Born: 26 September 1969, Gosford NSW
Studies: 1990 BA Visual Arts (painting and drawing) The University of Newcastle
Solo Exhibitions
2016 ‘Scapes, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Regional Art Gallery
Atmospheres, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2015 On the Nature of Air and Light, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Glasshouse Port Macquarie Regional Gallery
2014 Points in Time, Manly Art Gallery and Museum and Gippsland Art Gallery Touring Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery,
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Gold Coast City Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery.
Weather Systems,OlsenIrwin,Sydney
2013 Points in Time, Manly Art Gallery and Museum and Gippsland Art Gallery Touring Exhibition
Close Space, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Sketches, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Waterfield, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2011 Another Place, Gould Galleries, MelbourneDarkwood, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane 2010
Quietude, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2009 Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Michael Reid, Murrurundi
2008 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2007 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Moree Plains Art Gallery, Moree
2006 Winter Weather, Martin Browne Fine Art at Silvershot Gallery, Melbourn
2005 Landscape Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney
2004 Vanishing Point, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Yellow House, Sydney
Variations, Martin Browne Fine Art at Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2003 Half light, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2002 Everything and Nothing, Chris Langlois’ Landscape Paintings, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Imperfect Isolation, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
2001 Land sea sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Fading to Nought, Martin Brown Fine Art, Sydney
Nick Mitzevitch Gallery, Newcastle
2000 Melancholy, Legge Gallery, Sydney
1999 A Point In Time, Legge Gallery, Sydney
1998 Landscape and Memory, Legge Gallery, Sydney
1997 Autumn Park, Legge Gallery, Sydney
1996 Detached Shadows, Legge Gallery, Sydney
Rocket Gallery, Newcastle
1995 Legge Gallery, Sydney
1994 Legge Gallery, Sydney
1993 Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Legge Gallery, Sydney
1992 Legge Gallery, Sydney
1991 Veiw Factory, Newcastle
1990 Watt Space, The University of Newcastle
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery
2015 Signature, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle
Keeping Company: Saltwater, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Directors Choice 2015, Celebrating 35 years, Gould Gallery, Melbourne
2014 The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Queensland
Sublime Points, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale Victoria
Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
Watt Space 25th Year Anniversary, Watt Space, The University of Newcastle
2013 Summer Show, Chris LANGLOIS, Hyojin PARK, Konstantin BESSMERTNY, LIU Xiao Fang, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
2013 Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2012 Within Sight of Land, Newcastle Art Gallery
Landscape + the Urbane Environment, Marian Drew, Koon Wai Bong, Chris Langlois, Ho-Yeol Ryu, Davis Smith,
Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
Directors Choice 2012, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Reflective Dialogues, Chris Capper, Andy Divine, Chris Langlois, Peter Tilley, The University Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle
Winter Warmers, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
Kings School Art Prize, Sydney
Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2011 Water Memory, Glass House Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie
Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery
New Romantics, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Black & White, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
Kings Art Prize, Sydney
Keeping Company Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
Allsorts Gould Gallery, Melboune
Salon Des Refuses, S.H Irvin Gallery, Sydney
BIG/small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
30 to collect, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2010 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Silent Spaces, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
Zoo Artists in Residence, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle
2009 In Paradise: Artist of the Northern Beaches, Manly Arts Festival, Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2008 Chris Langlois, Luke Pither, Paul Spencer, and Camilla Tadich, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Painting the Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney
Salon des Refuses, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
2007 ‘The University Collection: Evolution’, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006 Tainted Love, Contemporary developments in Landscape, Bendigo Art Gallery
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2005 The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney.
2004 Great Escapes: romantic landscape in the 21st century, Curated by Meryl Ryan, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
State of Art: Peace, touring exhibition, curated by Katherine Roberts, Manly Art Gallery
2003 Depth of Field, Curated by Karen Hall & Louise Tegart, Shepparton Regional Art Gallery
Depth of Field, Monash University Museum of Art
2001 Volunteered Images, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Horizon, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Well Connected: Dobell + Company, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
New Aquisitions, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
University of Newcastle Art Collection, Recent Acquisitions,The University of Newcastle
2000 Watt Decade, The University of Newcastle Travelling Exhibition, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
1999 Contemporary, a selection from the collection of Allen, Allen and Hemsley UTS Gallery, Sydney
Velocity, Evan Salmon, Niki Savvas & Chris Langlois, Newspace, Sydney College of the Arts
Watt Decade, Ten Year Anniversary, Watt Space, The University of Newcastle
People and Places from Hunter-Manning Regional Collections, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree
1998 The Four Elements, A Journey Across The Land, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Steel Works, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
The Horizon Line, King Street Gallery, Sydney
1996 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1995 Hidden Treasures, Art in Corporate Collections, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Salon Des Refuses, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Prizes and Awards
| 2011 | Winner, Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize Highly commended, Tattersall’s Club Lansdcape Art Prize |
| 2010 2007 2006 |
Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery NSW Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery NSW Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery NSW |
| 2011 08, 1999, 96, 95 |
Finalist, Salon des Refuses, S.H Irvin Gallery, Sydney |
| 1990 | Joint Winner, Maitland Tertiary Art Award, Maitland Region Art Gallery |
Catalogues
| 2012 | Relective Dialogue, Chris Capper, Andy Divine, Chris Langlois, Peter Tilley, The University of Newcastle |
| 2010 2009 |
Silent Spaces, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney, In Paradise, Artists of the Northern Beaches, Manly Art Gallery & Museum |
| 2008 | Chris Langlois, Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Rex Irwin Art Dealer |
| 2007 | Chris Langlois, exhibition catalogue, Moree Plains Art Gallery. Rex Irwin Art Dealer |
| 2006 | Winter Weather, exhibition catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art |
| 2005 | Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery |
| 2003 | Depth of Field, Exhibition catalogue, Karen Hall, Louise Tegart & Rex Butler, Shepparton Art Gallery |
| 2001 | Land Sea Sky, Chris Langlois, essay by Rosemary Hawker, Metro Arts |
| 2001 | Fading to Nought, Chris Langlois, essay by John Murphy, Martin Browne Fine Art & SEL |
Published papers and Essays
Simon Gregg, New Romantics; Darkness and Light in Australian Art, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-921509-91-9
Victoria Hynes, Chris Langlois and the Australian sublime, Australian Art Review, Nov 2009- Jan 2010
Andres Taylor, Aristocratic Approval, The Sun Herald, 4.07.10
Katherine Roberts, In Paradise, Artists of the Northern Beaches, catalogue essay Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Nov 2009
Brett Ballard, Interview with Brett Ballard, Moore Plains Gallery catalogue, 2007
Cady Andersen, Evening of fine art raises funds for Moree gallery, Moree Champion, 26.07.07
Katrina Rumley, Chris Langlois, Moree Plains Gallery catalogue essay, 2006
Elissa Blake, I still call Australia home, The Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Magazine, 22.01.2006
Alex McDonald, Waterworld, State of the Arts, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery catalogue 01/2005
William Petley, On the rise, The Sun Herald, 7.08.05
The Sunday Magazine Team, The Hot List 100, The Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Magazine, 17.07.2005
Meryl Ryan and Peter Timms, Great Escapes, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Catalogue, 2004-2005.
Robert Nelson, Photography and Painting in Cahoots, The Age, 01/2003
Karen Hall, Louise Tegart & Rex Butler, Depth of Field, Exhibition catalogue, Shepparton Art Gallery 2003, ISBN 0 9577065 7 X
Australian Art Collector, Australia’s most Collectable Artists, p 63, Issue 23, January/March 2003
Phil Brown, Far Horizons, Brisbane News, 17.07.2002
Rodney Chester, Just Add People, The Courier Mail, 16.07.2002
Rosemary Hawker, Everything & Nothing, Land sea sky exhibition catalogue, Metro Arts, November 2001
Robert Birch, Family over Fame, The Newcastle Herald Weekender, 9.2.02
Jill Stowell, Simply Sublime, The Newcastle Herald Weekender, 2.2.02
Ann-Marie Wilcock, Alone on the Beach, The Newcastle Herald Weekender, 2.02.02
Jody Scott, Dream Factory, Elle Magazine, pp 159-161, March 2002
Betsy Brennan, Living Art, Vogue Living, p 54, February/March 2002
Laura Demasi, Art Class, Elle Magazine, p 75, February 2002
Artemis, The Newcastle Gallery Society Journal, (cover), January 2002
Rex Butler, On the Edge of Reality,Courier Mail, 12/01
John Murphy, Fading to Nought, Fading to Nought exhibition catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art/ SEL, August 2001
Danielle Teutsch, Galleries, The Sun Herald, 12.8.01
Diana Simmonds, Secretive Seas, The Sunday Telegraph, 19.8.01
Victoria Hynes, Critics Picks, SMH, 6.9.01
Meryl Ryan, Well Connected, Dobell + Company catalogue, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, May, 2001
Meryl Ryan, Louder Than Words, Newcastle Herald, 14.2.01
Newcastle Herald, Team Effort Attracts Wave of Interest, 15.2.2001
Newcastle Herald, Langlois to Exhibit New Work at Gallery, 8.2.01
Jill Stowell, Melancholy Exhibition catalogue, Legge Gallery, August 2000
Courtney Kidd, Survival of the Fittest, SMH, 18.7.2000
Time Out Magazine, Shock of the New, Feb. 2000
Jacob Lynch, Velocity catalogue, Newspace, Sydney College of the Arts, 9.11.99
Meryl Ryan, Quality for Collectors, Newcastle Herald, 6.11.99
Sebastian Smee, Getting All Fogged Up, Lets Count The Ways, SMH, 24.8.99
Sebastian Smee, The Good Oil, SMH, 19.8.99
Jill Stowell, Survey of Talent, Newcastle Herald Weekender, 4.9.99
Watt Decade, Exhibition catalogue, Watt Space, The University Of Newcastle, September 1999
Sebastian Smee, Raising The Bar, S.M.H, 11.5.99
Meryl Ryan, Unsettling Suburbia, The Newcastle Herald, 3.10.98
Sebastian Smee, A Gutful, S.M.H, Metro, 3.7.98
Jill Stowell, Newcastle Herald, 4.7.98
A Taste in Art, Community Aid Abroad catalogue, 1997
Terry Ingram, Young Artists ‘Miss Out’, The Australian Financial Review, 22.8.97
Anna Johnson, The One That Got Away, Australian Art Collector, July, 1997
Sebastian Smee, 180 Degrees of Separation, Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 20.6.97
Anna Johnson, Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, 26.4.97
Jill Stowell, Etchings Explore The Horror Of War, Newcastle Herald, 24.6.96
John McDonald, The Sentimental Prize, SMH, 16.3.96
John McDonald, Familiarity Breeds Content, SMH, 15.4.95
Bronwyn Watson, The Accidental Purist, SMH, 23.7.93
Michael Hedger, Enjoyment In freedom of Gesture, Newcastle Herald, 15.3.93
Kylie Miller, Art Column, Newcastle Herald, 13.3.93
Natalie Williams, Sun Herald, 12.4.92
Helen Walker, Around the Galleries, Newcastle Herald, 1.4.92
Jill Stowell, Hunter Artist Thriving, Newcastle Herald, 2.1.92
Jill Stowell, Abundance Of Riches, Newcastle Herald, 14.5.91
University Of Newcastle Bulletin, May, 1991
Jill Stowell, Pride of Place, Newcastle Herald, 22.10.90
Hunter Valley Independent, Maitland Tertiary Art Prize, 10.10.90
Jill Stowell, Polarities and Solidarity, Flair and Faces, Newcastle Herald, August, 1990
Michelle Mexon, To Some It’s a Suicidal Look At life, The Mercury, 4.10.90
Margaret Eley, From Broad Perspective, Lake Macquarie Gallery Exhibition, Newcastle Herald, March 1990
Collections
Bendigo Art Gallery Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery
Gold Coast Art Gallery Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Newcastle Region Art Gallery University of Technology, Sydney
Maitland City Art Gallery New England Regional Art Gallery
Glasshouse Port Macquarie Regional Art Galley AMP
The University of Newcastle Artbank
Parliament House, Canberra The University and Schools Club, Sydney
Sydney Children’s Hospital Allen, Aurthur, Robinson
NRMA Macquarie Bank
B.T. Funds Management