Christopher Orchard

Orchard was born in South Australia in 1950.^[4] Orchard's full name is Christopher Robin Orchard.^[5] He completed an Advanced Diploma in fine Art, Sculpture and Painting at the South Australia College of Advanced Education.^[1] He is a founding member of the Art Workers’ Union in 1979 and joined Central Studios in 1982.^[6] From 1985-1987 he was a member of Air and Space Studios, London.^[1] He joined the teaching staff of Adelaide Central School of Art in 1989.^[1] In 2005, he was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at Flinders University.^[1] Orchard held his first solo exhibition in Adelaide in 1975.^[1] In 1986, he presented his first British solo exhibition in London.^[1] In 2011, he presented his first American solo exhibition in New York.^[1]

Orchard began as a sculptor but came to specialise in drawing.^[6] His works feature an avatar known as the Bald Man who emerged from Orchard’s “fight with the figure”^[7] and who, according to Orchard, represents ”the entire history of what it means to be human”.^[8]

• 1985-1986: Berry Street Studios Residency^[9]
• 2000: Gunnery Space^[1]
• 2000: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize^[10]
• 2001: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize^[11]
• 2005: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize^[12]
• 2006: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize^[13]
• 2015: Invited Artist, Kedumba Drawing Award^[14]
• 2016: Finalist, Paul Guest Prize^[15]
• 2017: SALA Festival Featured Artist^[16]