Ovarian Cancer Foundation
2005 Star FM Radio CC - Interview Wedding Promotion 25th Aug
2005 Star FM Radio CC - Interview Body Painting Promotion 27th Aug
2005 Star FM Radio CC - Interview Body Painting Promotion 1st Sept
2006 ABC Radio - Smart Arts Live Interview
2006 ABC Radio - Smart Arts Live Interview for Entree Series 23rd June
2006 Express Advocate - Article Branching Out 23rd June
2006 Seniors Newspaper- Artist & Craftsman Editorial
2007 Express Advocate- Art Culture 21st Feb
2007 Express Advocate Doug Moran Prize Finalist 23rd Feb
2007 ABC Smart Arts- Live Interview, Moran Finalist 23rd Feb
2007 ABC Smart Arts - Live Interviews, The Portrait Prize, April & May
2007 NBN News Coverage The Portrait Prize May
2007 Express Advocate The Portrait Prize 2nd May
2008 Express Advocate Nude Olympis
2008 Freerider The 5oth Issue FMX Parents Graeme Balchin
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