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				CONSTANTINE NICHOLAS
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			About Constantine Nicholas Constantine Nicholas was born in Perth, Western Australia and lives in Sydney, New South Wales. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in many noted collections and institutions across Australia and overseas - including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian National University, Kerry Stokes Collection and BHP Billiton. Many of his works have been selected for major art prizes and his awards include the Australia Council's, New York studio and the Gunnery Studio in Sydney. Major commissions include the millennium mural for Kerry Stokes' office in Sydney and Suntec City Towers 3 and 4 in Singapore.
			Solo Exhibitions 2008 White Cloud Story, Perth Galleries, WA 2007 Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney NSW 2006 a light ozone, SLOT Sydney NSW 2005 Untitled Transactions, Perth Galleries, Perth WA 2004 polynasia, King Street on Burton Gallery, Sydney NSW 2004 endgame, SLOT, Sydney NSW 2003 Off the Map - Studio Show, Sydney NSW 2002 Black Navigation, Gadfly Gallery, Perth WA 2000 Kerry Stokes Offices, Sydney NSW 1998 Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1996 Transactions lV, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1995 Foreign, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1995 Crown Land, Parliamentary Grounds, Canberra ACT 1994 Transactions III, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT 1994 Apply Within, Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney NSW 1994 Transactions II, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1993 A New Order, Artspace Gallery, Sydney NSW 1993 Instructions for Seamen, ROM Gallery, Sydney NSW 1992 A Seaman's Journal, Treasury Rooms, Fremantle Town Hall, WA 1992 *A New World..., WINDOW Gallery, Sydney NSW 1992 Philosophical Transactions, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT 1991 Transactions, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney NSW 1990 light, PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA 1989* EMR Gallery, Sydney NSW Group Exhibitions 2008 Mapping, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney NSW 2007 Cropped, SLOT Gallery, Sydney NSW 2007 Journey 3, Courtenay, Nicholas + Way, ATG Gallery, Melbourne VIC 2007 The Only Constant, Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne NSW 2006 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW 2006 Macquarie University Year of Physics Art Prize Exhiition, Sydney NSW 2006 Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD 2005 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW 2005 Summer Show, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney NSW 2004 Miniatures, Perth Galleries, Perth WA 2004 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW 2004 SBS Art Award, Australian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, Manningham Gallery Doncaster VIC 2003 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD 2003 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW 2003 SBS Art Award Exhibition, Federation Square Melbourne VIC 2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD 2002 Town of Vincent Art Prize Exhibition, WA 1998 Artists Against Racism, PICA, WA 1997 Gold, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC 1996 Colonial Post Colonial, Museum of Modern art, Heide VIC 1996 Banquet, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1995 Canberra National Sculpture Forum, Canberra ACT 1995 Generation, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA 1994 ROM MIX, ROM Gallery, Sydney NSW 1993 Sulman Art Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW 1993 Contemporary Art Fair, University Drill Hall, Canberra ACT 1992 Artseen, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington NZ 1992 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Council Chambers, Sydney NSW 1991 Moet & Chandon Art Prize Exhibition, Touring State Galleries iin Australia 1991 Over East, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery UWA, Perth WA 1991 Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney NSW 1990 Art Dock: Exposition D'Art Contemporain Australien, Noumea, NC 1990 Selected Artists, EMR Gallery, Sydney NSW 1989 Fresh Art, SH Irwin Gallery, Sydney NSW 1989 Relativity, Works Gallery, Sydney NSW 1989 Eastern States/Western States, Beach Gallery, Perth WA 1988 Moet & Chandon Art Prize Exhibition, Touring State Galleries iin Australia 1988 Four 4, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT 1988 No Mans Land, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT 1987 National Art Award, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra ACT 1987 Salon Coda: The Making of History, Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra ACT 1986 The Scanned Image, Arts Council Gallery, Canberra ACT	Collections Allens, Arthur, Robinson, Sydney NSW Art Bank, Sydney NSW Art Gallery of Western Australia WA Australian National University ACT BHP Billiton, Melbourne VIC Freehills, Sydney NSW Fremantle City Council, WA Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne VIC Hugh Jamieson Collection, NSW James Wolfensohn Collection New York USA Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth WA Lowensteins, Sydney Minter Ellison, Perth WA Royal Perth Hospital, WA SBS Australia, Melbourne VIC University of Western Australia, WA Private Collections - Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA Awards/Residencies 2007 Armory Studio Residency, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2004 NSW Ministry Studio Residency, The Gunnery, Sydney NSW 2003 NAVA Marketing Grant Scheme for NSW Artists 1993 Australia Council Studio Residency Grant - Greene Street New York, USA 1992 NAVA Marketing Grant Scheme for NSW Artists 1988 Australia Council VACB, Project Grant, Sydney 1988 Arts Development Grant, Canberra ACT Commissions 2002 Ruth Levine Design - Northcliffe Apartments, Brisbane QLD 1999 Kerry Stokes Millennium Mural & Invitations, Sydney NSW 1998 Duxton Hotel, Perth WA 1997 Suntec City Mural Towers 1 & 2, Singapore Education 1989 Graduate Diploma in Arts College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 1987 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra ACT


			Constantine Nicholas	paintings 2007-2008