Chris Budgeon, born and educated in Canada, has lived in Australia since 1983 and has forged an outstanding career in the advertising industry, winning a number of industry awards, including selection in Lurzer's Archive 'top 200 advertising photographers World Wide' in 2004/2005, 2006/2007 and 2008/2009. Since 2003 he has focused increasingly on art photography, holding solo and group exhibitions in Australia and Germany. He has been a finalist in various Australian photographic prizes, most recently in the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award and the Moran Contemporary Photographic prize of 2010. In 2011 he was a finalist in the Head on Portrait Prize. His work was included in the the National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The Gallery will be open until 9pm this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
