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September 28-November 18, 2012
1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
August 22-September 1, 2012
Elisa exhibited selected works from The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced and Chris selected works from five at Anita Traverso Gallery in Melbourne, Victoria.
August 3-September 15, 2012
1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at Albury Art Gallery, NSW.
June 13-July 15, 2012
1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
May 3-November 18, 2012
five - Fremantle Prison by Christopher Young at Fremantle Prison, Fremantle.
April 7-May 19, 2012
1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
March 14-June 15, 2012
Seven from Five: Photographic Works by Christopher Young from the City of Perth Art Collection was shown as part of the FotoFreo 2012 core programme at Council House, Perth.
March 10-23, 2012
Seven was shown as part of the FotoFreo 2012 open exhibitions programme at Kurb Gallery, Perth. This included new work made in Poland in September 2011.
February 10-March 24, 2012
1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at RMIT Gallery in Melbourne, VIC.
February 9-March 12, 2012
Chris exhibited two new prints as part of 'Collective' and some books as part of the 'Western Australian Photographic Book Survey' at PCP.
January 13-February 5, 2012
Elisa exhibited the The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced book at Gallery East as well as the Midland Junction Arts Centre as part of Between the Sheets.
October 12-29, 2011
Both Elisa and Chris* had new work on display at the City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award.
* Chris removed his work from this award on October 19 in protest over the treatment of his work by the curatorial team. Read more...
September 24-November 26, 2011
Elisa had new work on display as part of the 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial (Sensorial Loop) at the Tamworth Regional Gallery. Following the initial exhibition, this show will tour regional centres through to September 2013.
July 31-August 5, 2011
Elisa previewed for Perth audiences a new seven-panelled textile work prior to it going over to the Tamworth Triennial.
July 17-August 7, 2011
Elisa had work on display at the Cossack Art Awards.
June 4-July 17, 2011
Elisa had work on display as part of the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award at the Wangaratta Art Gallery. A work from the series has since been acquired by their collection.
March 5-May 29, 2011
Elisa had work on display as part of the Mid West Art Prize 2011 at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery. She won the Award for Excellence. The work was acquired by a corporate collection in Tasmania.
Photo: Christopher Young.
James Davies (Director, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery) looks on as Elisa Markes-Young receives the Award for Excellence from Ian Carpenter, Mayor of City of Geraldton Greenough. Photo: Fionna Sturgeon.
March 2, 2011
Chris has work on display in the third edition of Landscape Stories 'The Colour of Memory'.
March 1, 2011
Elisa is the feature artist on NAVA.
January 6-30, 2011
Elisa had work on display as part of the City of Wanneroo Art Collection Exhibition at the Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre.
December 9-17, 2010
Chris had work from Five on show at the Perth Centre for Photography as part of Collective.
November 12-28, 2010
Elisa had new work from The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced on show together with Avital Sheffer at a commercial gallery in Perth.
October 30-November 28, 2010
Chris had new work from Five on show at the Queensland Centre for Photography.
October 13-30, 2010
Both Chris and Elisa had new work at the City of Joondalup 2010 Invitation Art Award.
July 30-September 26, 2010
Five #08 shortlisted for the National Photography Prize 2010 (Modern Narratives: Photography as Story Teller) at the Albury Art Gallery.
April 21, 2010
Chris selected as the Australian Centre for Photography's 'Exposure Time' Winner.
February 12, 2010
Chris won the residents prize in the City of Wanneroo 2010 Art Awards.
January/February 2010
Elisa - together with the other Momentum exhibitors - has an article in
the January/February 2010 edition of Embroidery magazine.
January 4, 2010
Elisa listed as feature artist in the ABC's Arts Mail.
December 18, 2009
Five #08 featured on burnmagazine.org.
December 17-20, 2009
Chris had two new works from Five at PCP as part of their end of year show.
October 30, 2009
'Waves - The Edith Cowan University Art Collection' by David Bromfield
launched by the Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University, Professor
Kerry Cox. Two of the three images from drei that
are in ECU's collection are included in this publication.
October 15-31,
2009
Elisa had new work from The Strange
Quiet of Things Misplaced in the 2009
Joondalup Invitational Art Award.
September 26 - November 22,
2009
Chris had work from Five at
the 2009
Fremantle Print Award.
September 25 -
November 8, 2009
Chris had work from Five at Vasse
Felix Winery in Margaret River as part of the Bunbury Biennale.
September 7-18, 2009
Elisa displayed The Strange Quiet
of Things Misplaced #14 at the new Wanneroo Library and Cultural
Centre in Dundebar Road.
July 25 - September 13, 2009
Chris had work from Five in
the Bunbury Biennale.
July 9 - August 2, 2009
Chris had work
from Five on show at the Perth Centre for
Photography.
June 5-28, 2009
Chris had work in the CLIP (Contemporary Landscapes
in Photography) Awards at the Perth Centre for Photography.
April 2009
Momentum received a write-up in Object magazine.
April 2009
Elisa - together with the other Momentum exhibitors - has an article in
the Spring edition of Surface Design Magazine.
March 2009
Elisa has an article in the Autumn edition of InSite Magazine.
November 2008-December 2010
18th
Fibre Textile Biennial to Tour Australia
Elisa is showing two pieces from The
Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced in Momentum, an exhibition
curated by Valerie Kirk as part of the 18th
Fibre Textile Biennial. The show will
tour throughout Australia until December 2010.... see the dates in the
right hand column at the top of the page.
December 2008
An essay Chris wrote about Elisa's work
- The Authentic
Myth - has been
published by Craft Victoria in their annual Craft
Culture project. The original, unedited essay is available in
the Strange Quiet section of the z-f website.
November 14, 2008-January 18, 2009
Elisa is showing two pieces from The
Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced at Momentum, an exhibition
curated by Valerie Kirk as part of the 18th
Fibre Textile Biennial in Tamworth, NSW. This is a major touring
exhibition.
October 30-November 23, 2008
Elisa displayed new work from The Strange Quiet of Things
Misplaced at the 2008
City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award. Chris displayed work from drei at
the same award.
October 16-November 1, 2008
Both Elisa & Chris displayed new
work at the 2008 Joondalup Invitational Art Award.
October 2008
Elisa's work is featured
in the latest issue of Craft Arts International.
August 2008
Work from
The Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced is featured
in TAFTA's magazine.
May 17-May 25, 2008
Both
Elisa & Chris displayed
new work at the City of Wanneroo Art Awards. Elisa's piece - The
Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced #14 - won the $5000 open award.
April 18-May 4, 2008
Elisa displayed new work from The
Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced & Chris displayed
new work from drei at Breadbox Gallery.
April 12, Diechtorplatz, Hamburg (8pm)
drei #07 shown at the Triennale
der Photographie in Hamburg as part of the 2007
IPA/Lucies Tour.
March 27-April 6, 2008
Elisa displayed one piece from The
Strange Quiet of Things Misplaced and one from Long
Departed Landscapes at the Minnawarra
Art Award in Armadale. She received a Highly Commended award for the
TSQOTM piece.
January
drei #07 shown at Farmani Gallery
in Los Angeles as part of the 2007
IPA/Lucies Tour.
Chris displayed new work from drei in
the BankWest Contemporary Art Prize at PICA in Perth.
Chris displayed new work from drei in
the Joondalup
Invitational Art Award.
A
series of prints from drei was acknowledged
in the 2007 IPA/Lucies.
The 50-60 winners from 20,000+ entries will be published in an upcoming book.
Dr.
Anthony Bannon (Director of George
Eastman House) curated the 2007 Best
of Show which will tour international venues following the debut
at Splashlight Studios in New York. drei
#07 was amongst the 42 prints selected
for this tour.
Elisa, Chris & Gail
Leidich displayed new work in Transitions
at Kurb Gallery.
Chris displayed drei #07
in the Josephine Ulrick & Win
Schubert Photography Award at the Gold Coast
Arts Centre.
Chris received a honorable mention for work from drei in
the Winter Edition of Hey,
Hot Shot!
Chris received a honorable mention for work from drei in
the Fall Edition of Hey,
Hot Shot!
Chris displayed new work from drei
(#04 & #05) in the BankWest
Contemporary Art Prize at PICA in Perth.
Chris displayed new work from drei
(#06) in the Fremantle
Print Award at the Fremantle Arts Centre in .... Fremantle.
Both Elisa and Chris displayed new work
in the Joondalup
Invitational Art Award in Joondalup.
Elisa was featured in the winter issue
of
Insite (issue
9) in an article on textile art.
Chris won the residents prize in the City of Wanneroo 2006 Art Awards.
One of Chris' images from the
What I Am series is listed in Insite
(issue 8).
Two (one from Elisa and one from Chris)
of the pieces from the What
I Am show were purchased by the Royal
Perth Hospital art collection.
This 150 year old collection is one of the most significant art collections
in Western Australia.
Elisa and Chris held an exhibition titled
What I Am at the
Breadbox Gallery
in Northbridge. The opening, on February 17, was well attended and support
for the show over it's duration has been overwhelming. We would like to
thank all involved.
One of the pieces from the Slow Infinity of
Dreaming series was purchased by the Royal
Perth Hospital art collection.
This 150 year old collection is one of the most significant art collections
in Western Australia.
Elisa was 'Artist of the Month' at Gallery
360 in Joondalup.
Chris had two pieces in the Joondalup
Invitational Art Award in Joondalup.
Elisa's debut solo exhibition, The
Slow Infinity of Dreaming, was held in the blend(er) gallery & workshop, Joondalup.
Elisa received a highly
commended award in the City of Bassendean Art
Awards.
Elisa won the
works on paper and most outstanding artwork
prize in the City of Joondalup Art Awards.
Elisa won the premium
prize (the open award) in the City of Wanneroo Art Awards.
Elisa received a commended award in the Minnawarra Invitation Art
Awards.
Elisa won a
halfshare of the Overall Prize in the
City of Joondalup Art Awards as well as a Highly Commended
Prize in the City of Belmont Art Awards.
Chris was invited to take part in the Joondalup Invitational Art
Award.
