Chris Huber
Recognised as one of Australia’s most outstanding landscape artists, Chris Huber arrived in Australia in 1955 where has remained ever since.
Inspired by the frescoes on the ancient walls in Italy, medieval hilltop farmhouses of Tuscany and fishing villages of Liguria, Chris Huber has travelled the world for many years to fuel her creative appetite, as well as drawing inspiration from the diversity of the Australian landscape. These varied influences, together with a love of interior design and architecture, have shaped her technique to create truly unique artworks.
Chris’s versatility and rich yet subtle palette has resulted in her paintings being represented in private and corporate collections all over the world, and images of her work are constantly selected for reproduction into fine art prints, calendars and cards, as well as collectors’ and gift products sold nationally and internationally.
With the changing demand for more contemporary artworks reflecting today’s modern design and architecture in Australia, Chris has also been painting a vibrant range of deeply layered, three dimensional artworks in collage, using tiles, metal, stones, and special compounds with wonderful colour mixes, all the while maintaining traditional methods of foundation and application to achieve unique professional results. The success of this new style captured the eye of businessman James Hahn, who has been a manufacturer and importer for many years and, together, he and Chris have produced a stunning range of indoor and outdoor paintings in limited editions which will be sold in Australia and overseas. The desire to create a range of paintings with the specific aim of outdoor durability saw Chris dedicate time to working with a number of chemists to produce a special compound never before used which is added to the art materials to protect them from all types of weather – further proof of Chris’s commitment to quality in her art.
By Invitation
Young Masters Gallery, Brisbane
Brisbane Commonwealth Games Exhibition, 1982
Awards
- 1978
- Nundle 1st Traditional Landscape
- 1978
- Drummoyne 1st
- 1983
- Blacktown City 1st Agricultural Arts Award & Council Open Purchase Award
- 2007
- d’Arcy Doyle landscape art award 3rd prize; many highly commended
Media Articles/Television Features
- 1988
- The Bulletin Magazine bicentennial edition
- 1994/96
- Getaway Channel 9 Hayman Island (Art In)
- 1996
- Don Burke Show Channel 9 Feature – ‘An Artist and her Garden’
- 1999
- Channel 9 Today Show
Exhibitions
By Invitation Young Masters Gallery, Brisbane
- 1975
- Cocks Gallery, Sydney
- 1979
- Strawberry Hill Gallery, Sydney
- 1979
- Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
- 1980
- Young Masters Gallery, Brisbane
- 1982
- Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Brisbane
- 1982-84
- Prouds Gallery, Sydney
- 1985
- Burns Kaldy Gallery, Sydney
- 1986-91
- sole representation Barry Stern Galleries
- 1993
- Lakeside, Canberra
- 1994
- Prouds Gallery, Sydney
- 1994
- Ansett Golden Wings, Sydney, Perth, ACT
- 1995
- Eddie Glastra Gallery, Sydney
- 1995
- Baronia Gallery, Sydney
- 1996
- Mall Gallery, London, UK
- 1996
- Greenwich Galleries, Sydney
- 1996
- Angelora Fine Art Galleries, Sydney
- 1996
- Dubai Convention Centre, Dubai, UAE in association with Australian Trade Commssion
- 1996
- The Convent Gallery, Daylesford
- 1996-97
- 1998-99
- Duke of Wellington Art Gallery, Sydney
- Bendamora Gallery, Katoomba & Mittagong
- 2000
- Manly Gallery, Brisbane
- 2004
- Booval House, Booval
- 2000/04
- The Grandview Gallery, Brisbane
- 2004-06
- Galloway Galleries, Brisbane
Bibliography
- A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia
- Max Germaine Craftsman House 1991
- Artists, Galleries of Australia
- Max Germaine 1978, 1982-1990
- Who’s Who in Australasia 1988 Cambridge, England
- Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists
- Thorpe in association with the National Association for the Visual Arts 1995
Commissioned
By the Bradford Exchange Ltd Chicago, USA and Sydney. Paintings to be reproduced on a series of collector plates.
Within the private collections of:
- Europe, USA,
- Korea, North Africa and Australia,
- Tunisian Consulate, North Africa
Corporate Representation
- Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney
- Davis Consolidated Industries, Sydney
- Volvo Automotive Corporation, Sweden
- Readers Digest Association, Sydney
- Bradmill Textiles Operations, Sydney
- Australian Gas Light Company, Sydney
- Hayman Island Resort Complex, Queensland
- Tunisian Consulate, North Africa
- Sea World Marine Complex, Queensland
- Bond Corporation, Sydney
- Prohang Iron & Steele Co. Pty Ltd, South Korea
- Amatil Pty Ltd, Sydney
- Opal Australia, Bond Street, Sydney
- Hosking Printing, Sydney
- Ansett Airlines
- Bradford Exchange
- The Hills Motorway Ltd
- Tooth Brewery, Sydney
- Australian Gas Light Company, Sydney
- Hawkins Garden Centre
- Ridley Australia
- Senshukai Co Ltd, Tokyo, Osaka
- The Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co, Sydney & Japan
- Metway Bank-Queensland
- Bolan Solicitors Sydney
- Berkleys Banking Company, Sydney
- QMBSA
- Nemmco Ltd., Mansfield Queensland
Represented
- Vallard House Art Gallery Mt Tambourine
- Soul in Stone Fine Art Gallery, Sanctuary Cove