About the Artist
Biography
Chase Archer is an artist living and working in the South Moreton Bay Islands.
A Queensland College of Art graduate, Archer has exhibited in Brisbane, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, and Queenstown (Tasmania), following a month-long residency.
With their distinct plywood backdrop, Archer’s paintings of finely painted figures are immediately recognisable. Drawing inspiration from a variety of sources, the artist seamlessly balances images from the western art canon with botanical illustration, pop culture and everything in between, creating evocative scenes that are simultaneously dreamlike and nightmarish to the viewer.
Education
2019 - current PhD candidate, Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland College of Art
2017 –current Bachelor of Fine Art Honours, Queensland College of Art
2013 – 2016 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art
Exhibitions
2019
Glossolalia, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Lethbridge Small Scale Art Awards, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
You can lead a horse to water..., Grey Street Gallery, Brisbane
2018
CURIO, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
12x12, The Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
Clayton Utz Art Awards, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2017
prizenoprize, The Walls, Gold Coast
Qbank gallery group show, Qbank Pop Up Gallery, Melbourne
Qbank residency closing exhibition, Qbank Gallery, Tasmania
Sub-urban, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
Rotary Art Spectacular, Central Plaza Eagle Street, Brisbane
2016
X-mas Show, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
25 Print Folios, WEBB Gallery, Brisbane
23 degrees, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
Rotary Art Spectacular, Central Plaza Eagle Street, Brisbane
Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery
Largesse, Pop Gallery, Brisbane
2015
QCA Graduate Showcase, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Yeah, yeah nah, POP Gallery, Brisbane
Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane (honorable mention)
Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Impact, Project Gallery QCA, Brisbane
Diversity in print, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane
Merge, Project Gallery QCA, Brisbane
2014
Merge, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
Drawing (a/b), The Hold Art Space, Brisbane
Finalist Queensland Royal Art Society Figurative 2014, Brisbane
Colossal, Kedron Substation, Brisbane
First Impressions, Project Gallery QCA, Brisbane
4×4, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2013
DEMO, POP Gallery, Brisbane
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