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Russell Craig

Biography

DipAd Caulfield IT DipEd State Coll Vic FRMIT Tamarind Master Printer USA MVA Griff 

Craig's work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, and is included in the collections of the Queensland Art Gallery, Darwin Museums and Art Galleries board - permanent collection, Australian Embassy art Collection, Vietnam; Central Academy of Fine Arts art collection, Beijing; Griffith University art collection and the Brisbane Civic Art Gallery and Museum collection, as well as a numerous regional galleries in Queensland. 

He is an art educator teaching as a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. His teaching experience has covered tertiary undergraduate and post-graduate supervision. 

Craig commenced his art training in the early 1970's in Melbourne at the Caulfield Institute of Technology and a postgraduate fellowship year in painting at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Directly after his RMIT training he completed a postgraduate Diploma of Education at the State College of Victoria, Hawthorn. In the early 1980's he receive a Queensland Government SARAS postgraduate scholarship that enabled him to study a master printer qualification at the prestigious Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, USA. 
In 2003 he completed a Masters in Visual Art qualification at Griffith University.

Artist residencies in New Caledonia, China, Vietnam and Japan assisted in the research theme of 'cultural appropriation' and presenting solo exhibitions in Australia during this period. Over the past ten years he has visited Japan five times and as a result assisted in the several collaborative art & educational projects between Griffith University and various Japanese art universities. Craig's most recent solo exhibitions include Mana, held at the Brisbane Powerhouse in October 2009; Objects of Navigation, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne, 2010 and Altered States, at the Redcliffe City Art Gallery in December, 2011. This latest exhibition is a survey show featuring prints and drawings completed over the past 30 years of his art practice. Many of his most recent works were inspired by trips to America, Morocco, France, Laos, Cambodia,Thailand and Japan. 

In October 2011, Craig was invited to participate in a residency with the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts (Geidai). At the conclusion of the residency, he exhibited his work in a group exhibition at the esprit GST sightseeing Art Project hosted by Geidai at the Sumida Riverside Gallery, Tokyo. 

  

 Russell Craig

51 Longfellow Street 

Norman Park QLD 4170

Telephone

Mobile: 0418725297

Email  russellcraig1313@gmail.com

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

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

Last updated: November 2025

Employment 

Position Title: former Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Fine Art 

Queensland College of Art

Griffith University

Employment History

Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

2016 Dec - 2023 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 2016)

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

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 

21st 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. 

21st July 2011 – 25th 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”.

1st to 30th October 2011

Invited to teach at Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo Geidai) Art University, and deliver lecture at the Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan

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

19thSeptember to 12th October 2003

Invited to talk at Joshibi University, Suidobata Art School and  Kawai Juku Art Institute in Tokyo,  Japan

29thSeptember to 13th October 2002

Invited to talk or visit Geidai University, Nihon University, Tama Art Univeristy, and  Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan

1999 7th to 21st 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

  13th - 25th May 2019

2017 Glass Houses A group exhibition showcasing a diverse range of artists and featuring works that have been made in response to the Glass House Mountains.   Caboolture Regional Art Gallery,  Caboolture.

 28th October 2017 - 27th January 2018 

2016 Five to One Solo exhibition featuring charcoal drawings, surfboards inlaid with print images and large digital prints. Pop Gallery ,Woollongabba,  Brisbane.. 22nd 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 by Tim Mosely. 10 – 28th 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 Bank 2nd – 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.

13th May – 13th 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/ 

8th – 20th January

2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Touring Exhibition, 

Selected for the JADA Contemporary drawing exhibition.

Grafton Regional Gallery

17th October – 7th December

2014/15 Mythscapes from the Watery Realm   Wales-Australia Print Exhibition. School of Art Gallery,  Aberystwyth University, School of Art, Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth, Wales. 13th October- 21st 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 February to 30th 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.  13th February to 6th March.  

2013 Slipstream   Solo exhibition. Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, 3 November to 8 December

2013 Shared Vision...Wspólna Wizja. A traveling group exhibition 

POP/Art Factory Gallery, South Bank, Brisbane, 10th to 17th May

2012 Prints Tokyo 2012 invitation international print exhibition 

Tokyo Metropolitian Art Museum, 5th to 18th October

http://printstokyo.info/en/index.html

2011 Altered States a 30-year solo survey exhibition, Redcliff City Art Gallery,

1stto 24th December

2011 esprit group exhibition, GST sightseeing Art Project hosted by the Tokyo   University of Fine Arts (Geidai), Sumida Riverside Gallery, Tokyo. 23rd to   29th October

2011/12   Shared Vision...Wspólna Wizja. A traveling group exhibition to

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, Flinders Lane, Melbourne. 28th September to 9th October

2010 How artists see people. Redcliffe City Art Gallery.1st to 27th February 

2009 Mana solo exhibition. Brisbane Powerhouse Gallery. 6th to 25th October 

2009 Framing Infinity.  Drawing and print group exhibition. Gympie Regional Gallery 7th April to 16th 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 exhibition on the HMAS Diamantina. 24th 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

2006Inter Image art exchange” Japanese/Australian  group  exhibition project.  

University Student Hall Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine arts and Music, 4th December to 8th December

2006Inter Image II” Japanese/Australian art exchange exhibition.  College Gallery, Galleria Complex, Griffith University  November.

2006Inter Image” Japanese/Australian art exchange exhibition.  Webb Centre Gallery Griffith University 30 Aug to 7 Sept.

2006Colonial to Contemporary’.  Queensland College of Art staff self-portrait exhibition College Gallery, Galleria Complex 26 July to 27th August 

2003/4Jacaranda 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 Beijing, China. Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery. 9th to 19th 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 

12th  November to 12th 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 

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

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 University 11th to 15th 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.  Student Project Gallery QCA, Griffith University. 23rd July to 3rd 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 University. 29th August to 11th September 

2010                                    Co-Curator of ‘On Paper’ collaborative exhibition between Artists from the Impress and Griffith Print Club. 15th to 31st 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 Arts) in the QCA College Gallery. 25th June to 4th 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. 

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'

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)

  14th May 2016 Invited to Judge the 2016 Rotary art show, acrylic and mixed media categories 

19th 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

14th May 2014 Invited to Judge “Diversity of Print” exhibition hosted by the Royal Queensland Arts Society , Brisbane Branch Inc. 

3rd November 2013 Invited to deliver an artist talk at the Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland.

7th 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.

1st – 30th 1st SeptOctober 2011 Invited to lecture at the Tokyo University of Arts(Tokyo Geidai), Kyoto Saga University and the Joshibi University in Tokyo, Japan.

29th July 2010                    Invited Judge for the 2010 Queensland Youth Art Exhibition 

         hosted by  Brisbane Grammar School

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

26th July 2007                    Invited Judge for the 2007 Queensland Youth Art Exhibition 

         hosted by  Brisbane Grammar School

15th June 2007                   Invited Judge for the inaugural “Peter Julianne Bellas Art bursary  

         hosted by  Brisbane State High at the Art Factory Gallery

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

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

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

Beaudesert region 

                                      

26th 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

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)

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

1999 7th to 21st 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

2000                        Grapheion 15-16 3rd-4th issue –Australian Graphics / Sasha Grishin

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

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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