Bio
Chris Kandis (Australian 1966-)
Born in Melbourne in 1966 Chris first attracted attention when he started selling paintings from his father’s greengrocery shop he was encouraged by artist Leonard Long who took him on annual painting camps from the age of 14 by the age of 21 he had won his first art award he went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from RMIT Chris travelled and worked as an artist in Europe and by 1988 Chris was painting on a professional basis Chris has held over 18 solo exhibitions Winning numerous awards for his paintings Chris has been described as approaching the Australian landscape with a romantic vision of images by painters from the 19th Century, but is both Impressionist and Realist and does not want to be seen as a purely traditional artist.
Chris Kandis is represented in Institutional, corporate and private collections in Australia and overseas