Christine Christopherson

lwatja artist Christine Christopherson's multimedia works and paintings explore connections to country and systems of kinship. Drawing on philosophy, Christine sees art as a vehicle to explore and articulate universal ideas.

Born in Darwin, in 1986 Christine has worked as a community worker, arts worker and journalist.
Christine has co-authored published essays on a number of regional economic issues. Her involvement in national Aboriginal concerns led her to her first campaign against the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in 1995.

In 1999, during the ultimately successful campaign against the uranium mine, Christine served 10 days in Berrimah jail for non-payment of a fine for trespassing the ranger mine lease, which was on Aboriginal land.

Christine moved to Sydney and commenced guest lecturing at Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College while adopting an informal position as artist-in -residence.

She subsequently served on the board of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Co-operative.

In 2001 Christine returned to Darwin, then to her mother’s land in Kakadu National Park.

In 2003 Christine was invited to participate in the Burragorang exhibition, she was then invited to Lilihamer, Norway, as a speaker and contributing artist to the Steder/Places International Artist Conference of the Year.

Christine was given an international residency at Lille, France in 2005. She spent 10 weeks giving many lectures at art schools, universities and to the public. She presented a solo exhibition of her work, Blue Print at Maison Folie in Lille, France. Whilst in France, Christine made her first print, The Balance of Women and Men, in collaboration with print master Alain Buyse.

This work was highly commended in the Fremantle Print Award in 2006. Christine was also given an 18 day residency as a visiting scholar at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu in 2006 followed by another short residency at the Fireworks Gallery in Brisbane, Australia in the same year.

Christine had a solo exhibition of Blue Print at Boomalli, showing her work to a southern Australian audience.

In 2007 Christine's works were selected for inclusion in Culture Warriors- the inaugural National Indigenous art triennial.