Christopher Orchard

Christopher Robin Orchard is a South Australian artist and arts educator who began as a sculptor but subsequently specialised in drawing. His character, the Bald Man, is a recurrent motif. Orchard is Associate Professor at Adelaide Central School of Art and was the subject of the 2017 SALA Festival monograph, Christopher Orchard: The Uncertainty of the Poet. He is also the subject of the 2013 short documentary film Everyperson, by Jasper Button and Patrick Zoerner.

Biography Orchard was born in South Australia in 1950. Orchard's full name is Christopher Robin Orchard. He completed an Advanced Diploma in fine Art, Sculpture and Painting at the South Australia College of Advanced Education. From 1985-1987 he was a member of Air and Space Studios, London. and who, according to Orchard, represents ”the entire history of what it means to be human”.

Awards/Prizes/Residency 1985-1986: Berry Street Studios Residency 2000: Gunnery Space 2001: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize 2005: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize 2006: Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize 2015: Invited Artist, Kedumba Drawing Award 2016: Finalist, Paul Guest Prize 2017: SALA Festival Featured Artist