Christopher Zanko

Christopher Zanko居住在新南威爾斯州南海岸的伊拉瓦拉/達瓦爾地區。 他從家鄉的建築、文化和歷史中汲取靈感，並深受木刻和木浮雕印刷的影響。贊科運用這些原則建構了自己的藝術實踐，但更重要的是，他透過自己的視角和生活經驗賦予了作品生命。這種視角的理念，即在創作過程中發現意義，並在其中尋找那些能夠凸顯他獨特視角的元素，在克里斯的大量作品和不斷變化的題材選擇中得到了充分體現，Zanko 觀察並探索了這些房屋中蘊含的個性，以及使這些房屋成為家的元素。Zanko 的獨特作品耗時耗力，層層疊疊，層層遞進，每一件成品都清晰可見手的印記。秉承日本木刻的傳統，Zanko 以鑿刻的方式刻畫對象，力求永恆與空間的統一。這既是 Zanko 創作的必要步驟，也是與藝術家實踐理念相契合的創作手法。每件作品都始於 Chris 對所選主題的色彩研究，無論是經典的紅磚房屋，還是修剪整齊的黃楊樹籬。透過在媒介和主題上深思熟慮的抉擇，Zanko 透過雕刻創作創造了永恆，同時也賦予了這些家園和記憶。


CHRISTOPHER ZANKO
Born: Wollongong, Australia 1992
EDUCATION
2015 - BCA University of Wollongong
2012 - Diploma of Fine Art, West Wollongong TAFE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Forthcoming March: Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2024 - Kakurega, Laid Bug, Tokyo, Japan
2024 - Daily Dilemmas, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2023 - Wandering Where, Sydney Contemporary, Carriage Works, Sydney
2023 - Downshifter, Egg and Dart Gallery, Wollongong
2022 - Measured Moments, Laid Bug, Tokyo, Japan
2022 - Lost Between, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2021- Sweet Misgivings, Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul
2020 - Heretofore, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - Stranger Avenue, Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul
2019 - A Different Road Home, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2017 - Umbra, Egg & Dart, Thirroul
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 - Fireworks, China Heights, Sydney
2023 - Lateral Landscapes, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie
2023 - Spring 1883, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
2023 - Vision Splendid, Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea
2022 - Resistance, Beams, Harajuku, Japan
2022 - Substratum, Woollahra Gallery at Readleaf, Sydney
2021 - Collected: Sydney Living Museums Acquisitions, Sydney Museum, Sydney
2021 - Incognito (Studio A), Verona Studio, Sydney
2021 - 93 Bourke & Friends, Ninety Three Bourke ARI, Sydney
2021 - Slippin Matters, Tsutaya Books, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - One Off, Canteen ARI, Sydney
2020 - Sydney Contemporary Online, Sydney
2020 - Holding Pattern, Egg & Dart, Thirroul
2020 - The Home, Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea
2019 - A Place to Call Home, Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong
2019 - The New Gallery Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - Grown Ocean, School of Arts, Clifton
2019 - Scorcher, Egg and Dart, Thirroul
2018 - Life in Working Art, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2018 - On the Aussie Telly, Ambush Art Gallery, Sydney
2018 - Here + Now, Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong
2018 - The Platform 10, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018 - The Castle, Egg and Dart Thirroul
2017 - Surf Cassette, Gladstone St Warehouse, Newtown, Sydney
2017 - Home Wrecker, ASW, Newcastle
2016 - On Excursion, Casula Powerhouse, Casula
2016 - Vital Signs, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
2016 - Locals Lonely, Egg and Dart, Thirroul

RESIDENCIES / PUBLIC PROJECTS
2024 - Gang Gang Residency, Yuin Country (Cuttagee NSW)
2023 - The Bank Residency, Port Kembla
2021 - Artist in Residency, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney
2021 - Rose Seidler House 70th Anniversary Commission, Museums of History New South Wales
2020 - Farmer & The Owl ‘Family Values’ Album art
2019 - Yours And Owls Festival, Main Stage Design, Wollongong
2017 - Art Box Project, Shibuya, Tokyo
COLLECTIONS
White Rabbit Collection
Macquarie Group
Museums of History New South Wales (formerly Sydney Living Museums)
Wollongong Art Gallery
University of Wollongong
GRANTS/PRIZES
2023 - Create NSW, Visual Arts Commissioning Grant recipient
2024 - Wynne Prize, AGNSW Sydney, NSW (finalist)
2024- Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney NSW (finalist).
2024 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra QLD (finalist)
2024 - Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney NSW (Highly Commended)
2024 - The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, NSW (finalist)
2023 - Kings School Art Prize (finalist)
2022 - Salon De Refusés, S.H Ervin Gallery Sydney, NSW (Wynne finalist)
2022 - Sulman Prize, AGNSW Sydney, NSW (finalist)
2022 - Hazelhurst Works on Paper Prize, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (finalist)
2021 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra QLD (finalist)
2020 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney NSW (finalist)
2019 - Wynne Prize, AGNSW Sydney, NSW (finalist)
2019 - Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford NSW (finalist)
2019 - Still: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery NSW (finalist)
2016 - Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford NSW (finalist)
2015 - Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize, Lane Cove (finalist)
PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
2023 - Qantas Travel Insider Magazine, Creative Process, December Issue
2023 - Art Collector Magazine, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Edition
2022 - Episode 10, ABC Artworks, ABC
2021 - Unlocked, The Sydney Living Museum Gazette, Autumn Edition, 70 Years of Rose Seidler
House
2021 - Issue 57, Artist Profile Magazine