Chris Denton is a master technician whose prints and drawings reveal an aesthetic fusing of science, nature, spirituality and philosophy from which he creates intricate works which are minutely observed and exquisitely executed.  Working within the rich history of the still life genre, Chris incites a tradition of the symbolic and metaphorical use of objects, exploring natural forms and structural relationships within imaginary realms governed by the laws of mathematical relationships, intimating the esoteric frameworks which shape our interaction with the world.  The dominating technical concern of Chris’ work is the investigation of the material object in space and his works revel in the investigation of the formal concerns of light and shadow, proportion, placement, pattern and layering, and a world of possibility is opened up by his virtuoso understanding of drawing and intaglio printmaking techniques.  Exploiting the artist’s authority over the image, he assumes themes of power and control which echo from the human realm in to the cerebral one.  Variations of this theme are created, as Chris describes, when ‘objects may be apparent or obscured, the space real or imagined; the object may define the space or vice versa; and the space may contain the object or be contained by it’.   Chris dedicates himself to the sensuousness of form and infuses objects of great beauty with a love of intellectual enquiry.

Chris Denton often exhibits internationally, receiving wide and popular acclaim in numerous biennales across Europe as well as America, New Zealand and Egypt.  He has received numerous awards recognising his technical mastery and fine execution of his prints and drawings.  The most recent commendations are from the International Biennale of Small Graphics and Ex Libris, Ostrów Wielkopolskiego, Poland in 2007 and, in 2009, Chris was awarded the Juror’s Prize at the 1st Footprint Biennial International Print Competition, Norwalk, USA.  Chris Denton's work is represented in many collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, Association Musee d'Art Contemporain (France), Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, Tama Art University (Japan) and the Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts (USA).