Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

  • Biography

    Born in New Zealand in 1951, immigrated to Australia with his family in 1969. Attended the National Art School, Sydney 1969-70. Returned to art school in 1975 and obtained his diploma of painting in 1977.
    Formed rock band Mental as Anything in 1976 with four other art students. They became a popular band and have released 11 albums and 27 singles, with 20 entering the top forty. They have toured in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, England, Europe, the United States and Asia.
    The band has held three group art exhibitions in 1982, 1990 and 1998. The 1990 show toured regional galleries in NSW, ending at the Westpac Gallery in Melbourne. The 1998 also toured throughout Australia.
    In 1987 the band painted a tram for the Victorian Ministries of Art and Transport, featuring a design by Reg and his brother Peter.
    Reg left the Mental’s in April 2000 after 25 years, so that he could concentrate on his art.
    His first painting exhibition was held at Watter’s Gallery, Sydney in 1975 and continued to show there until Watters closed it doors in December 2018.
    He now show with Rogue Pop Up Gallery

    check out Reg's complete biography. https://regmombassa.com/biography

Showing 1–32 of 53 artworks

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

No Borders Music Festival - 30th Anniversary, 2021
14 x 19.5 cm Charcoal and colour pencil on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Australian Robot with Projectile Vomit, Cottage and Football, 2021
36 x 51 cm pen and ink wash on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Nocturne: Koala with an AR15, 2021
42 x 54 cm pen and ink wash on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Reg Mombassa for Mambo - Jacket
Purple edge, rayon with cotton lining

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Reg Mombassa for Mambo " Fighting Furry Animals"
Shirt Cotton, size M

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Reg Mombassa for Mambo " Tin Roof Shirt ", 2001
Rayon, with tags, size M

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Australian Beer Tree Shirt
Rayon , Size M

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Patterns of Migration
Shirt , Rayon, with tags, size L

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Suburbia Shirt, 1998
Rayon, with tags, size L

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

'Lost Weekend' Shirt, designed 1998, 1998
Rayon, with tags, size XL

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Reg Mombassa for Mambo " Australian Jesus Shirt "
Rayon, with tags, size XL

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Beauty is Trouser Thin, 1989
130 x 100 cm Screenprint on fabric

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo 2000, Millennium Spring, 1999, 1999
100 x 70 cm Poster, offset print on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo Puppies, 2001
100 x 70 cm Poster, offset print on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Art In Australia, 1994
93 x 67 cm Poster, offset print on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

The Emperors New Clothes, 1994
87 x 69 cm Poster, offset print on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Doggie Style # 2, 2004
35 x 31 cm Coloured pencil and black crayon on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo Etymology - The Origins of Crude Sexual Terms, 1996
67 x 50 cm Coloured pencil and black charcoal on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo - Art Irritates Life, 1994 book, 1994
24 x 24 cm Book , 118 pages

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Emperor, 1994
29 x 20 cm acrylic on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Dadarama (The Prehistoric Fish Monsters And Their Mambo Friends Heartily Endorse The Surrealist Exhibition), 1994
100 x 70 cm Poster, offset print on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo Loud Shirt, Biscuits of The Southern Hemisphere, c. 2000
T-shirt, original print run, size large

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mambo Cosmology Biscuits of The Southern Hemisphere (Olympic Athletes Shirt Design), 1999
46 x 38 cm charcoal and coloured pencil on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Bronze God with Lightning, 1995
34 x 27 cm Oil on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Self Portrait with Beard and Plastic Ring, 2008
75 x 58 cm Oil on paper, signed within image 'C O'D, Reg M', title inscribed on verso 'Self Portrait with Beard and Plastic Ring, 75 x 58 cm

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Suburbia, 2000
95 x 114 cm T-shirt, Sydney 2000 Australian Olympian Athletes (closing ceremony).

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Decorated Skeleton, 2017
40 x 20 cm oil on board

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Mentals III, 1970
67 x 47 cm Screenprint

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Kengarewe with Football, 2008
91 x 121 cm oil on canvas

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Superman with Vampire Bite
24 x 19 cm Colour pencil and pastel

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

Eye Picture, 2001
20 x 24 cm Oil on paper

Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O' Doherty)

House and Pole with Toi Toi Grass, Waiheke Island, 2015
22 x 33 cm charcoal on paper