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Chayni Henry Paintings |
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Click thumbnails to view exhibitions |
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 New
Works 2008 |
 Melbourne Art Fair 200830 July to 3 August 2008 |
 88 - 088 February to 4 March 2008 |
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 New
Works 2007 |
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At the age of 23, Chayni Henry first gained national recognition after being selected for inclusion in Primavera 2006 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Since then she has been awarded first prize in the 2007 Togart Contemporary Award and more recently voted as one of Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists 2008 by the Australian Art Collector magazine. |
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Chayni Henry - Curriculum Vitae (August 2008) |
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Born 1983, South Australia |
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Education & Employment |
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| 2007 | Artist in Residence, Charles Darwin University, NT |
| 2005 | Printmaking & painting lecturer, Casuarina Senior College, Darwin, NT |
| 2004 |
Printmaker, Northern Editions, Charles Darwin University, NT Support worker & Printer at Shadow Prints, Darwin, NT |
| 2002 | Printmaking assistant, Red Hand Prints, Darwin, NT |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | 88 – 08, Bett Gallery Hobart, North Hobart, TAS |
| 2007 |
The World According to Chayni, 24hrArt, Darwin, NT A Still Life, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT Polar Opposites, Bett Gallery Hobart@Raincheck, Hobart, TAS |
| 2006 | Birds, Phillip Neville Gallery, Darwin, NT |
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Recent works, Peter Fay Residence, Sydney, NSW Bostiere, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin, NT |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2008 | Bett Gallery Hobart at Melbourne Art Fair, VIC |
| 2007 |
Bella Art Draw,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW |
| 2006 |
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW Our Home, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT Women I Have Known, Mogo Raw Art, Mogo, NSW Goat Show, Don Whyte Space, Darwin, NT Wet and dry, 24hr art members show, Darwin, NT Artquake, Global Gallery, charity auction, Paddington, NSW Beasties, Print exchange, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, VIC Terra, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin, NT Safari, Medium Rare, Redfern, NSW Safari, Project Arts space, Wollongong, NSW |
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Christmas Show, Phillip Neville Gallery, Darwin, NT Caravan, 24hr Art Members Exhibition, Darwin, NT Performance Indicators, Darwin Visual Arts Association Members Exhibition, Darwin, NT Bent, Art of Pride, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin, NT Human Rights Exhibition, Supreme Court, Darwin, NT |
| 2004 |
Human Rights Exhibition, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin,
NT Monsters, group show, Darwin Visual Arts Association, Darwin, NT |
| 2003 |
Human Rights Exhibition, Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin,
NT The Retablo Show, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA Glass Elephant Darwin Visual Arts Association Members Exhibition, Darwin, NT Window of Opportunity, Darwin Fringe Festival, Browns Mart, Darwin, NT Merge, Browns Mart, Darwin, NT The Device to Fight Ego, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT Play, Members show 24HR Art, Darwin, NT |
| 2002 | The Jolly Good Show, Darwin Visual Arts Association Members Exhibition, Darwin, NT |
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Bibliography and Media |
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| TOGart Contemporary Art Award, exhibition publication, 2008 | |
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Crawford, Ashley “Australia's 50 Most Collectable”, Australian Art Collector, issue 43, 2008 |
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| Scott, Sarah, TOGart”, Artlink, vol 27. no 3, 2007 | |
| O'Riordan, Maurice “Confessions of a Boot-scooter”, Art Monthly, summer edition, 2007 | |
| Hampson, Jane “Nation Wide Reviews, Chayni Henry”, Art and Australia, spring edition, 2007 | |
| Spencer, Ric “Sense of place unites far-flung tales”, The West Australian, 4 August 2007 | |
| Keehan, Rueben “Radical Opacity”, Broadsheet, Feb 2007 | |
| Hampson, Jane “Life According to Chayni”, Australian Art Collector, issue 40, 2007 | |
| “TOGart Contemporary Art Award”, exhibition publication, 2007 | |
| “Primavera 2006” Accompanying book to exhibition, 2006 | |
| Mendelssohn, Joanna “Artlink” vol 26/ no 4, Primavera 06, 2006 | |
| “Sunday Arts” ABC Television, May 2007 | |
| “Stateline” Feature on Chayni Henry, ABC Television, May 2007 | |
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"Sunday Arts" ABC Television, October 31st 2006 |
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“Every Chayni for Herself” Rebecca Arbon, The Program, J Arts, April 2007 |
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Commissions and Awards |
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| Finalist, TOGART Contemporary Art Award NT, 2008 | |
| Finalist, NT Young Achiever Awards, NT 2008 | |
| First Prize, inaugural TOGART Contemporary Art Award, NT 2007 | |
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Collections |
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| National Gallery of Australia | |
| Charles Darwin University Collection | |
| Wollongong University Collection | |
| Pat and Barbara Corrigan Collection, Sydney | |
| Bett Family Collection, Tasmania | |
| Derwent Collection, Tasmania | |
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