Holesum

Catherine Clayton-Smith

28th November - 22nd December 2024

All Exhibitions

ART SG 2025

Clara Adolphs, Mechelle Bounpraseuth, Nathan Hawkes, Laura Jones, Jasper Knight, Oliver Watts, Jason Phu, Nicole Zhang

14th January - 18th January 2025

All Exhibitions
Daniel Domig

About

Established in 2007, CHALK HORSE is a contemporary art gallery based in Gadigal / Sydney which exhibits a range of work by domestic and international artists.

 

CHALK HORSE acknowledges the Bidjigal and Gadigal people as the Traditional Custodians of the unceded land on which the gallery is situated, where we live, work and create.  We pay our respects to Elders and Knowledge Holders past, present and emerging.

Artists

Rodney Adams
Clara Adolphs
Amber Boardman
Mechelle Bounpraseuth
Catherine Clayton-Smith
Dean Brown
Sam Doctor
Daniel Domig
Claudia Greathead
Nathan Hawkes
Kauri Hawkins
Harley Ives
Jasper Knight
Laura Jones
Harry McAlpine
Kate Mitchell
Danny Morse
Madeleine Pfull
Jason Phu
Philjames
Alexandra Standen
Oliver Watts
Kat Shapiro Wood
Yinjaa Barni
All Artists

News

Harry McAlpine’s has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 JADA (Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award).

22nd September

Harry McAlpine’s work Monkey Brain has been selected for the 2024 JADA (Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award). Attracting entries from across Australia, the biennial JADA is Australia’s richest regional drawing prize. The JADA celebrates innovation, excellence, technique and the enduring importance of fostering Australian…

Clara Adolphs' 'Together Again' at Ngununggula

28th July

Clara Adolph’s work is based on a paradox. Painting as a medium always suggests the here and the now. With its thick paint and graphic strength gestures, Adolph's works feel like they have just been taken off the studio easel. In…

Laura Jones has won the 2024 Archibald Prize

8th June

We are so proud to announce that Laura Jones has won the 2024 Archibald Prize with her portrait of Tim Winton. In 2016, Laura Jones undertook an artist residency to study the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, leading to her…

Jason Phu is Vogue Living's Artist of the Year

2nd March

Jason Phu is the Vogue Living VL50 Artist of The Year. Compiled by the Vogue Living team, the VL50 represents the creative talent raising the bar and shaping — or shaking up — the Australian arts industry across the fields…

Amber Boardman's 'Dude' reviewed by Artforum

12th October

Amber Boardman's exhibition, Dude, was reviewed by Toni Ross for the October issue of Artforum: "Though a still life typically represents inanimate objects, those populating Boardman’s paintings incarnate a fleshy, scintillating, or morphing vitality familiar from cartoon animation. These pictures speak…

Clara Adolphs included in the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: 'Inner Sanctum'

21st September

The Art Gallery of South Australia has announced the twenty-four participating artists for the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum, curated by José Da Silva.   Inner Sanctum offers an encounter with artists and poets interested in the human condition.…

BOOK LAUNCH: 'the really bad day john had' - Jason Phu in collaboration with Garry Trinh

1st May

THURSDAY 4 MAY 6-8PM 167 William St Darlinghurst   john has had a really bad day, he has suffered a series of misfortunes during this day. it is a terrible day, truly no other day has been more terrible. it is so bad.…

LAURA JONES' PORTRAIT OF ACTOR CLAUDIA KARVAN IS A FINALIST IN THIS YEARS ARCHIBALD PRIZE

27th April

We're thrilled to announce that Laura Jones is a finalist in the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales with her portrait of Claudia Karvan titled 'Claudia (the GOAT)'. ‘I painted Claudia’s portrait after seeing The goat, or…

PHILJAMES IS A FINALIST IN THE SIR JOHN SULMAN PRIZE

27th April

Congratulations to Philjames for his finalist entry into the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize with his work, 'Ciggie Butt Queen'. The work is a continuation of my cigarette-butt paintings, which are in essence still-life paintings, as each butt is painted from…

CATHERINE CLAYTON-SMITH IS A FINALIST IN THE SIR JOHN SULMAN PRIZE

27th April

We're thrilled to announce that Catherine Clayton-Smith is a finalist in the Sir John Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales with her work 'Rescue'. Congratulations Catherine! 'Rescue' integrates imagery and allegory from subjects such as a 14th-century…

JASON PHU IS A FINALIST IN 3 MAJOR PRIZES

27th April

Chalk Horse is thrilled to announce that Jason Phu is a finalist in this years Archibald Portrait Prize, The Sir John Sulman prize for painting and the Wynne Prize with his 3 works, 'Camera's are the best, cameras are the worst',…

Jason Phu in 'Echoes' at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery

4th October

Jason Phu’s works are currently exhibited at Goulburn Regional Gallery as part of ‘Echoes.’ Curated by Yvette Dal Pozzo, the group exhibition will be on view until November 9th.  Echoes explores reverberations in the human experience. The exhibition brings together works…

Kat Shapiro Wood's solo exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery

28th September

Kat Shapiro Wood’s solo exhibition, ‘Precipice: The Edges of Things’ is on view at Tweed Regional Gallery from April 19th until October 13th. The works in the exhibition speak to meeting points, boundaries, transitions and the charged dynamic of the threshold –…

'New South' at Hazelhurst Arts Centre

28th July

Clara Adolphs, Catherine Clayton-Smith, Laura Jones, Jasper Knight and Oliver Watts are currently showing works as part of ‘New South’, an exhibition curated by Sebastian Goldspink at Hazelhurst Art Centre. New South showcases the work and stories of a diverse group of painters…
All News