Christine Maudy

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Born in Paris, Christine’s artistic career began as a fashion designer before moving to Queensland (Australia) with her husband in 1995 to concentrate solely on painting.

Christine’s extensive travels for over 20 years have led her to exhibit in solo and group exhibitions in France, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain and Australia.

Three exhibitions scheduled for this year are in May a solo exhibition at Gallery Catherine Asquith, Melbourne, a major solo show in June at Gallery Gora, Montreal and a solo exhibition at Gallery 482 in Brisbane, Australia.
Other solo accomplishments include the Noosa Regional Gallery, and Adelaide’s Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.

With more than 30 group exhibitions in her extensive biography, Christine’s noted exhibitions include showing twice in the Salon International de Artes Plastics in Barcelona where she won the Mencion d’Honor a la Abstraccio Award, Bark Modern Art in Hong Kong, Greenhill Galleries in Adelaide and Maree Mizon Gallery in Paddington Sydney.

She has twice been selected to exhibit at the Melbourne and Sydney Affordable Art shows and her work is in numerous private and corporate collections worldwide.

“A journey in Africa in 1989 was the emotional shock that changed my life. I started to look at the world differently. This experience had a profound influence on my work. For the first time I had the feeling to be connected to the land. After traveling the world, we chose to live in Australia where nature is overwhelming and colours so strong and amazing that they look unreal.”

She is committed to abstraction. She relies on colour and texture as a means of expressing her feelings and to make things visible. Her abstract works are passionate and charged with emotions. They captive both the eyes and imagination.

Trained as a private pilot, she has developed a sky vision that is reflected in her interpretation of landscape. In her studio surrounded by nature she works almost every day and in 5 years has produced a body of work of 150 paintings.

Fluent in Italian and English as well as French Christine feels a true citizen of the world.

Solo Exhibitions:
April 2001    Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa QLD
May 2001     Michael Fox Galleries Brisbane QLD
Feb. 2002     First Exposure Maroochydore QLD
Nov. 2002,    “Earth Song” Contemporary Art Centre of  South Australia, Adelaide, SA
March 2003    Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
March 2003    Galería Catarsis, Madrid, Spain
March 2004    "Cries & Whispers" Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong
Aug. 2004       "Cries & Whispers"  Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane,Australia
June 2005       Gritos Y Susorros, Galeria Catarsis, Madrid, Spain
Sept 2005       Gallery Ten Eleven Melbourne, Australia
Nov 2005         Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Australia
Feb 2006          Galerie France-Decoration, Mooloolaba, Australia
May 2006          Gallery Catherine Asquith, Melbourne, Australia
June 2006         Gora Gallery, Montreal Quebec

Awards:
2002     2nd Prize Qantas Link Open, Artswest Annual Exhibition Longreach
2002     Mencio d’Honor a l'Abstracció, XI Salón Internacional de Artes Plásticas,Barcelona,  Spain
2003     2nd Prize a l'Abstracció, XIII Saló Internacional
d'Arts Plástiques, Barcelona, Spain
2004      Two works selected for the 2004 Cromwell Art Prize.
2005     Selected 2005 Flying Arts Regional Art Awards
2005      Selected 2005 Art With Heart Awards
                          

Collections:   Australian Trade Commission Madrid (Austrade), Brisbane Council (Velocity),  KPMG, Minter Ellison Lawyers, MacDonnells Solicitors, Anembo Consultants, private collections in Australia, Hong Kong, France, Spain and Switzerland.