Born in Stuttgart in 1961 to Spanish parents, Conchita's family migrated to Australia in 1969

Her multi-layered and richly textured paintings reflect both the scale and antiquity of the Australian landscape. She uses a strong earthy palette, overlaid with gold and silverleaf foil to convey her impressions of a sunburnt Australian outback. Her paintings suggest a mythical presence about the land that imbues them with metaphysical as well as personal meaning.

"My work is about pushing inventiveness to the limit with abstract forms and shapes through a sensual use of symmetry, space and colour. It incorporates the colours of Australian scenes that are offered nowhere else in the world."

Since completing post-graduate studies in Fine Art in 1983, Carambano has had a number of highly successful solo exhibitions in Sydney. She is represented in the National Library Collection in Canberra and has won four significant art prizes.

AWARDS
1987 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize
1988 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize
1990 Acquisitive A ward, Hawkesbury City Council
1991 Open Section Winner, Camden Art Prize
1991 Winner Camden Art Prize
1992 Highly Commended, Hawkesbury City Council
1993 Highly Commended, DMAS Award
1994 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill
1995 Highly Commended, Hunters Hill
1998 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize
2001 Highly Commended, Camden Art Prize
2002 Highly Commended Works on Paper
2003 Open Winner Camden Art Prize

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Gallery One Petersham
Roldsworth Gallery Darlinghurst
Bonython Meadmore Darlinghurst
The Rocks Gallery The Rocks
Naive Gallery Woollahra
Eaglehawke Glebe
Istral Woollahra
Hester Gallery Newtown
Gallery 368 Crows Nest
Salmon Gallery McMahons Point
Art-Frame Double Bay
Mahoneys Melbourne
Art Images Adelaide
SOHO Galleries Sydney
Graphis Woollahra
Quadruvium Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Bonython Meadmore Darlinghurst
The Rocks Gallery The Rocks
Eaglehawke Glebe
Istral Woollahra
Old Baker's Gallery Sydney
SOHO Galleries Sydney
Quadruvium Sydney
Art Images Adelaide
Mahoneys Melbourne
Gallery 482 Queensland
Holdsworth Gallery Darlinghurst
Gallery 368 Crows Nest
Salmon Gallery McMahons Point
Manyung Gallery Mt. Eliza Melbourne

COMMISSIONS
Shangri-La Sydney
National Library Canberra
Hayman Island Resort
Walker Corporation
ANA Hotel Sydney
Royal North Shore Hospital
Regent Hotel Sydney
Meridian Hotel Sydney
Wentworth Hotel
Bond Street Apartments
Flinders Apartments
Mosman Medical Centre
Stamford on Kent Hotel
Bennelong Apartments and penthouse
St John of God Private Hospital Perth
Celsius at the Radisson Hotel Sydney
Kingston Apartments Canberra
Hunt & Hunt Lawyers
St. Vincent's Hospital
Berlie Bra Company
Marriott Sydney Quay West
Maccau Resort China

AQUISITIVE WORKS AND COLLECTIONS
Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Duxton Hotel Melbourne
Macquarie Town Windsor
Camden Awards 1991
Camden Awards 1992
David Jones Sydney
Veritas Corporation
David Jones South Australia
BMC Software
Duxton Hotel Sydney
Sheraton Noosa Day Spa
Hyatt Hotel Canberra
Western Hotel Taipei Taiwan
Sheraton Hotel Darling Harbour
105 Pitt Street Sydney
Blessington Judd Solicitors Sydney
Sheraton Hotel Puong China
Bangkok Hotel
Marriott Sydney
David Jones Sydney

View Conchita's sculpture
   

NEW! Sit With Me
(2130 x 710mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

NEW! Visions Speaking
(2130 x 1520mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

NEW! Swim With Us
(2400 x 1520mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

No Contrast (610 x 1530mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

Through The Window (1220 x 1220mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

Ready (1510 x 1210mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

A Dose Of Courage (2130 x 1520mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

Against All Odds (2400 x 1220mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

Dragonflies In Flight (1520 x 1370mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas

On The Field (610 x 1530mm)
Mixed Media on Canvas