Dale CHAPMAN
BIO
Visual Artist, Educator, Noisemaker
As a youth Dale travelled widely in Australia with his family attending schools in Melbourne and Broome before ending up in Cairns. Days upon days spent staring out the car window, watching the undulating rhythms of fences and powerlines….
After working on boats and in bars he moved south to Brisbane. Studying Fine Art at Queensland College of Art in the early eighties Dale lived in Brisbane and was involved in the emerging art scene of inner city artist run spaces and studios. During this time he exhibited visual art and started making sound with friends.
Arriving in Melbourne in the late eighties Dale continued his art making, working and exhibiting in shared studio environments in Footscray, St.Kilda and Port Melbourne. The art practice included exhibiting and curating shows in both ARI’s and alternative spaces. After meeting Rod Cooper in 1998 his soundwork started to be even more important and with that Dale started performing with Klunk. His visual art practices continue. This sound practice included building and performing with handmade electronic instruments (tone generators) and circuit bent toys.
Most recently in a duo ‘The Drunken Boat’.
Art Practice Keywords:
Artist, Video Art, Super Eight Filmmaker
Artist Role Keywords:
Sound Art, Installation
Collaboration/ Collaborator names Keywords:
Eugene Carchesio
Collections
Various Private Collections
CV
Melbourne 1960
Diploma of Fine Art (Painting), Queensland College of Art, 1984
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1994 – IT’S WALLPAPER, TOO!, Argyle Street Studios, St Kilda
1993 – WALLFLOWER, Word Window, 183 Collins Street, Melbourne
1991 – WALLPAPER, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
1986 – SECOND NATURE, That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 – ARTISTS from ARGYLE STUDIOS, J-Space, Dandenong
2003 – PAST YOUR EYES, Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr
2002 – ADRIFT, NIBS Gallery, Trades Hall, Melbourne
2002 – COLLECTED WORKS, 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy
2001 – ECONOMIES OF SCALE, 4 Cats Gallery, Abbotsford
2001 – TEA TOWEL 2001, 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy
1999 – TRUCKIN’ ON 99, 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy
1998 – POST GOUGHISTS DO DUNMOOCHIN, Dunmoochin, Cottlesbridge
1998 – TEACHES ART, Metro! Craft Gallery, North Melbourne
1997 – POST GOUGHISTS 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Moreland St, Footscray
1997 – WORLD IN A MATCHBOX 97, Grand Central Gallery, Bourke St, Melbourne
1996 – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, Roar 2 Gallery, Fitzroy
1996 – WORLD IN A MATCHBOX, Grand Central Gallery, Bourke St, Melbourne
1995 – POST GOUGHISTS @ ROAR, Roar 2 Gallery, Fitzroy
1995 – POST GOUGHISTS @ MONSALVAT, Long Gallery, Monsalvat, Eltham
1995 – PERSISTENCE OF VISION, Druids, Swanston St, Melbourne *
1994 – E-TOPIA, New Media Network, Southbank, Melbourne
1994 – DON’T STOP, Linden Gallery, St Kilda
1994 – READ MY LIPS, Ascent Gallery, St Kilda
1994 – CAFFE LATTE ARTE, Druids, Swanston St, Melbourne *
1994 – ART 4, No Vacancy, Collins St, Melbourne
1994 – EAT, ATE, TEA (Collaboration w/ Chris White), O’Donnell Gardens, St Kilda *
1993 – RANDOM ABSTRACTION, Druids, Swanston St, Melbourne *
1993 – POST, Coode View Gallery, Footscray *
1993 – XES, Druids, Swanston St, Melbourne *
1993 – MREAM: YOU’RE FLOATING IN IT! , Coode View Gallery, Footscray
1993 – REPENT! (Collaboration w/ Karen Porter),Levy Reserve, St Kilda *
1993 -‘I’M GOING TO JACKSON’ (Collaboration w/ Anne Weir), Linden Gallery, St Kilda
1992 – ACAF 3, Coode View Gallery Stand, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1992 – TONGUE, Platform, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne *
1992 – HOT! (Collaboration w/ Karen Porter), O’Donnell Gardens, St Kilda
1992 – MADE IN FOOTSCRAY, Gallery at Tolarnos, St Kilda
1991 – LANDMARKS, Footscray TAFE Gallery, Footscray
1988 – AXIS – FILE, New York / Brisbane
1987 – ONE NITE – VORTEX, That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
1987 – BELLES LETTRES, John Mills National, Brisbane
1987 – LITTLE ALTERNATIVES, Clark Lane, Brisbane
1987 – LOCAL COLOUR, That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
1986 – F.S.C. OUTDOOR ART DRIVE-IN, Edward Street , Brisbane
1986 – THAT FIRST BIRTHDAY, That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
1986 – YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1985 – THIS IS THAT, Gladstone Regional Gallery, Gladstone
1985 – THAT OPENING, That Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
*curated/organised
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