Chris O'Doherty b. 1951

Also known as Reg Mombassa
  • Artist
Contemporary musician, cartoonist, illustrator, designer and painter.
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  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW

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Other occupations
  • Designer
  • Musician
  • Designer
  • Musician
Alternative names
  • Reg Mombassa
  • Reg Mombassa
Arrivals
  • 1969
  • 1969
Related people
  • Plaza, Martin (associate of)
  • Smith, Greedy (associate of)
  • Twohill, David (associate of)
  • Ramage, Hugh (associate of)
  • King, Peter (None)
  • Plaza, Martin (associate of)
  • Smith, Greedy (associate of)
  • Twohill, David (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Mental as Anything (associate of)
  • Mambo (associate of)
  • Reg & Pete's Dog Trumpet (associate of)
  • Storageman (associate of)
  • Mental as Anything (associate of)
  • Mambo (associate of)
  • Reg & Pete's Dog Trumpet (associate of)
Related works
  • Part of a Motel (None)
  • Part of a Motel (None)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related events
  • Mambo retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Leaping Boundaries - A century of New Zealand Artists in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Federation (None)
  • Mambo retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Leaping Boundaries - A century of New Zealand Artists in Australia (exhibited at)
  • Federation (None)
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Biography painter, cartoonist, illustrator and designer, is a New Zealander who came to Australia, attended the College of Fine Arts (UNSW) and became a designer for the highly successful design group Mambo. As Reg Mombassa, he has produced several very colourful, surreal and sexy publications (see SLNSW catalogue). A Mambo retrospective was held at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in 2000. (an apocalyptic Mombassa colour print avaialble there containing numerous Bosch and other art historical references.) Mambo designed the Sydney 2000 Olympic opening ceremony uniforms for the Australian team; the jacket linings featured a Mombassa design. The firm also did the surreal vehicles and shapes that dominated the Olympic Closing Ceremony.


As a painter, O'Doherty is represented by Watters Gallery, Sydney. His work was included in John McDonald's _Federation_ at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in 2001 (and travelling).


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