Constantine Nicholas was born in Perth, Western Australia and lives in Sydney, New South Wales. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in many noted collections and institutions across Australia and overseas – including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian National University, Kerry Stokes Collection and BHP Billiton. Many of his works have been selected for major art prizes and his awards include the Australia Council’s, New York studio and the Gunnery Studio in Sydney. Major commissions include the millennium mural for Kerry Stokes’ office in Sydney and Suntec City Towers 3 and 4 in Singapore.
Solo Exhibitions
2011- present Art Words, Instagram
2010 in the cloud, Melbourne VIC
2008 White Cloud Story, Perth Galleries, WA
2007 Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney NSW
2006 a light ozone, SLOT Sydney NSW
2005 Untitled Transactions, Perth Galleries, Perth WA
2004 polynasia, King Street on Burton Gallery, Sydney NSW
2004 endgame, SLOT, Sydney NSW
2003 Off the Map – Studio Show, Sydney NSW
2002 Black Navigation, Gadfly Gallery, Perth WA
2000 Kerry Stokes Offices, Sydney NSW
1998 Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1996 Transactions lV, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1995 Foreign, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1995 Crown Land, Parliamentary Grounds, Canberra ACT
1994 Transactions III, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT
1994 Apply Within, Sherman Galleries Artbox, Sydney NSW
1994 Transactions II, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1993 A New Order, Artspace Gallery, Sydney NSW
1993 Instructions for Seamen, ROM Gallery, Sydney NSW
1992 A Seaman’s Journal, Treasury Rooms, Fremantle Town Hall, WA
1992 A New World…, WINDOW Gallery, Sydney NSW
1992 Philosophical Transactions, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT
1991 Transactions, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney NSW
1990 light, PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
1989 EMR Gallery, Sydney NSW
Group Exhibitions
2011 Angel Hair: contemporary West Australian art from the Kerry Stokes collection, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre Gallery & Central Gallery, Perth
2010 About Flowers, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney NSW
2008 Mapping, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney NSW
2007 Cropped, SLOT Gallery, Sydney NSW
2007 Journey 3, Courtenay, Nicholas + Way, ATG Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2007 The Only Constant, ATG Gallery, Melbourne NSW
2006 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW
2006 Macquarie University Year of Physics Art Prize Exhiition, Sydney NSW
2006 Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD
2005 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW
2005 Summer Show, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney NSW
2004 Miniatures, Perth Galleries, Perth WA
2004 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW
2004 SBS Art Award, Australian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, Manningham Gallery Doncaster VIC
2003 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD
2003 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery NSW
2003 SBS Art Award Exhibition, Federation Square Melbourne VIC
2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD
2002 Town of Vincent Art Prize Exhibition, WA
1998 Artists Against Racism, PICA, WA
1997 Gold, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC
1996 Colonial Post Colonial, Museum of Modern art, Heide VIC
1996 Banquet, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1995 Canberra National Sculpture Forum, Canberra ACT
1995 Generation, Delaney Gallery, Perth WA
1994 ROM MIX, ROM Gallery, Sydney NSW
1993 Sulman Art Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW
1993 Contemporary Art Fair, University Drill Hall, Canberra ACT
1992 Artseen, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington NZ
1992 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Council Chambers, Sydney NSW
1991 Moet & Chandon Art Prize Exhibition, Touring State Galleries iin Australia
1991 Over East, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery UWA, Perth WA
1991 Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney NSW
1990 Art Dock: Exposition D’Art Contemporain Australien, Noumea, NC
1990 Selected Artists, EMR Gallery, Sydney NSW
1989 Fresh Art, SH Irwin Gallery, Sydney NSW
1989 Relativity, Works Gallery, Sydney NSW
1989 Eastern States/Western States, Beach Gallery, Perth WA
1988 Moet & Chandon Art Prize Exhibition, Touring State Galleries iin Australia
1988 Four 4, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
1988 No Mans Land, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra ACT
1987 National Art Award, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra ACT
1987 Salon Coda: The Making of History, Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra ACT
1986 The Scanned Image, Arts Council Gallery, Canberra ACT
Collections
Allens, Arthur, Robinson, Sydney NSW
Art Bank, Sydney NSW
Art Gallery of Western Australia WA
Australian National University ACT
BHP Billiton, Melbourne VIC
Freehills, Sydney NSW
Fremantle City Council, WA
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne VIC
Hugh Jamieson Collection, NSW
James Wolfensohn Collection New York USA
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth WA
Lowensteins, Sydney
Minter Ellison, Perth WA
Royal Perth Hospital, WA
SBS Australia, Melbourne VIC
University of Western Australia, WA
Private Collections – Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA
Awards/Residencies
2007 Armory Studio Residency, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW
2004 NSW Ministry Studio Residency, The Gunnery, Sydney NSW
2003 NAVA Marketing Grant Scheme for NSW Artists
1993 Australia Council Studio Residency Grant – Greene Street New York, USA
1992 NAVA Marketing Grant Scheme for NSW Artists
1988 Australia Council VACB, Project Grant, Sydney
1988 Arts Development Grant, Canberra ACT
Commissions
2002 Ruth Levine Design – Northcliffe Apartments, Brisbane QLD
1999 Kerry Stokes Millennium Mural & Invitations, Sydney NSW
1998 Duxton Hotel, Perth WA
1997 Suntec City Mural Towers 1 & 2, Singapore
Education
1989 Graduate Diploma in Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW
1987 Bachelor of Arts (Visual), Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra ACT
