CAROLINE CHRISTIE COXON
ARTIST STATEMENT 2022
Actioning The Fluid Circle. Inviting & Observing Paint Behaviour.
The impossibility of creating the perfect circle with human action leads us to discover that the contours and imperfections are what makes the fluid gestured circle intriguing and beautiful. Fundamentally simple and complex this form is always irregular in execution, yet profound in balance, continuity, and sense of completeness.
Through gesture - where mind, artist medium and body act together - an organic form, looping back into itself and evolving within fields of possibilities, comes to rest on the canvas.
I experience the circle as a primal and potent motif which offers a portal into my works. The Circle holds powerful symbolic meaning across all cultures such as Global
Community and Oneness. In Zen Buddhism an Enso is an uninhibited hand drawn circle to express a moment when mind is free to let the body create. The Enso symbolises absolute, enlightenment, elegance, the universe, and the void.
My work is about Circularity and Process, communicating painterly happenings as visceral and dynamic, while celebrating the interconnectivity of all things. I focus on the visual media itself, and the circle motif – both constants in my practice for over two decades.
I am drawn to the age-old medium of paint. There is history in paint fundamental to the beginnings of Art. Working with paint can be primal, visceral, intimate, and filled with potential for expression and observation.
The core intention of my art practice is to facilitate and capture the spontaneous behavior of paint, in order to liberate the medium by exposure to unconventional techniques, so an expanding and unique visual language is revealed.
At the core is fluidity, subject to effects such as density and flow in response to gravity and gradient; chemical mixing to induce various reactions and the results of desiccation ultimately suspending the event on the canvas surface.
Pigmented substances are engaged as elemental and reactive; presented with scale and action. The process of making these paintings is not hidden but remains a prominent aspect of the completed work.
Under the regard of the viewer my art is uniquely processed and given expression. I hope experiencing my work elicits something sensory and personal, a desire to reach and touch, respond and dialogue - to celebrate the intimacies paint brings.
EDUCATION/BACKGROUND
2006-current
2006-2022
2011-2022
1996-2006
1996-2006
2016
1992
1986
Professional Visual Artist
16 solo and 35 group art exhibitions.
Independent representation and select collaborations. Select Private Art Curation and Art Commissions with artwork represented in public and private collections, including the Government of Australia, WA; the Anglican Church, Bethesda Hospital, Marco D’Orsogna Private Collection, Evan Kakulas Private Collection. Corporate commissioned public artworks include: 200 St George’s Terrace; 197 St George’s Terrace, Kewdale Central, The Boulevard Hotel.
Owner-operator of commercial art gallery Code Red Art, Perth.
Owner-operator of interior design studio Code Orange Design, Perth.
Graduated Advanced Diploma Art Therapy – Ikon Institute, Australia.
Graduated Bachelor of Art, Major Art History - University of Cape Town.
Graduated Year 12 distinction in Art Practical and Art Theory.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
2021
2021
2019
2018
2017
2014
2013
2012
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2006
Kamile Gallery, Bayview Terrace, Claremont.
Circle. Kamile Gallery, Cathedral Square, Perth.
Independent, Bay View Terrace, Claremont.
Old Cloisters Building, 200 St Georges Terrace.
Current and Retrospective Independant. Hay Str, Subiaco.
Independent Open Studio, Studio124 Collective, Mosman Park
Independent, Bayview Terrace, Claremont
Independent, Bayview Terrace, Claremont
BMW by invitation, BMW Pavilion, Perth
Independent Artist at Gallery Collective, Leura Ave, Claremont
Axia Modern Art, Armadale, Melbourne.
‘Outpourings’. Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco.
‘Delve’. Harvest, North Fremantle.
BMW Masterpiece by invitation, BMW Pavilion, Perth
’Slant’. Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco.
‘Enter’. The Moore’s Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
2021
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2017
2016
2012
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2005
Kamile Gallery, Claremont.
Juniper Galleries, WA. ‘Palette’ with Ayad Alqqaragholli, select works by late Robert Juniper.
Perth Art UpMarket – Limited Editions.
Perth Art UpMarket – Limited Editions.
Swings and Round Abouts Gallery, Margret River
Vitale Showcase, Applecross. Private exhibition.
M Contemporary, Melbourne ‘Observation to Inspiration’ with Kate Elsey, Phil Elson and Xiouping Zhou.
Aston Grove, Church Str, Melbourne
Artist in Residence, Week of the Arts, Christchurch Grammar School
Hale Art Exhibition. Perth
26th Perth College Art Exhibition. Perth
Elements Gallery, Perth. Artitude.
Arq Artworks, Perth. Inspired Collective.
Elements Gallery, Perth. Burswood Exhibition.
Gadfly Gallery, Perth. Kenyan Fund.
St Hilda’s Art Fair, WA artist and galleries event, Perth
Arq Artworks, Perth. Inspired Collective.
Artbox, Sydney.
Fusion Gallery, Mandurah, WA.
ABD Collective Gallery, Northbridge, Perth.
Arq Artworks, Perth. Inspired Collective.
Elements Art Gallery, Subiaco.
The Great Deckchair Auction, Fremantle. Theatre fundraising.
Artitude. Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth.
Elements Art Gallery, group exhibition, Kalgoorlie.
Continuous representation/shows, Elements Art Gallery/Arq Artworks
Tristans Gallery, Perth. Collective.
Tristans Top 10. Tristans Gallery, Perth
Artitude. Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth
CelebriArt. Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth.
Opening of Tristan’s Gallery, Perth Convention Centre.
Arq Artworks, Perth. Inspired Collective.
Tristan’s at Allandale’s, Perth.
St Hilda’s 22nd Annual Art Exhibition. Tristans Gallery, Perth
Artitude Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Perth
Code Red Art, Perth. Heart Foundation Charity Auction.