Artist Bio
Criss Canning
Criss Canning was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1947.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022 Smith & Singer, Melbourne
- 2020 Smith & Singer, Melbourne
- 2018 Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne
- 2016 ‘New Works from the Studio’, Mossgreen Galleries, Melbourne
- 2013 Savill Gallery, Sydney
- 2012 Metro Gallery, Melbourne
- 2010 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
- 2008 Metro 5, Melbourne
- 2007 Major Retrospective, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
- 2007 Major Retrospective, Ballarat Regional Gallery, Victoria
- 2006 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
- 2004 Gould Galleries, Sydney
- 2002 Gould Galleries, Melbourne
- 2001 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
- 1999 ‘Recent Works’, Gould Galleries, Sydney
- 1998 ‘Reflecting on Still Life’, Gould Galleries, Sydney
- 1995 ‘In and Around Burnside’, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
- 1991 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery
- 1987-89 Melbourne Art Exchange
- 1986 ‘Impressions of Greece’, Melbourne Art Exchange
- 1983-85 Melbourne Art Exchange
- 1983 Hut Gallery, Victoria
- 1982 Kalorama Gallery, Victoria
Photograph of Criss Canning,
© Jean McGill
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2017 Margaret Olley: painter, peer, mentor, muse, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney
- 2008 Contemporary Gallery Artists – Browse & Darby – London
- 2007 ‘Christmas Show’ – Browse & Darby – London
- 2006 Director’s Choice 2006, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
- 2005 Delshan Gallery, Melbourne, March 2005 Swinburne Eclectics Exhibition
- 2005 Director’s Choice 2005, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, Gould Galleries, Sydney
- 2002 Favourites, Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart Selections, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney
- 1996 The Blooming Exhibition, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
- 1995 There’s Still Life, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
- 1993 Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery
- 1992 Melbourne Fine Art Gallery
- 1992 Australian Women Artists, Melbourne Fine Art Gallery
- 1991-96 A.M.E. Bale Award Exhibition (prize awarded)
- 1991-97 Gould Galleries, Hong Kong
- 1991-98 Views and Vision, Greenhill Galleries, South Australia
- 1990 Australian Flower Paintings 1890-1990, Trevor Bussell Gallery, Sydney
- 1987-88 Melbourne Art Exchange
- 1987 Doug Moran Award (finalist)
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
- Castlemaine Art Gallery
- Cairns Art Gallery
- Artbank
- Private collections in United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, France, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
Selected Bibliography
- Criss Canning – New Paintings at Smith & Singer Melbourne, 2023
https://www.alethea-magazine.com/criss-canning–the-pursuit-of-beauty–new-paintings-at-smith-and-singer-melbourne-jan-2023 - The Enchanting Flowers of Criss Canning – Alethea Magazine, 2021
https://www.alethea-magazine.com/the-enchanting-flowers-of-criss-canning - ‘The Pursuit of Beauty’– the Art of Criss Canning – monograph by David Thomas, Updated Third Revised Edition. Published by Thames & Hudson 2020
- Smith & Singer Melbourne – Criss Canning, fully illustrated exhibition hardcover book, 2020.
- Southeby’s Australia – Criss Canning, fully illustrated exhibition book, 2018.
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning illustrated program, 2014
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning illustrated program, 2013
- ‘The Pursuit of Beauty’– the Art of Criss Canning – monograph by David Thomas, Second Revised Edition. Published by Macmillan Art Publishing 2012
- Margaret Burin, ‘The Pursuit of Perfection: Criss Cannings flourishing love affair with painting’, ABC Radio, 30 April 2012
- Holly Kerr-Foryth, ‘Pretty as a picture’, The Australian, 1 May 2012
- Denise Gadd, ‘Artistic fusion in full bloom’, The Age, 21 April 2012
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning Illustrated program 2012
- Jeff Makin, ‘Critical Moments’, Macmillan Art Publishing, 2011
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning Illustrated program, 2011
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning illustrated program, 2010
- Criss Canning Mcmillan Mini Art Book #9, Ken McGregor & Jenny Zimmer, Macmillan Art Publishing 2010
- West Green House Opera, U.K. Criss Canning illustrated program, 2009
- 2008 Banksia’s – Kevin Collins, Kathy Collins & Alex George. Cc – Illustration P.69 –
- ‘Winter Banksia’ Published ‘Blooming Books’.
- 1st Revised edition ‘The Pursuit of Beauty’ 2008
- ‘The Pursuit of Beauty’– the Art of Criss Canning – monograph by David Thomas. Published by Macmillan Art Publishing 2007
- A.B.C. Arts Program – ‘Artworks’ – Presenter Amanda Smith. March 2007 & December 2007
- Sasha Grishin – ‘Stepping out of the Shadows’ – Canberra Times – 28th July 2007
- Art Almanac, ‘The Phoenix Tray’, featured on the cover, May 2004.
- Z. Crawthorne ‘Blossoming Talent’, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 16 November 2002, p.12
- R. Yallop, ‘Outcasts You Can Live With’, The Australian, 25 October 2002, p.15
- G. Auty, ‘Review’, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, October 2001.
- S. McLean, ‘Beautiful Career is Blooming’, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, October 2001
- E. Yammin, ‘The Face’, The Australian, March 2001
- A. Clabburn, Australian Garden History Journal (cover illustration & article)
- C. Maddocks, ‘Picture This’, The Age, Good Weekend, 30 October 1999
- ‘Kunspen Down Under’ Hrymfaxe, Denmark, June 1998, pp.10-11.
- A. Clabburn, ‘Quilting with Daylight’, catalogue essay, Gould Galleries, 29 May 1998
- ‘Still Life, With Garden’ The Australian Gardener, January/February 1998
- S. Pascoe, ‘Criss Canning’, Art and Antiques, December, 1996
- ‘An Artist in the Garden’ Australian Garden Journal, Spring 1995
- L. Landy, ‘Garden Artistry’, Australian Country Style, June 1995
- E. Hamilton & J. Livingstone, Form and Feeling, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1990 (cover illustration)
- P. Shrubb, Living Alone, Hale & Ironmonger, Australia 1989 (cover illustration)
- P. Williams, ‘Pushing Colour to the Limit’, Business Review Weekly, October 1989
- ‘Painting Still Life Oils in Colours that Sing’, Australian Artist, August 1988
