Chris Worfold 個展 在高雄文化中心舉行

《萬花筒》（Kaleidoscope）—— Chris Worfold 個展 本展覽於 3月 20日至 31日在高雄市立文化中心至真堂二館展出

Chris Worfold Kaleidoscope, a solo exhibition by Chris Worfold is presented at the Kaohsiung Cultural Centre, JHIH JING Gallery 2 from March 20 to 31.

 

展览地点 Venue:
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高雄市苓雅區五福一路67號
– 捷運橘線至 O7 文化中心站，3號出口步行可達

No. 67, Wufu 1st Rd., Lingya Dist., Kaohsiung City
– Orange Line MRT to O7 Cultural Center Station and walk from Exit 3.

 

“虛擬”遊覽展場

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《萬花筒》為澳洲藝術家 Chris Worfold 個展，展出其於2015年至2026年間完成的油畫、素描版作品，內容涵蓋台灣重要私人收藏，亦包含為本次展覽特別創作的新作。藝術家長期關注類比畫與數位影像之間的交會，並深受榮格心理學影響，透過圖像探討感知、記憶與內在心理結。Chris Worfold 具備深厚學術背景，作品曾於多個國際城市展出，自2009年起多次來台，續與台灣藝術圈進行交流與合作，展現鮮明的跨文化視野。

The exhibition presents paintings, drawings, and prints made from 2015 to 2026 and combines significant works drawn from private collections in Taiwan with new works made specifically for this exhibition.

Chris Worfold is an Australian, Visual Artist. Born in Brisbane in 1972. He is an alumni of the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology – BVA, Grad Dip Ed, BA(Hons), PhD – and was a Senior lecturer at the University of Canberra / TAFE QLD.

His research and practice have investigated the confluence of analogue painting and digital imaging and he has conducted extensive inquiry into the psychoanalytic theories of C.G.Jung. He has travelled widely and has exhibited internationally in Taipei, Seoul, Paris, and New York.

Chris has visited Taiwan on numerous occasions since he first toured the county in 2009 and in collaboration with ShowArts hehas exhibited at Art Taipei and various cross-cultural exchangeexhibitions in Taiwan since 2015.

Kaleidoscope
A kaleidoscope is a children’s toy or novelty device. Viewed through one eye like a telescope, it presents us with a fractured pattern of light. Inside, it has two or more angled mirrors that reflect loose coloured objects that form endless, symmetrical, two dimensional patterns when reflected onto the lens.

The exhibition is titled Kaleidoscope metaphorically because of the idea that eastern and western cultures can mix together andreflect one another to create wonderful new and harmonious patterns. Also, much like a kaleidoscope, Chris’s work often repeats and reuses images in iterative ways. Here flowers, wings and landscapes are combined and recombined in new paintings, drawings, and prints. The flowers are symbols of growth, the wings represent freedom and transcendence, and the landscapes map physical and mental space. You can see that some of the works completed this year contain the same motifs as works that were completed a decade ago, like a kaleidoscopic dream they present us with surreal variations of forms.

As adults when we look through a kaleidoscope we are generally mildly amused and then we put it back down, but as children many of us were fascinated by it, holding it up to our eye time and time again and sharing it with others in awe. You are invited to look at the works in this exhibition with this same child’s eye, not seeking fixed meaning but exploring and sharing in wonder instead.

 

《萬花筒》展覽 花絮

與 藝術家 Chris Worfold 視頻連線交談

參展作品 – Portfolio

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Kaleidoscope – Portfolio

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作品解析 – List of Works

Kaleidoscope – List of Works

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Chris Worfold CV

Born 1972, Lives and works in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Education and Training
2021 Doctor of Philosophy – Queensland University of Technology
1994 Honours Bachelor of Visual Arts – Queensland University of Technology
1993 Graduate Diploma of Education (Art/ English) – Queensland University of Technology
1992 Bachelor of Visual Arts – Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

Employment History
2015 – 2024 Senior Lecturer (Creative Industries & Digital Design) – University of Canberra | Brisbane
2000 – 2014 Lead Vocational Teacher (Visual Arts) – Southbank Institute of Technology
1999 Tutor – Bachelor of Visual Arts at Queensland University of Technology
1998 – 2000 Teacher (Art Gallery and Museum Administration) – Southbank Institute of Technology
1997 – 2000 Independent Curator / Arts writer
1996 Co-Director – Fortitude Gallery

Solo Exhibitions
2026 Kaleidoscope – Kaohsiung Cultural Center Kaohsiung
2024 Thunderstruck – Galerie Choiseul, Paris
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Group Exhibitions
2026 Art Capital – Grand Palais Paris
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Artist Residencies
2014, 2012, 2010: Point B – New York

Public Projects
2011 Vein Wear – CBD Retail Brisbane
2003 Department of Housing – Project Services Brisbane
2003 Logan City West Library – Logan City Council
2002 Springwood Busway Public Art Project – Queensland Transport Brisbane

Collections
ConArtistNYC
Gallery Young Seoul
National Taiwan Arts University Taipei
Mater Hospital Brisbane
Logan City Art Gallery
Logan City Council

Professional Affiliations
ShowArts: Australia – Taiwan
Vacant Assembly – Brisbane
NAVA – National Association of Visual Artists

Chris Worfold CV

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