Congratulations to Helen Oprey who has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Contemporary Art Awards. The winners will be announced on 23rd January.
SKOUNT’s amazing street work has featured in TF Magazine (TattooFest) in Poland. Skount has works on walls all around the world – from Europe to Indonesia and even Israel and he added to his Australian collection on his last trip here – to promote his solo show at 19 Karen – Projections:Internal Latent – with […]
Johnny Romeo featured on the FRONT COVER of this month’s issue of UK based THE SUBLIME ZINE. Great article on Johnny Romeo and his work on pages 22-31
Big thank you to QT for featuring Terri Lew on their blog – Read all about ‘The Face Behind 19 Karen’ right here.
We mad it onto the social page of Bulletin! The great night of our opening night was caught on camera by reigning king and queen of the Gold Coast social scene.
Congrats to Go Suga who is on the cover of the latest Blank magazine – with his public art work being the first art installed at the new Gold Coast Cultural Precinct.
Congratulations to our 19 Karen ceramic artists for their wins in the 2015 Gold Coast Potters Members Exhibition Awards. Themed Award – Monochrome : Leisa Russell for ‘Feeling Blue’ Complimentary Group of Pots – Megan Puls for ‘Mangrove’
Opening night of our November exhibition. Solo shows by- Johnny Romeo – POP Life Carolyn O’Neill – Abstracted Still Life Skount – Projections : Internal Latent Music by : The James Street Preachers
Skount’s solo exhibition ‘Projections: Internal Latent’ is featured in Insta Grafite blog. Read more at http://instagrafite.com/projections-internal-latent-a-new-solo-show-by-skount-at-19karen-gallery/
Skount’s exhibition at 19 Karen – Projections: Internal Latent – has been featured on the Analogue/Digital website. See more here.
Check out our November Show in Issue 27 of Blank Magazine. Opening night of this exciting show is 21st November! See you there!
Go Suga has been selected as a winner of the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Design Competition! The Gold Coast community had a rare opportunity to choose the first artwork to enliven Stage 1 of the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct, and from 18 outstanding entries, Go’s exceptional work was chosen as the personal interpretation of themes and elements […]
Jason T Borbet of Forbes has been exploring the vast world of art. Over the six months he has been exploring the studios and art of 60 creatives. In this installment he visits Stikk Peaches and his Quebec studio. Head to page 2 of the article for Stikki. Click here to read more.
In 2013 Wyndham Lawyers collaborated with Sydney pop artist Johnny Romeo to create a body of work called “The Great Lawyers”. Wyndham Lawyers admire The Great Lawyers for their integrity, courage and power. “Victory” Lincoln rose from poor beginnings to become a self taught lawyer with a busy practice. Although bankrupted twice, Lincoln’s legacy was […]
Congratulations to Mellissa Read-Devine! First prize in the Acrylic Section- Parramatta Art Awards 2015 for her work – ‘Territory’, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.
‘Off The Wall’ Jessica Watts solo show at 19 Karen – Debutante – featured in the Arts Section of U On Sunday Magazine (Sunday Mail) on 18th October 2015 – in an article by Fiona Purdon.
The Urban Contemporary Art Guide 2015 is out! Not only does it feature Cope2 on the cover, but there’s also a great article inside on Agostino Iacurci and soon to join us Dulk Get your copy here.
On Thursday 1st October, 19 Karen played host to Spring Fling – An Entrepreneur Networking Evening – hosted by StartUp Creative and The Village Markets and featuring inspirational talks with Alex Olsen (Violet Gray), Becky Jack (Peony Swimwear) and Emma McClean (Children Of The Tribe). Live music by Ondre Solien.
Richard Blundell’s portrait of Professor Colin Mackerras was unveiled on Friday 2nd October 2015, in its new home at the Colin Mackerras Room at the Griffith Asia Institute (Nathan Campus, Griffith University).
Opening Night of our September exhibition. Featuring solo shows by Ben Sheers – ‘Night’, Jessica Watts – ‘Debutante’ and Petra Reece – ‘In Search Of Light’. With guest speaker, Richard Blundell – artist and teacher at Griffith University – Queensland College of Art. With all 3 artists in attendance, it was a fantastic evening at 19 […]
Mellissa Read-Devine has been selected as a finalist in 2 Art Awards! Fishers Ghost Art Award, (Open) Campbelltown, with “Cicada Landscape” Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour with “The Collection” Well done, Mellissa!
Italian artist Agostino Iacurci and All City Canvas teamed up in Atlanta, USA, for a three-day workshop for the children of Camp Best Friends summer program at the Center of Hope. The children created “imaginary portraits” that were later put together to compose a large collective piece. Juxtapose have featured a story on this project […]
PAIN/TING – Open Walls Gallery – Berlin, Germany An International Group Exhibition about Pain curated by artist Juan Arata. Featuring: Ben Sheers, Blo, Clare Toms, Dan Withey, Danny Figueroa, Esther Erlich, Filthy The Bear, Go Suga, Guim Tió Zarraluki, James Bullough, James Reka, Jason Bryant, Jaybo Monk, Jennifer Mondfrans, Johnny Romeo, Juan Arata, Kate McCarthy, […]
August 2015 sees our first International Group Show in Berlin. PAIN/TING – An International Group Show About Pain. Featuring over 20 International Artists. Co-curated by artist Juan Arata and 19 Karen. Art making is a painful process. It is such a personal experience between the artist and the artwork that is not quite understood if you […]
Solo shows by Guim Tió Zarraluki, Elisa Pettenon and Patrick Oudin Guim Tió Zarraluki – ‘Pallete People’ Elisa Pettenon – ‘White Night’ Patrick Oudin – ‘Retrospective’ ‘Sexy’ ceramics expose featuring Leisa Russell, Michaela Kloeckner, Midge Johansen and Skuja Braden What a night. With 6 of our exhibiting artists in attendance, it was a great night – […]
We got caught on camera! On the social pages of Coast Confidential in the Gold Coast Bulletin on July 25th 2015 with the images from our opening night of July Exhibitions – Solo Exhibitions by Guim Tio Zarraluki, Elisa Pettenon, Patrick Oudin and a Ceramic Group Show ‘SEXY’ featuring Michaela Kloeckner, Leisa Russell, Midge Johansen […]
We brightened up the social pages of Coast Confidential in the Gold Coast Bulletin on 5th May 2015 with images from our exciting opening night of Red Expressionism Group Show at the Sofitel gold Coast.
RED Expressionism Group Show Images from opening night of our group show: RED – Expressionism – at the Sofitel Gold Coast on Friday 1st May. Featuring: Richard Denny, DAIN, Go Suga, Jon Stucky, Juan Arata, Helen Holmes, Jessica Watts, Johnny Romeo, Kate McCarthy, Carolyn O’Neill, Carole King, Roy Wilkins, Richard Blundell, Helen Oprey, Okuda, Stikki Peaches […]
Blank Gold Coast Magazine – Issue 21 – May 2015 – featured our RED – Expressionism Group Show on at the Sofitel Gold Coast.
Our RED – Expressionism Group Show – featured in the Courier Mail’s Extra Section on 30th April 2015.
Melissa Hartley’s solo show – The Tarnished Age – was featured in U on Sunday Magazine in the Courier Mail.
Go Suga has featured on the DNA Life website in an article titled – ‘Inspirational Colour Art.’ Read it here.
Solo shows by Melissa Hartley, Helen Holmes, Jared Fountain and Yosi Messiah Melissa Hartley – ‘The Tarnished Hour’ Helen Holmes – ‘Keeping Good Company’ Jared Fountain – ‘The Velvet Revolution’ Yosi Messiah – ‘Just Paradise’ The opening night was a great success with a huge crowd! All 4 artists were there to meet and talk about […]
Johnny Romeo is one of 11 artists selected to participate in a museum curated exhibition in Florida, USA. The Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach is presenting “Language Art – Artwork with a Typographical Element”, where nine of Johnny Romeo’s works spanning from 2008 to 2014 will be on display. The show will run […]
Have you seen beautiful.bizarre Magazine? Their latest edition (Issue 008 March 2015) features the beautiful Melissa Hartley and a write up about her upcoming show at 19 Karen – The Tarnished Age. Read the story here.
What a night!Opening night of our February show featured in Coast Weekend in the Gold Coast Bulletin on Saturday 28th February 2015.
Solo shows by Peter Nowotny and R.Nicholas Kuszyk Peter Nowotny – ‘Reflection Ornaments and the Spirit of Gold Coast’ R.Nicholas Kuszyk – ‘Wave Rave’ Despite the crazy weather that was being thrown at us, the opening night was an amazing success with many art lovers braving the elements to come along and meet Nick, and […]
