Charles Billich is one of the most prominent living Australian artists. In a career spanning 40 years, he has exhibited at some of the world’s top venues and been an honoured guest and resident artist at many others. From the Vatican to the White House, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne to King George Tupou V’s Palace in Tonga, the Shaolin Temple in China to the American Sport Art Museum in Alabama, as well as numerous government, university, corporate and private collections, Charles Billich has an eclectic and ubiquitous following."There is a touch of irony in what I paint as there is in all contemporary surreal art, my lingua franca for articulating the vast gamma of emotions and impulses inherent to mystic creations."Charles Billich has been associated with the Olympic movement over 5 Olympiads, as well as the Rugby World Cup in 2003 and the FIFA World Cup in 2010.Exhibitions include:- Amsterdam Whitney Fine Art, New York Oct-Nov 2013- Pall Mall Gallery, London Oct 2013- FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010- Florence Biennale, Italy 2009- Formula 1 Grand Prix, Melbourne 2009- United Nations Headquarters, New York 2006- St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 2006- Shaolin Temple, Henan Province, China 2005- US Sports Academy, Alabama, USA 2003- US Olympic Committee, Salt Lake City, USA 2002- Terracotta Warriors Museum, Xi’an, China 2002- Feniks Gallery, Moscow 2002Collections include:- American Sport Art Museum & Archives, US Sports Academy- Royal Collection of Tonga- White House Collection, Washington DC- Vatican Collection, Rome- Red Cross Museum, Geneva- Ferrari Collection, Milan, Italy- Shaolin Temple, Henan Province, China- International Olympic Museum, Switzerland- City of Dusseldorf, Germany - Parliament of Victoria, Australia- Australian Olympic Committee Headquarters, Sydney- Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste- Royal Collection of Thailand- Royal Collection of Malaysia- Royal Australian Air Force- Parliament of Japan