Russell Craig

51 Longfellow Street Norman Park QLD 4170

Telephone Home:07 33999330 Mobile: 0418725297 Email [email protected]

Website address:- https://www.russellcraig.com.au/

Website includes:- Biography, recent exhibitions, artist statement, survey catalogue, Curriculum vitae, research statement

Last updated: June 2020 ​ Employment Position Title: Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Queensland College of Art Griffith University

Employment History Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

2016 Dec - to present Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

1978 to – 2016 Dec TAFE Instructor to University Senior Lecturer - Level C Positions held include Fine Art (1998 -2003), Drawing and Print Media Convenor (2003- 2013), Print Media Convenor (2013 to present) ​ ​ Tamarind Institute USA 1984 Aug - 1985 Oct Senior Printer, Tamarind Printer Fellow (Full-Time)

Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education 1982 Aug - 1982 Dec Instructor in Printmaking (Part-time)

Queensland College of Art 1978 April - 1983 Dec Instructor in Printmaking and Drawing (Full-time)

Brighton Technical School, Melbourne 1976 Feb - 1976 Dec Secondary Art Teacher

Studio Art Practice 1975 Aug - 1976 Feb Full-time Art Practice

Australian Television, Channel O 1975 April - 1975 August Stage Hand, Set Dresser and Scenic Artist

Qualification 2003 Master of Visual Arts (MVA), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

1985 Tamarind Master Printer. Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Alberquerque, U.S.A.

1976 Diploma of Education. State College of Victoria, Hawthorn, Melbourne

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1974 Fellowship/Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne

1973 Diploma in Art and Design Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Academic Distinctions and Research History National & International invitations for expert panels, exhibitions, lectures and workshops st 21 ​ May 2016 ​ Invited to participate in a panel discussion “What is Print” at the Sunshine Coast University for the Regional Marks exhibition and events ​ and the Print Council of Australia.

st th 21 ​ July 2011 – 25 ​ November 2011 ​ ​ Successful completion of Academic Studies Program (ASP) that included travel research, teaching, exhibiting and artist residence at the Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo Geidai) and mounting a solo exhibition at the Redcliffe Art Gallery titled “Altered States”.

st th 1 ​ to 30 ​ October 2011 ​ ​ Invited to teach at Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo Geidai) Art University, and deliver lecture at the Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan

rd th 3 ​to 6 ​ October 2005 Invited to deliver a lecture and printmaking workshops to students and ​ ​ staff at the Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Japan ​ ​

th th 19 S​ eptember to 12 ​ October 2003 ​ ​ Invited to talk at Joshibi University, Suidobata Art School and Kawai Juku Art Institute in Tokyo, Japan

th th 29 S​ eptember to 13 ​ October 2002 ​ ​ Invited to talk or visit Geidai University, Nihon University, Tama Art Univeristy, and Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan

th st 1999 7 ​ to 21 ​ November Invited to deliver a lecture and printmaking workshops at ​ ​ Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (2 week residency). First visit to Itazu Litho-grafik In Tokyo, Japan

1997 August to November Invited to deliver a lecture and printmaking workshops Ecole d'Art of Noumea, New Caledonia Lecturer - Ko We Kara Cultural Centre, New Caledonia, (10 week residency)

1995 December- 1996 January Invited to deliver workshops at the Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Vietnam (6 week residency)

Exhibitions 2019 Yokohama Rain – Japan Revisited A combination exhibition with Jo ​ D’Hage featuring drawings that were initially inspired by travels, appreciation of Japan, and the sea. Concepts of rhythm, motion and natural erosion were utilized in each of the visual sojourns. Rashinban Gallery Ginza, Tokyo th th 13 ​ - 25 ​ May 2019 ​ ​ 2017 Glass Houses A group exhibition showcasing a diverse range of artists ​ 2

and featuring works that have been made in response to the Glass House Mountains. Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture. th th 28 ​ October 2017 - 27 ​ January 2018 ​ ​ 2016 Five to One Solo exhibition featuring charcoal drawings, surfboards ​ inlaid with print images and large digital prints. Pop Gallery nd ,Woollongabba, Brisbane.. 22 ​ June-3 July ​ 2016 Largesse-printmaking at QCA & GCCAR A group exhibition celebrating ​ the prints being made at the Queensland College of Art print department & the Griffith Centre of Creative Arts Research. Curated th by Tim Mosely. 10 – 28 ​ February ​

2016 Women of Substance A group exhibition celebrating International ​ Women’s Day and PCA 50 Years of Print. Curated by Jenny Sanzaro-Nishimura & Jennifer Stuerzi, Whitebox Gallery , QCA South nd Bank 2 ​ – 13 March ​ 2015 Selected for 2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award touring to major ​ ​ ​ ​ regional centres throughout QLD and NSW in 2014/15. 2015 Mirror Image; Prints and Plates A group exhibition featuring invited ​ Australian printmakers. An exhibition of prints and their invention; showcasing prints and the elements they are printed from. Curated by Prof. Ross Woodrow, Gympie Regional Gallery. th th 13 ​ May – 13 ​ June ​ ​ 2015 The Body Politic Contemporary Australian artists presented graphic ​ images that investigate identity, memory and history. The Icebox Gallery, Crane Centre in Philadelphia, USA. http://www.cranearts.com/ th th 8 ​ – 20 ​ January ​ ​ 2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Touring Exhibition, ​ ​ Selected for the JADA Contemporary drawing exhibition. Grafton Regional Gallery th th 17 ​ October – 7 ​ December ​ ​ 2014/15 Mythscapes from the Watery Realm Wales-Australia Print Exhibition. ​ School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, School of Art, Buarth th st Mawr, Aberystwyth, Wales. 13 ​ October- 21 ​ November 2014, and ​ ​ the PROJECT Gallery, QCA, Griffith University from 18 March – 11 ​ April 2015 2014 Regernerate Group printmaking exhibition, Impress Printmakers ​ Gallery, inaugural exhibition that was part of the official opening of the Impress Printmakers Studio and Gallery, Kedron Park, Brisbane. 21 th February to 30 ​ March ​ 2014 Subterranean Solo exhibition. The Crane Art Centre, 1400 North ​ American St, Philadelphia, USA. An exhibition of digital prints presented in collaboration with artists Glen Skien and Tim Mosely. “Beneath the Surface” is the overall title of this combined solo exhibit. th th 13 ​ February to 6 ​ March. ​ ​ 2013 Slipstream Solo exhibition. Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, 3 ​ November to 8 December 2013 Shared Vision...Wspólna Wizja. A traveling group exhibition ​ th th POP/Art Factory Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane, 10 ​ to 17 ​ May ​ ​ 2012 Prints Tokyo 2012 invitation international print exhibition th th Tokyo Metropolitian Art Museum, 5 t​ o 18 ​ October ​ ​ http://printstokyo.info/en/index.html 2011 Altered States a 30-year solo survey exhibition, Redcliff City Art Gallery, ​ st th ​ 1 t​ o 24 ​ December ​ ​ 2011 esprit group exhibition, GST sightseeing Art Project hosted by the ​ Tokyo University of Fine Arts (Geidai), Sumida Riverside Gallery, rd th Tokyo. 23 ​ to 29 ​ October ​ ​ 2011/12 Shared Vision...Wspólna Wizja. A traveling group exhibition to ​ 3

Poland. WROCŁAW - Academy of Art and Design; 14 - 29 Nov 2011, ​ ​ LUBLIN - Maria Curie-Sklodowska University - Galeria Zajezdnia; 12 - 27 Jan. 2012, SANOK - BWA Galeria Sanocka 3rd to 20th April, ŁÓDŹ ​ ​ - Academy of Fine Arts - Galeria KOBRO, 12 - 31 Mar. 2012, Warsaw - Studio MARMALADA, 14 31 May 2012

2010 Objects of Navigation solo exhibition. Forty five downstairs Gallery, th th Flinders Lane, Melbourne. 28 ​ September to 9 ​ October ​ ​ st th 2010 How artists see people. Redcliffe City Art Gallery.1 ​ to 27 ​ February ​ ​ th ​ th 2009 Mana solo exhibition. Brisbane Powerhouse Gallery. 6 ​ to 25 ​ October ​ ​ ​ 2009 Framing Infinity. Drawing and print group exhibition. Gympie Regional th ​ th Gallery 7 ​ April to 16 ​ May ​ ​ 2008 Selected for Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award touring regional ​ centers throughout QLD and NSW in 2008/9 2008 Planet Ueno. Group collaborative exhibition with the Tokyo National ​ ​ University of Arts (Geidai)and QCA, Griffith. Sakamoto art venue. 30th Sept. ​ to 2nd Oct.

2007 Artists x HMAS Diamantina Installation based work exhibited in a group th exhibition on the HMAS Diamantina. 24 ​ August to September ​ 2006/7 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award touring regional centers ​ throughout QLD and NSW in 2007 2006/7 The 2006 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery ​ November to December 2006 “Inter Image art exchange” Japanese/Australian group exhibition ​ ​ project. University Student Hall Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine arts th a nd Music, 4th December to 8 ​ December ​

2006 “Inter Image II” Japanese/Australian art exchange exhibition. College ​ ​ Gallery, Galleria Complex, Griffith University November. 2006 “Inter Image” Japanese/Australian art exchange exhibition. Webb ​ ​ Centre Gallery Griffith University 30 Aug to 7 Sept. 2006 ‘Colonial to Contemporary’. Queensland College of Art staff self-portrait ​ th exhibition College Gallery, Galleria Complex 26 July to 27 ​ August ​ 2003/4 ‘Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award’ touring regional centers ​ ​ throughout QLD and NSW 2002 ‘Aesthetic’. SOApBOx Gallery 2001 ‘High Fidelity’. SOApBOx Gallery ​ 2000 -01 ‘2000 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award’ Grafton Regional Gallery 2000 Kedumba Invitation Drawing Prize. (24 invited Australian Artists) ​ October to September 1999 ‘Crossing the Ocean’ –QCA students and staff touring exhibition to th th Beijing, China. Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery. 9 t​ o 19 ​ ​ November. 1999 Solo exhibition. ‘Cicatrice’ Works from a residency in New Caledonia. Gallery 482, Brisbane. (to be exhibited from 28 May to 16 June) 1998 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize’ – Gold Coast City Art Gallery th th 12 ​ November to 12 ​ December. ​ ​ 1998 Queensland College of Art, Fine Art Staff exhibition. (Group Show) Metro Art Space. November - December 1998 'The Artist's books and multiples fair', curtated by Noreen Graham, School of Arts building, Brisbane 1998 'Pulp' (Group show) curated by Franz Ehmann. SOApBOx Gallery

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1997 'Common Practice' (Group show) etchings, monoprints, lithographs and drawings presented at the Centre Culturel Ko We Kara in collaboration with the Ecole d'art of Noumea, New Caledonia 1996 'The Biennial Festival of Music Poster Design Competition and Exhibition' (Group show - the top 20 entrants) Exhibited at the Myer Queen Street Mall, Atrium and the Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane 1996 'Diverse Alliances' (Group show) mixed media presented by the Queensland College of Art Gallery in Noumea, New Caledonia 1996 Solo exhibition. 'Vietnam' monoprints and ceramics, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane 1996 'To Vietnam, From Vietnam' (Group Show) drawings presented by the Queensland College of Art Gallery 1996 'This is an Image' (Group Show) mixed media presented by the Queensland College of Art Gallery as apart of 'Writers week' 1995/96 'Sharing the Stone' (Group show) lithographs and drawings presented at the Hanoi University of Fine Arts Gallery - Vietnam 1995 'Living the War' (Group Show) collaboration with Scott Whittaker for the Brisbane City Council, Central City Library plus 12 other venues 1995 Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Print exhibition (Group Show) 1994 Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Print exhibition (Group Show) 1994 BBC annual acquisitive exhibition, Brisbane 1994 'The Graphite Crucible' (Group Show) Ipswich Art Gallery 1992 Solo Exhibition Space Plenitude, Brisbane 1992 'State of the Portrait' (Group Show) Arts Council Gallery 1992 'In Print' (Group Show) QCA Gallery 1992 'Evolution' (Group Show) Loading Bay Gallery, MOCA, Brisbane 1991 Suncorp Art awards finalist (Group Show) 1991 'Bland people die' (Group Show) Space Plenitude Gallery 1989 Queensland College of Art Staff Show Group Show at the MOCA Gallery, Brisbane 1989 'Watermarks' (Group Show) Gold Coast City Art Show 1989 'Revealing Prints' Brisbane (Group Show) City Council Print Collection 1986 Australian Art of the 70's, (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 1984 Contemporary Australian Printmakers Exhibition, (Group Show) Touring Australia, USA and Canada 1983 The L.J. Harvey Drawing Exhibition, (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 1983 Drawings from staff of the Queensland College of Art exhibited Noosa Gallery, Toowoomba CAE and the Queensland College of Art Gallery. (Group Show) 1982 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Drawing Exhibition, (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 1982 Queensland College of Art Gallery .(Group Show) 1982 Pratt Institute (New York) Collection of Australia Printmakers.(Group Show) 1981 Power Gallery of Contemporary Art (Group Show) 1980 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Exhibition of Prints, (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 1980 Solo Exhibition Queensland College of Art Foyer Gallery, Brisbane. Exhibiting paperworks made at the Jabberwock Paper Mill, Tasmania 1980 Macarther Gallery, Brisbane (Group Show) 1979 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Drawing Exhibition, (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 1979 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney (Group Show) 1979 Artist Gallery, City Hall, Brisbane (Group Show) 1979 'Queensland Printmakers' (Group Show) The Printmakers Gallery, Brisbane 1978 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Drawing (Group Show) Queensland Art Gallery 5

1976 Clive Parry Galleries, Melbourne (Joint Two Man Show) 1976 Clive Parry Galleries, Melbourne (Group Show) 1975 Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery (Group Show) 1973 "Quantum" AMP Insurance Gallery (Group Show 1972 "Quantum" AMP Insurance Gallery (Group Show) 1972 Hawthorn City Art Gallery (Group Show) 1971 "Gemma" AMP Insurance Gallery (Group Show)

Exhibitions Curated/ Coordinated/ Documented

2020 Instigater, Co-Coordinator and developer of QCA Print Archive ​ ​ ​ ​ https://qcaprints.omeka.net/ The Queensland College of Art (QCA) Prints Archive is a unique collection of prints, drawings, works on paper and artist books that encapsulates over 40 years of print culture at the QCA printmaking department

2016 Co-Coordinator of Lineup a series of exhibitions and art events ​ ​ ​ celebrating the Year of the Print and Print Council of Australia’s 50th ​ anniversary. Exhibitions presented in the QCA galleries, during 2016.

2014 Co-Coordinator of Graphic Coordinates [39.9500o N, 75.1667o W] an ​ ​ ​ exhibition of work by Printmaking Faculty and Students Temple University, Tyler School of Art, at the QCA White Box Gallery , Griffith th th University 11 ​ to 15 ​ Aug, 2014. Also coordinated the artist residency ​ ​ of Prof. Richard Hricko during this period.

2013 Coordinator/ Co-Curator of ‘Poles Apart’ presents a selection of prints from ​ ​ ​ the Graphic Department at the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. rd rd Student Project Gallery QCA, Griffith University. 23 ​ July to 3 ​ August ​ ​

2012 Coordinator of ‘From Japan… prints from Tama University’ presented a ​ ​ ​ selection of prints by Kuniko Satake and Yuki Nagashima with other printmakers associated with the Tama Art University (TAU), Japan. Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane 27July to 8 August

2012 Coordinator of ‘Naoya Sakaguchi, Scaven – Guy in Brisbane’ Tokyo based ​ ​ ​ artist, Naoya Sakaguchi presented a series of sculptural, installation and performance based artworks. White Box Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane 28 April

2010 Co-Curator of ‘In his own time’ a memorial retrospective exhibition of ​ ​ ​ the artwork of Iain Turnbull. Student Project Gallery QCA, Griffith th th University. 29 ​ August to 11 ​ September ​ ​ 2010 Co-Curator of ‘On Paper’ collaborative exhibition between Artists from ​ ​ ​ th st the Impress and Griffith Print Club. 15 ​ to 31 ​ May ​ ​

2009 Co-ordinator and curator of ‘Hashi Hashi’ collaborative exhibition ​ ​ between Queensland College of Art students and students from the Japanese Univeristy, Geidai (Tokyo National University of Fine th th Arts) in the QCA College Gallery. 25 ​ June to 4 ​ July. ​ ​

2006 Co-ordinator of 'MASTER GRAFIKA'. An exhibition of works created at ​ ​ Itazu Litho-Grafik, the workshop of Master Printmaker Satoru Itazu. Itazu has collaborated with Japanese and Australian contemporary artists in fine art lithography. The exhibition is presented by the DELL Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. The project includes lithographic printmaking workshops, master classes and residency during October. 6

1999 Curator and co-ordinator of 'Crossing the Ocean'. A travelling ​ ​ exhibition organised in conjunction with the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China. This exhibition was presented at the CAFA Gallery from 9th to 19th November and included lithographs, etchings, ​ ​ monoprints and drawings.

1997 Curator and co-ordinator of 'Common Practice'. A travelling exhibition ​ ​ organised in conjunction with Ecole d'Art of Noumea, New Caledonia. This exhibition was presented at the Centre Cultural de Ko We Kara and included lithograghs, etchings, monoprints and drawings.

1997 Curator and co-ordinator of 'The Artistcare $2500 Drawing Prize'. An ​ exhibition of student drawings om the four major Universities in Queensland

1996 Curator and co-ordinator of 'To Vietnam, From Vietnam'. An ​ ​ exhibition of student work from the Hanoi University of Fine Art and student/staff work from Q.C.A., Griffith University. Queensland College of Art Gallery

1995 - 1996 Curator and co-ordinator of 'Sharing the Stone'. A travelling exhibition ​ ​ organised in conjunction with Hanoi University of Fine Art and QCA, Griffith University

1993/94/95 Curating and Co-ordinating 'A Tamarind Experience.' A travelling ​ exhibition organised in conjunction with the Regional Galleries Association of QLD. In 1994/95 this exhibition toured 10 regional art galleries and two Universities (the Queensland University of Technology H Block Gallery and the University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery)

1990/1991 Curating and Co-ordinating 'Trevor Lyons' Exhibition. The Arts Council ​ Gallery, Brisbane

Consultancies and writings 2007 Imprint (Autumn, edition 42), Journal article entitled “Master Grafika – the Satoru Itazu workshop” 2005 Member of the Board of Directors – Arts Academy, Centre for Visual Arts, Balmoral High School, Morningside.

1999/2000 1998 to 99

1998/1999 State Selector and QCA representative for 'The Minister of Arts Awards for Excellence", Queensland State Government.

1995 Selection panel for the Logan City Art Gallery exhibition program

1994 Oct Initiated the inaugural 'Canson Student Print Award' in the State of Queensland. Queensland College of Art Gallery. This award later incorporated 4 other Universities.

1994 Assistance with the establishment of a lithographic facility for 'Tableland Printmakers Association Inc.', Atherton

1994 June ABC radio interview Rockhampton. Subject - 'A Tamarind Experience' exhibition and the Fine Art medium, 'lithography'

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1992/93/94 The annual 'Artistcare' Student Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery

1992 'In Print' Queensland College of Art Gallery Guest Lecturers, artist workshops and competition judging (Australia)

th 14 ​ May 2016 Invited to Judge the 2016 Rotary art show, acrylic and mixed media ​ categories th 19 ​ April 2016 Invited to Judge “the 2016 Agnes and Harold Richardson Drawing ​ award.” exhibition hosted by the Royal Queensland Arts Society. July/August 2015 Invited to Judge “2015 Marie Ellis Drawing Prize ” exhibition hosted by Jugglers Art Space in August 2015 th 14 ​ May 2014 Invited to Judge “Diversity of Print” exhibition hosted by the Royal ​ Queensland Arts Society , Brisbane Branch Inc. rd 3 ​ November 2013 Invited to deliver an artist talk at the Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland. ​th 7 ​ December 2011 Invited to deliver an artist talk at the Redcliffe City Art Gallery. ​ 23rd February 2010 Invited to deliver an artist talk at the Redcliffe City Art Gallery. st th st 1 ​ – 30 ​ 1 ​ SeptOctober 2011 Invited to lecture at the Tokyo University of Arts(Tokyo ​ ​ ​ Geidai), Kyoto Saga University and the Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan. th 29 ​ July 2010 Invited Judge for the 2010 Queensland Youth Art Exhibition ​ ​ hosted by Brisbane Grammar School

st 1 ​ September 2007 reovision- QATA spring conference. In-Services day- life drawing ​ ​ workshop, QUT for the QLD Art Teachers Association

th 26 ​ July 2007 Invited Judge for the 2007 Queensland Youth Art Exhibition ​ ​ hosted by Brisbane Grammar School

th 15 ​ June 2007 Invited Judge for the inaugural “Peter Julianne Bellas Art bursary ​ ​ hosted by Brisbane State High at the Art Factory Gallery

th 12 ​ November 2005 Queensland University of Technology Art Museum. Artist talk for ​ Secondary Art teachers

th 10 ​ March 2004 Invited to deliver a paper ‘Speaking on Vietnam’ at the 2004 Print ​ Symposium at the National Gallery of Australia

rd 3 ​ August 2001 Invited judge for the Minister’s Art award- Bayside Logan and ​ ​ Beaudesert region

th 26 ​ July 2001 Invited Judge for the 2001 Excellence in Youth Art Exhibition ​ ​ hosted by Brisbane Grammar School

9 July 2001 The Secondary in-Services Day life drawing workshop, Kelvin Grove State High for the QLD Art Teachers Association

31 August 1998 Artist talk - Mackay Entertainment Centre, Mackay

2 March 1995 2Mar 1995

19 Aug 1994 Artist Talk - Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Gladstone

17 May 1994 Lecturer - University of Southern Queensland, Department of Fine Art

8 May 1994 Artist talk - Ipswich Regional Art Gallery

Commissions

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1995 'Living the War' (Touring Group Show) collaboration with Scott Whittaker for the Brisbane City Council's 'The Brisbane Experience 1945 - 1955' project Residencies 2011 October Invited for teaching residency at the Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo Geidai)

rd s t 2005 3 ​ to 6 ​ October Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Japan (2 week residency) ​ ​

th st 1999 7 ​ to 21 ​ November Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (2 week residency) ​ ​

1997 August to November Ecole d'Art of Noumea, New Caledonia (10 week residency)

1995 December- 1996 January Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Vietnam (6 week residency)

1980 Jabberwock Custom Papermaking Workshop Tasmania School of Art (2 week residency)

Represented in the following collections Queensland Art Gallery

Darwin Museums and Art Galleries Board, Board Northern Territory - Permanent Collection

Australian Embassy Art Collection, Hanoi, Vietnam

Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Collection, Beijing, China

Griffith University Art Collection

Brisbane Civic Art Gallery and Museum Collection

Rockhampton Community Art Collection

Bundaberg Community Art Collection

Stanthorpe Community Art Collection

Caloundra Art Centre

Redcliffe Art Gallery Collection

Queensland College of Art Gallery collection

Brisbane Boys College Art Society Collection

Ipswich Boys Grammar Art Collection

Acknowledged in the following publications and Art reviews

2014 Imprint - autumn 2014 Vol. 49 #2 – Russell Craig: a consummate draughtsman and printmaker – by Dr Anne Kirker

2010 Eyeline – contemporary visual arts magazine no.72 Review by Anne Kirker entitled - Russell Craig - Mana ​ th 2000 Grapheion 15-16 3rd-4 ​ issue –Australian Graphics / Sasha Grishin ​

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1997 Australian Printmakers in the 1990's -by Sasha Grishin, published by Craftsman' House, Sydney.1996 (Represented artist/printmaker)

1996 Imprint - winter 1996 Vol. 31 #2 - Hanoi University Residency

1996 Courier -Mail 28th Sept - Sue Smith

1995 Courier - Mail 28th Nov -Higher Education section 1994 Chronicle (Toowoomba) Around the galleries - Tony McCulkin

1994 Courier -Mail 2nd Jun - Sue Smith

1994 Press coverage of the 'Tamarind Experience' Exhibition was in the following Newspapers - Townsville Bulletin 4 Oct., Daily News (Gold Coast) 19 Jan, Phoenix Gazette 25 May, Brisbane Weekend Times 13-14t Nov, Gladstone Observer 13 and 20 Aug, Blackwater Herald 12 July, Rockhampton Bulletin 28 June

1993 Eyeline Magazine #20 Summer 1993 - Bernadette Mollison

1993 Photofile Nov 1993 - Nicholas Zurbrugg

1990 Artists and Galleries of Australia - Max Germaine

1987 Mexico Nine/ Mexico Nueve - Published by the Tamarind Institute. Uni. of New Mexico. USA Collaborative printing with Luis Lopez Loza

1985 Tamarind Papers - Published by the Tamarind Institute. Uni. of New Mexico, USA. Research and discovery of subtractive drawing methods in the Lithographic Fine Art medium

1982 Gold Coast Bulletin 11 Sept. - John Millington

1981 Courier-Mail 7 Sept. - Dr G Langer

1981 Courier-Mail 11Aug. - Dr G Langer

1981 Courier-Mail 18 June - Dr G Langer

1980 Courier-Mail 30 0ct. - Dr G Langer

1980 Courier-Mail 24 0ct. - Dr G Langer

1979 Courier-Mail 27 0ct. - Dr G Langer

1979 Courier-Mail 3 Nov. - Dr G Langer

1979 Melbourne Sun 31 Mar. - Jeffrey Makin

Professional Awards 1996 Outside Studies Program (OSPRO) awarded by Griffith University for an overseas artist in residency, touring an Exhibition and delivering etching workshops at the Ecole d'Art of Noumea, New Caledonia.

1995 Asian residency special duties leave. QCA, Griffith University

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1995 Community Printmakers Murwillumbah exhibition 'Experimental Print Prize'

1985 Tamarind Fellowship, University of New Mexico, USA

1984 SARAS Postgraduate Scholarship awarded by the Queensland Education Department 1979-1983 Various competition awards including Caloundra, Toowoomba, Bundaberg, Stanthorpe, Redcliffe, Rockhampton

1982 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Drawing Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery - Highly Commended

1981 Darwin Art Gallery. The Mobil/Bougainvillea major art award. (Darwin Art Festival)

1980 SGIO Art Competition - Section Award

1979 The Andrew & Lillian Pederson Drawing Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery - Highly Commended (included in Trustee's Purchase.) SGIO Art Competition - Section Award 1975 Inez Hutchinson Award - Highly Commended

Professional Memberships

The Print Council of Australia Position held: Member

Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane Position Held: Management Committee member

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