Index to artist biography of christopher orchard

Christopher Robin Orchard is a South Australian artist and arts educator who began as a sculptor but subsequently specialised in drawing. His character, the Bald Man, is a recurrent motif.

Orchard is Associate Professor at Adelaide Central School of Art and was the subject of the 2017 SALA Festival monograph, Christopher Orchard: The Uncertainty of the Poet.^[1] He is also the subject of the 2013 short documentary film Everyperson, by Jasper Button and Patrick Zoerner.^[2][3]

Biography

Orchard was born in South Australia in 1950.^[4] Orchard's full name is Christopher Robin Orchard.^[5] He completed an Advanced Diploma in fine Art, Sculpture and Painting at the South Australia College of Advanced Education.^[1] He is a founding member of the Art Workers’ Union in 1979 and joined Central Studios in 1982.^[6] From 1985-1987 he was a member of Air and Space Studios, London.^[1] He