Chris Brown is an alternative and silver gelatine photomedia artist based in Newcastle, NSW, working with a large-format technical camera and integrating experimental approaches within analog and digital practice. His work treats photography as gesture and mark-making, resisting the archival or authoritative tendencies of photography. His practice seeks to conjure ethereal and spiritual landscapes that speculate: if nature could speak, what would it say?
Grounded in embodied practice and material engagement, his practice engages in relational and reciprocal dialogue with ecology, where his creative process follows the quiet pulse of place. Informed by his background in Environmental Science, his approach is driven by his affectionate and reflective commitment to principles of earth care, attunement, sensitivity, and respect.
His current projects and recent commissions extend across paper-making, cover art for musicians, Energetic Light Beings—a collaboration with Sydney artist Bleck Gletter—and ongoing collaborative projects with the diverse creative community of Newcastle.
Alongside his studio practice, Chris works as a freelance art installer with Maitland Regional Art Gallery. He currently holds a role with Lake Macquarie City Council as a Community Arts Exhibition Officer and is continuing his studies in Environmental Science at the University of New England.
Chris operates from his fine art studio within the creative hub of the Clyde Street precinct in Hamilton North.
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