Christine Christophersen selected for prestigious international art residency
Iwaidja artist Christine Christophersen has been selected as the second Australian ever to be offered an artist residency at the Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation studio in Connecticut, USA – supported by the Australia Council for the Arts. Lydia Miller, executive director of the Australia Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts division, said Christine joins a select group of artists who have worked at the estate of the late Bauhaus-school artists - Joseph and Anni Albers. ‘This residency is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Christine to work in one of the world’s leading residential art studios and develop her practice,’ she said. A visual artist from Darwin whose past works have been inspired by her staunch opposition to mining in Kakadu National Park, Christine’s works are currently on display in Culture Warriors - Australia’s first national Indigenous art triennial. www.australiacouncil.gov.au