Artist Profile
ARTIST STATEMENT
‘It is essential that a work of art be self-consistent, that an artist should consciously or unconsciously draw a circle beyond which he does not trespass. On the one hand actual life is always the material and on the other hand an abstraction from actual life is a necessary condition to the creation of a work of art.' T.S Eliot
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Little Malop Gallery Geelong - 'Recent Paintings'
2006 Little Malop Gallery Geelong – ‘Recent Paintings'
2004 Jackman Gallery – St Kilda Melbourne
2003 Jackman Gallery – St Kilda Melbourne
2002 Jackman Gallery – St Kilda Melbourne
2001 Q Dos Gallery; Lorne
1998 Feral Gallery; Forrest, Victoria
1997 Hardware Lane; Melbourne
1997 'Journey through Landscape'; Feral Gallery, Victoria
1996 'Recent Paintings'; Gallery Irascible, Melbourne
1995 Ryrie Street Gallery; Geelong
1994 Ryrie Street Gallery; Geelong
1993 The Rocks; Byron Bay, NSW
1992 Q Dos Gallery; Lorne
1990 Inaminka Gallery; Nth Melbourne
1988 Wholefoods Gallery; Geelong
1986 Works Gallery; Geelong
2008 'Quadriptych' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
2005 ‘The Geelong Experience' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
2005 'Leigh Chiller and Monty Osewald' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
2004 'The Geelong Experience' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
2003 ‘A5minus' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
2003 ‘Inaugural Exhibition' Little Malop Gallery, Geelong.
2002 ‘Kenedy, Shaw, Chiller' Group Show, QDOS Lorne
2002 Masterworks at Montsalvat – Eltham Vic.
2002 ‘Kenedy, Shaw, Chiller' Group Show, Fad Gallery Melbourne
2002 ‘R – Rated Show ‘ Jackman Gallery – St Kilda
2002 'Collaboration-with Martin Bridgman; Australian Ambassadors residence, Makaty, Manila
2001 'The Red Show'; Jackman Gallery
2001 'Illuminations'; Landau Gallery, St Kilda
2000 First Settlement Gallery; Sorrento
2000 Pieces Gallery; Torquay
1998 'Two Views'; Fad Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Ryrie Street Gallery, Geelong
1995 Gallery Irascible; Melbourne
1993 North Coast Arts Show; Byron Bay Regional gallery
1991 'So much water, so close to home'; Broken Hill and Mildura Regional Art Galleries
1991 'Survey of Surveys'; Geelong Regional Art Gallery
1989 'Survey 10'; Geelong Regional Art Gallery
1988 St Martins Gallery; Sth Yarra, Melbourne
1987 'Material'; Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
• Swan Hill Regional Gallery
• Mildura Regional Art Gallery
• Various Private, Public and Corporate Collections in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia.
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2000 Mural: Bird Rock Café – Jan Juc Victoria
1996 Plein Air Painting Workshops – Geelong Regional Art Gallery
1988 Community Artist STH Barwon Shire Council
1986 Artist & Community Liason Officer – Caulfield Festival
AWARDS
1995 Judges Award – Target Art Prize
1984 Swan Hill Drawing Prize