Conchita Carambano - ART STATEMENTAn Australian artist of Spanish origin, Conchita's exquisite multi-layered artworks are akin to a musical dance. Punctuations and tones of voice take on forms Inspired by a continued interest in the means by which people communicate with each other. Conchita Carambano interprets what she hears with dramatic staccato applications of colour, tempered with languid trails of delicate lines, which drift seductively across the canvas.Conchita Carambano’s textured paintings are filled with a fusion of light, a nuance of playfulness in abstracted figures etched into the canvas. No canvas is alike even with the restraint of pallet in some works.Conchita’s art career has consolidated with her progressive reputation as an established, collectable artist. Her work creates a strongly individual interpretation of her natural surroundings and experiences. Her painting technique, refined over 40 years with elegance and maturity. Conchita’s abstract paintings infused by an instinctive gift of line and form. The Australian landscape, our earth, has been a constant source of inspiration.Her vehicle for expression has been boundary-less, and the potency of her work has fuelled an extraordinary career that continues to gather momentum. Awards, acquisitions, civic and corporate commissions, solo exhibitions and the attention of private collectors in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.CONCHITA CARAMBANO HISTORY 1961 Born Stuttgart, Germany to Spanish parents 1969 Family migrated to Australia 1979 Completed NSW Higher School Certificate 1981 Completed Fine Arts Course, Sydney School of Arts 1982 Completed Graduate Course - Fine Arts 1983 Completed Post-Graduate Course-Fine ArtsSOLO EXHIBITIONS Gallery One, Petersham Holdsworth Gallery, Darlinghurst Bonython Meadmore, Darlinghurst The Rocks Gallery,The Rocks Naïve Gallery, Woollahra Eaglehawke, Glebe Istral, Woollahra Hester Gallery, Newtown Gallery 368, Crows Nest Salmon Gallery, McMahons Point Art-Frame, Double Bay SOHO Galleries, Sydney LYNTON & KAY , Perth Mahoneys Gallery, Melbourne Art Images, Adelaide Soho Galleries Sydney Graphis, Woollahra Quadrivium, Sydney Salmon Gallery, McMahons Point Art-Frame, Double Bay Soho Galleries at Chifley Foyers Commissions & Collections 105 Pitt Street Sydney Amadeus Group, Sydney ANA Hotel, Sydney Bangkok Hotel Bennelong Apartments and Penthouse Berlie Bra Company Blessington Judd Solicitors Sydney BMC Software Canberra State Library Camden Awards 1991 Camden Awards 1992 Celsius at the Radisson Hotel, Sydney David Jones South Australia David Jones Sydney Duxton Hotel Melbourne David Jones, Adelaide David Jones, Sydney Duxton Hotel Sydney Four Seasons Melbourne Four Seasons, Sydney Gaia Resort, Byron Bay Grand Hyatt Melbourne Grand Hyatt, Sydney Hamilton Island Apartments, QLD Hamilton Island, Private Residence Hesta Head Office, Westmead Hilton Hotel, Sydney Hunt & Hunt Lawyers Hyatt Hotel Canberra Kingston Apartments, Canberra Macau Resort, China Macquarie Town Windsor Magenta Shores, Sydney Marriott Sydney Marriott, Surfers Hotel, National Library, Canberra Qualia, Hayman Island, Resort Quay West, Sydney Queensland Regent Hotel, Sydney Royal North Shore Hospital Shangri-La, Sydney Sheraton Hotel Darling Harbour Sheraton Hotel Puong China Sheraton Noosa Day Spa St John of God Private Hospital, Perth St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney Stamford on Kent Hotel, Sydney Veritas Corporation Walker Corporation Western Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan Westmead Childrens HospitalPUBLICATIONS Australian Interior, Vol.17 no. 13 The Sydney Weekly, Jan 27-feb 2 1998 Instyle Magazine, February 1998 Look Magazine, NSW Art Gallery 1999 Art in Australia Magazine, 1999 New South Wales Gallery, 1999 Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia by Michael Berry, Published 2003AWARDS 1987 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize 1988 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize 1989 Acquisitive Award, Hawkesbury City Council 1990 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize 1991 Winner Camden Art Prize 1992 Camden Art Prize 1993 Highly Commended, Hawkesbury City Council 1994 Highly Commended, DMAS Award 1995 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill 1996 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill 1998 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize 2001 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize 2002 Highly Commended Works on Paper 2003 Open Winner Camden Art Prize 2004 Highly Commended, Waverly Art Prize 2005 Highly Commended, Cloncurry Prize 2006 Lino Block Print Prize 2007 Highly Commended Watercolour Prize, Camden 2008 First Prize, North Sydney Painting Prize 2009 Highly Commended, Paper Prize, Waverly 2009 Short Listed, Blake Prize 2010 Highly Commended, Camden Works on Paper Prize 2010 Short Listed, Lethridge Small Scale Artworks Prize, Sydney 2010 Short Listed, St Michaels Archangel Paint Prize, Victoria 2011 Short Listed, Lethridge Small Scale Artworks Prize, Sydney 2012 Short Listed, Lethridge Small Scale Artworks Prize, Sydney 2013 Finalist Paddington Art PrizeCONCHITA CARAMBANO - Current Works available for viewing at SOHO Galleries; Mosman & Woollahra.