Past Exhibitions
RED DOT SALE – Massive Group Show
Hosted By 19 Karen
Dec 26th, 2010 - Feb 12th, 2011
38 + ARTISTS ON DISPLAY IN THE GALLERY AND MORE IN OUR STOCKROOM
BERNARD OLLIS – Italian Journeys
Hosted By 19 Karen
Nov 20th - Dec 18th, 2010
Bernard Ollis is one of those painters who elude easy categorization. This is at best a mixed blessing, because art historians love to be able to define an artist as an expressionist, a realist, a surrealist, or some plausible combination.
JOHNNY ROMEO – Spiderbait
Hosted By 19 Karen
Nov 20th - Dec 18th, 2010
It’s true what all the hype says about contemporary artist Johnny Romeo; he is a bombastic neo expressionist pure-pop painter coined the next big thing on the Australian art scene.
NOLWENN STEPHAN – PEOPLE
Hosted By 19 Karen
Nov 20th - Dec 18th, 2010
Nolwenn Stephan was born in 1973 in France. He lived in London for over 13 years and now is residing in Australia. Nowlenn's work is influenced by fine art, pop art, modern urban art, expressionism & graffiti.
REBECCA MURPHY – Wallflower
Hosted By 19 Karen
Oct 16th - Nov 13th, 2010
Sydney-based artist Rebecca Murphy creates works that have been described as a little romantic, floral and syrupy but also a bit gory, bloody and creeped out. Her influences vary from Art Nouveau and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints to Pop Surrealism.
RYAN PREECE – Boating Songs
Hosted By 19 Karen
Oct 16th - Nov 13th, 2010
Ryan Preece's series 'Boating Songs' depicts figures from the mundane everyday to celebrity fixtures, always with a haunting overtone. This new series of drawings and oil paintings, Boating Songs, captures both the seedy underbelly and romanticism of days gone by.
WILL DUNCAN – Wild West
Hosted By 19 Karen
Oct 16th - Nov 13th, 2010
Will Duncan’s 'Wild West' is the caricature of a lonely cowboy, unruly and unshaven; looking over the works the audience begins to learn this loner’s traits, his desires and what type of cigarette he smokes.
Stockroom Exhibition
Hosted By 19 Karen
Sep 7th - Oct 9th, 2010
General Stockroom Exhibition open to the public
ABIGAEL WHITTAKER – The Vision Splendid
Hosted By 19 Karen
Jul 31st - Aug 28th, 2010
'The Vision Splendid' illustrates a personal quest described with an honest optimism that is both beautiful and captivating. While Abigael’s preceding bodies of work utilised her signature textile based detailing, it is in The Vision Splendid that this is explored in a most celebratory fashion.
JAMES REKA – Outside Infinity
Hosted By 19 Karen
Jul 31st - Aug 28th, 2010
James Reka is a young contemporary painter and artist based in Melbourne. With influences in pop culture, cartoons and illustration, Reka creates his own world of mysterious creatures that communicate though colour and movement, based around the style of abstracted fantasy and surrealism.
DAMIEN KAMHOLTZ – Bower boy blues
Hosted By 19 Karen
Jun 26th - Jul 24th, 2010
Toowoomba-based Damien Kamholtz's paintings have beautifully layered imagery inspired by childhood memories.
Lightmares
Hosted By 19 KAREN
May 22nd - Jun 19th, 2010
Group show featuring nine emerging Australian artists.
LEIGH PEARSON – Ab Imo Pectore – Love Stories from Byron Bay
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Mar 27th - Apr 24th, 2010
Leigh Pearson is a painter who lives and works in Byron Bay. Leigh's work is mostly figurative, arising from a fascination with the human race and the interactions and rituals that form the framework of our lives.
RYUZO KOJIMA – The Exceeding the Time-Space
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Mar 27th - Apr 24th, 2010
Through this solo exhibition, Ryuzo Kojima would like to express fusion of the nature and his expression.
MARCO WAGNER – Bojovníci (Fighters)
Hosted By 19 Karen
Mar 27th - Apr 24th, 2010
In Marco Wagner's art, he is facing the fears and discomfort from his childhood, while the main focus is on people's vulnerability in an assumed protective environment.
19 MOOD SWINGS
Hosted By 19 Karen
Feb 20th - Mar 20th, 2010
Group show featuring 19 of 19 Karen Artists.
TASTE OF SUMMER
Hosted By 19 Karen
Jan 19th - Feb 13th, 2010
A summer exhibition featuring select works from our stockroom.