CHRISTOPHER MEADOWS
Christopher Meadows
Lives and works in the Clare Valley, South Australia
Having worked as an artist, illustrator and educator for most of his life, Christopher has been actively involved in creating and promoting visual art in both Australia and overseas. Following his visual arts training in Adelaide South Australia, he continued to work for many years as an art educator in local schools in both country and metropolitan areas. In 2009 he broadened his visual art experiences by working and further developing his art practice in the UK, France and Japan.
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Upon returning to South Australia in 2014, he began to concentrate full time on his painting and sculptural practice, eventually establishing his studio/gallery (Studio Meadows) in the Clare Valley. Christopher has since won several major art awards including the Parklands Art Prize, West Torrens Art Prize and Watershed Art Prize. He is currently represented by Art Images Gallery.
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His passion for figurative art has always provided inspiration and has become the foundation for his work as an artist. He is regarded as a careful compositional draftsman who uses traditional mediums and techniques to develop images and forms that conveys an enigmatic quality. Natural and urban landscapes, combined with familiar memories of domestic life remain a constant source of inspiration.
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​Recent Exhibitions
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2024 - Suburban Arcadia - Art Images Gallery​
2024 - Assembly : City of Adelaide Contemporary Art Collection 2010-2024
2023 - Christmas Exhibition - Art Images Gallery
2023 - A Conflict of Green - Wonderground Gallery
2023 - Stomping Ground - Art Images Gallery
2022 - Summer Exhibition - Art Images Gallery
2021 - Houseproud - SALA Festival Event
2020 - Vineland - SALA Festival Event
2019 - Region - Burra Regional Gallery
2019 - Dreamlights - Chancery Lane Gallery
2018 - Wonderlands - Chancery Lane Gallery
2018 - Roads Less Travelled - Pruners Hut
2016-21 - Art of the Flower & Garden -
Burra Regional Gallery
2016 - Recent Works - Annies Lane @ Quelltaller
2016 - Distant Horizons - Gallery @ Pikes
2015 - Sunlight & Sentinels- Claymore Winery
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Recent Awards
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2022- Clare Art Show - acquisitive art prize
2022 - Port Lincoln Art Prize - finalist
2022 - Adelaide Hills Art Prize - finalist
2021 - Art of Flower & Garden - peoples choice award
2020 - West Torrens Art Prize - winner
2020 - Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize - finalist
2019 - Kidman Art Show - oil & acrylic art prize
2019 - Watershed Art Prize - third place
2019 - West Torrens Art Prize - peoples choice award
2018 - Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize - winner
2018 - Art of Flower & Garden - peoples choice award
2018 - Balco Balaklava Art Show - winner
2018 - Clare Art Show – acquisitive art prize
2018 - Watershed Art Prize - editors choice award 2017 - Kidman Art Prize - best in exhibition
2017 - Balco Balaklava Art Prize - landscape prize
2017- Clare Art Show - acquisitive art prize
2017- West Torrens Art Prize - finalist
2017 - Watershed Art Prize - winner
2016 - Walkerville Art Exhibition - best in exhibition
2016 - Parklands Art Prize - finalist
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Collections
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Council of West Torrens
City of Adelaide
Light Regional Council
Balco Australia
ICE WaRM (International Centre for Excellence in Water Resource Management)
Pulteney Grammar School
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