Conchita Carambano

About Conchita Carambano

1961 Born Stuttgart, Germany to Spanish Parents 1969 Family migrated to Australia 1981 Completed Fine Arts Course, School of Arts Sydney School of Arts 1982 Completed Graduate Course - Fine Arts 1983-84 Completed Post-Graduate Course - Fine Arts

Conchita has been consistently exhibition since graduating from Art School in in numerous group and solo shows.

Acquisitive Works & Collections Grand Hyatt Melbourne Duxton Hotel Melbourne Macquarie Town Windsor Camden Award 1991 Camden Award 2001 David Jones Sydney Veritas Corporation David Jones South Australia BMC Software Duxton Hotel Sydney Sheriton Noosa Day Spa Hyatt Hotel Canberra Western Hotel Taipei Taiwan Sheriton Hotel Darling Harbour 105 Pitt Street Sydney Blessington Judd Solicitors Sydney Sheriton Hotel Puong China Bangkok Hotel

Commissions National Library, Canberra Bond Street Apartments Sydney Hayman Island Resort Flinders Apartments Sydney Walker Corporation Mosman Medical Centre ANA Hotel, Sydney Flinders Apartments Royal North Shore Hospital Stanford on Kent Hotel Sydney Regent Hotel, Sydney Bennelong Apartments Meridian Hotel Sydney St John of God Hospital Perth WALKER Corporation Radisson Hotel Sydney Wentworth Hotel Sydney Kingston Apartments Canberra Hunt & Hunt Lawyers Maccau Resort China St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Quay West Sydney Berlie Bra Company Marriott Sydney

Awards – Conchita Carambano

1987 Highly Commended – Camden Art Prize 1988 Open Section Winner - Camden Art Prize 1990 Acquisitive Award - Hawkesbury City Council 1991 Winner - Camden Art Prize 1991 Commended, DMAS Award 1992 Highly Commended – Hawkesbury City Council 1992 Highly Commended – DMAS Award 1993 Highly Commended – Hunters Hill Council 1994 Highly Commended – Hunters Hill Council 1998 Highly Commended – Camden Art Prize 2002 Highly Commended – Camden Art Prize

Publications Australia Interior Vol 17 no 13 New South Wales Gallery 1999 The Sydney Weekly, Jan27-Feb2 1998 Instyle Magazine, Feb 1988 Look Magazine, NSW Art Gallery Magazine, 1999 Art in Australia Magazine, 1999

The source of Conchita Carambano’s new work of large format paintings comes from an unrelenting passion and love of interaction with canvas.

The technique is more refined after 25 years as a mid career artist working with both canvas and paper mediums. The progress of the work is not determined by time as her painting schedule may take up 16 hours on any day. The colours, texture and content of her paintings have proven over time to be most intuitive, which explains her success with commissioned works including the National Library in Canberra.

Conchita’s work has consolidated with her solid reputation as an established, collectible artist. The series depicts an emergence of less abstracted works with small elements of the figurative, which is unlike any of her previous painting. Her work creates a strongly individual interpretation of her natural surroundings and experiences.

Viewing her work is both absorbing and complex. The work is composed of layers, mixed medium detail, and subtleties of colour, light and form.