Ian Chamberlain

Statement

Fruit update

In this series, Ian expresses his amusement and frustration with aspects of marketing, advertising, journalism, consumerism and science. He makes his point with characteristic humour and a strong aesthetic.

The ‘Living in the clouds’ series forms a personal allegory for the artist’s life in the
Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Austrtalia. He uses a wide range of media including photography, sandstone, silver, gold leaf, copper, acrylic, and wood.

Email: ian@ianchamberlain.com
Website: www.ianchamberlain.com
Telephone: +612 4782 1791
Nationality: Australian resident
Born: Year of the rabbit

Biography: For over thirty years Ian has been involved in the arts, and his work can be found in private collections around the world. Ian uses any medium that seems
right for a given idea. He enjoys experimenting with space and colour, sound and form, rather than the technical aspects of any one medium. Often, his aim is to challenge accepted thought forms, while uplifting and inspiring the observer.

Education: left school early with the firm belief that society, as we know it, had but a short time left to run - still not sure. Commenced formal art training (DNF); Commenced formal art training again (DNF); Studied jazz at The Conservatorium of
Music, Sydney; Studied graphic design at the School of Graphic Arts, Sydney; Studied digital imaging and multimedia, TAFE of Western Sydney Memberships: Current member National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA); Founding Member of the Society of Advertising, Commercial and Magazine Photographers (ACMP) 1993; Founding Member of the Australian Graphic Designers Association (AGDA) 1988 Career experience in alphabetical order: assembly line worker; automotive spare
parts manager; ayur-vedic therapist; bin tally man; cabinet maker; car detailer; composer; copy writer; courier; farm hand; fine artist; fruit picker; gardener; graphic
designer; guitar teacher; handyman; health centre manager; house husband; labourer; musical instrument demonstrator; musician; office manager; owner/manager of graphic design and commercial photography studio; painter and decorator; photographer; picture framer; storeman; truck driver; waiter Future exhibitions: 'Contemporary Art for Christmas' The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston -
Super – Mare, Somerset UK

Past exhibitions: 2007:

Art in Mind, Brick Lane Gallery, London UK;The Art Makers
Exhibition, Balmain Watch House, Sydney;

2006:

LGA exhibition, Leura;'Photographic Portrait Prize', Wollongong City Gallery, Australia; 'Beyond the Blue', Cowra Regional Gallery, Australia; 'Cowra Festival', Cowra Regional Gallery, Australia;
2005:

Major prize winner: Painting and Mixed Media, The Artspace,
Katoomba, Australia; 'Digital Soup', Braemar Gallery, Springwood, Australia; 'Emerge', The Artspace, Katoomba, Australia;

1995

'Fruit Update', The Watchhouse Gallery, Balmain, Sydney, Australia; 'Doubly Gifted', Bondi, Sydney, Australia;

1995

'The Seven Deadly Things', The Watchhouse Gallery, Balmain, Sydney, Australia; 1994:

'The Love of Money', The Watchhouse Gallery, Balmain, Sydney, Australia;

1993:

'Views', The Watchhouse Gallery, Balmain, Sydney, Australia; 'Doubly Gifted', Bondi, Sydney, Australia; The Paper House Stationery Design Competition finalist, Sydney, Australia; 'Views', Stanton Library, North Sydney, Australia; Work featured in
Professional Photography magazine;

1992:

Finalist Hasselblad Masters Exhibition, touring exhibition of capital cities, Australia Likes: family and friends; hot showers and dry clothes after walks in the wilderness; good vegetarian food; solitude; company; The Goons; running along forest paths; my Dyson vacuum cleaner; weather; Hasselblad cameras; paradox Dislikes: isms and movements; cruelty; fashion (when taken seriously); a totally intellectual approach to anything; the senseless destruction of the planet; not owning a Hasselblad; paradox Favourite artists: Geritt Dou; Pablo Picasso; Jeffrey Smart Favourite musicians: John Scofield; JS Bach; Larry Carlton; Yann Tiersen; the two buskers I saw in Leicester Square TV favourites: Black Books; Spaced; Seinfeld; Coupling Film favourites: Woody Allen's Love and Death; Amélie; Dr Strangelove; everything by Jacques Tati; Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s Bedazzled