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SPRING BRUNCH

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18th September, 2024

Saturday the 14th of September marked our first Spring brunch event hosted by Monique Di Russo, including: – Artist Sarah Beetson painting live – Basque Cheesecake & Champagne served to all our special guests – Silk Laundry fashion parade Thank you to everyone who joined us!

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20th April, 2021

Fanny Brodar has recently been featured in an article by Munchies Art Club titled, ‘Fanny Brodar | Paints Big, Bright and Fantastical Works’. The article features work that is currently available at 19 Karen Gallery such as ‘Gun’s and Boots‘ and ‘Far From Home‘. Click HERE to read more…

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24th March, 2021

Carole King has recently been awarded the Warren Entsch Award: Best Acrylic Painting, for her painting ‘The Mangrove’ at the 73rd Annual Cairns Art Society Exhibition 2021. ‘The Cairns Art Society is one of North Queensland’s oldest and largest community art organisations and was formed in 1931 to ‘promote an interest in art and where possible […]

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19th March, 2021

Brisbane Grammar School has added Australian artist Johnny Romeo’s artwork to their private collection. ‘Crimp Crew’ (an interpretation of Popeye the Sailor) from Romeo’s recent solo exhibition at Tiny Tree Café is an exemplar piece representative of the artists neo expressionist pop style. “Brisbane Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, […]

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19th March, 2021

The sculptural artistic duo Skuja Braden are at it again! Winning an open competition with the Ministry of Culture (MoC) they will exhibit with The Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition next year. With exhibitions world-wide and numerous accolades, the pair were recognised as highlighting Latvian contemporary arts and culture, […]

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15th October, 2020

Sculptural artistic duo Skuja Braden have been nominated for two independent Art awards in Latvia, the Kilogram of Kulture Latvian Art Awards and the Purvisa Balva Award. Both awards accept nominees chosen by a panel of jurors and recognise achievements of artists from various fields. The Kilogram of Kulture Art Awards are widely accepted as […]

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13th October, 2020

Featuring in the tenth anniversary edition of Ocean Road Magazine, Britty Em’s opening exhibition was colourfully captured by magazine Director and Photographer Brian Usher. See all the images and read more about our fabulous region in the full Spring 2020 #40 edition of this iconic local magazine. Click HERE to see the photo’s of Britty […]

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19 Karen, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, contemporary art, Gold Coast, Jetstar
24th October, 2019

5 ways to experience the new Gold Coast 19 Karen features in a an article on Jetstar.com on where to experience the region’s food, culture and art scene. Read the article HERE

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Art Award, Clayton Utz Art Award, Selway Lampard
29th August, 2019

Congratulations to Selway Lampard who is a finalist in the Clayton Utz Art Awards for her work -‘White Noise’

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Art Prize, Clayton Utz Art Award, Ryan White
29th August, 2019

Congratulations to Ryan White who is a finalist in the 2019 Clayton Utz Art Prize with his work – ‘#72 Kondalilla National Park’

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art exhibition, Art Show, Go Suga, Under The Stars
1st August, 2019

Fantastic interview with Go Suga in the August edition of Blank Magazine Gold Coast about his upcoming show ‘Under The Stars’. Read the article HERE

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11th June, 2019

Congrats to Johnny Romeo – with a full page interview about his new show – DREAM-LAND – ‘Pop Goes the Easel’ – in U on Sunday Magazine in the Courier Mail. (Article by Fiona Purdon)

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19 Karen, Jetstar, Magazine
8th May, 2019

19 Karen have featured in a great article by Katrina Lobley in the May edition of Jetstar Magazine – ’48 Hours on the Gold Coast – The Ultimate Hit List’

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Archibald Prize, Loribelle Spirovski, Megan Washington
7th May, 2019

Congratulations to Loribelle Spirovski who has been picked as a finalist in the 2019 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Megan Washington – ‘Meg and Amos (and Art)’

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Art Capital 2019, Hugo Aguilar, Hugo C Aguilar
7th March, 2019

Congratulations to Hugo Aguilar, representing Mexico as a member of the first official Mexican Delegation to exhibit at the prestigious ‘Art Capital 2019’ in Paris.

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Claire Ishino, Felicia Aroney, Flowers, John Santucci, LOVE, Mellissa Read-Devine
19th February, 2019

The Art of LOVE A selection of artworks celebrating LOVE fill the gallery during the month of February 2019. And were featured in U Magazine (Sunday Mail, Brisbane 17th February 2019)

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Diversity, Family, Go Suga, Illustration
6th February, 2019

Go Suga has lent his illustration skills to a beautiful new children’s book celebrating the diversity of families. “My Family Doesn’t Look Like Your Family” Written by author Tenielle Stoltenkamp and illustrated by Go – the book was created to reflect the different shapes and forms of families in our community. Article featured in the Gold […]

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Art Prize, Highly Commended, Port Lincoln Art Prize, Romy, Todd Romanowycz
31st January, 2019

Congratulations to Todd Romanowycz. Highly Commended at the 2019 Port Lincoln Art Prize for his work ‘Just another Still Life’

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Art Award, Ivan Lovatt, Swell Sculpture Festival
26th September, 2018

A BIG congratulations to Ivan Lovatt – who took out the ‘Kids Choice Award’ and the ‘People’s Choice Award’ at the 2018 Swell Sculpture Festival with his work – ‘You’re Terrible Muriel’ – a giant chicken wire sculpture of a Galah that used to visit his home. See all the winners from this years amazing […]

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Go Suga, Podcast, Terri Lew, Two Girls and Nothing To Wear
26th September, 2018

Gallery Director Terri Lew and Artist Go Suga were part of ‘Two Girls and Nothing To Wear’s Podcast from Pacific Fair. Head HERE to find out more. Subscribe to the Pacific Fair Podcast on the Apple Store or search for ‘Pacific Fair’ in your favourite podcast app.

Artist Ivan Lovatt is at Swell Sculpture Festival this year with his amazing piece “You’re Terrible Muriel” “TAKE AN ORDINARY PIECE OF MATERIAL AND DON’T NECESSARILY MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT MATERIAL BUT TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE, SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT MATERIAL, AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN APPLY THAT TO CREATE […]

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19 Karen artist, contemporary art, Go Suga
6th September, 2018

Congratulations to 19 Karen artist Go Suga – who is a finalist in Outre Gallery’s ‘The Small Wall Project’ which will take place in 2019.

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AM DeBrincat, beautiful.bizarre, Mixed media
5th June, 2018

The amazing work of AM DeBrincat features in a new article in Beautiful Bizarre – ‘AM DEBRINCAT: MIXED MEDIA EXTRAORDINAIRE’. The article explores her approach to art, her art practice and her inspiration. Read the article HERE

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Art Award, Border Art Prize, Highly Commended, Patrick McMahon
30th May, 2018

Congratulations to Patrick McMahon – who has recently been awarded Highly Commended at the Border Art Prize for his work – ‘Movement With Colour’. The Border Art Prize is on display at Tweed Regional Gallery and MIArt Precinct in Murwillumbah until 15th July 2018.

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AM DeBrincat, art exhibition, Art Show, Mixed media, WideWalls
15th May, 2018

Digital Echoes Meet the Mythological – AM DeBrincat’s Halogen venus at 19 Karen. A fantastic article exploring AM’s worki. Widewalls chats with AM DeBrincat about her new show at 19 Karen, and her art practice. “AM DeBrincat’s series Halogen Venus explores identity in the digital age and reflects contemporary society’s obsession with the fabrication and maintenance of digital selves.” Read […]

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19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, FlightNetwork, Gold Coast
10th May, 2018

72 Hours in Brisbane? Why not take a few hours off and take in some of the sights of the beautiful Gold Coast, just an hour down the road. So much to see and do, including getting your art on at 19 Karen. FlightNetwork recently included 19 Karen in their must see list of things […]

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Art Prize, Calleen Art Prize, finalist, petra reece
13th April, 2018

Congratulations to Petra Reece, who has been selected as a finalist in the Calleen Art Prize which is held west of Sydney in the Cowra Regional Art Gallery. The painting is called ‘The Royal Hotel’ which is part of the “house” series of paintings she has been working on recently. Oil on linen, 102 x 112cm.

Skount featured in “Burn City’ – a book about street art in Melbourne

Lou Chamberlain – “Burn City” – Melbourne’s Painted Streets – 19 Karen artist Skount is very proud to be part of Lou Chamberlains’ book on the street art of Melbourne – “Burn City”. Two of his paintings in Fitzroy and Collingwood – “Ethereal” and “Inner Portrait” – are featured. Read about it on Skounts blog […]

Musing on Murals Italian artist taking his environmental message to the streets. Visiting Italian artist Gola Hundun was featured in U On Sunday Magazine (Courier Mail) on April 1 with a write up about the amazing mural he has completed at Pacific Fair and his solo show on at 19 Karen.

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Blank Magazine, gola hundun
1st April, 2018

Blank Magazine have listed their top 4 must see exhibitions this April, and Gola Hundun’s – 7.6 Billion and Still Growing’ is right at the top. “Italian artist Gola Hundun is coming to Australia for his debut Australian show with 19 Karen. ‘7.6 Billion and Still Growing’ refers to the number of human beings that […]

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19 Karen artist, Art Award, Art Prize, art prize finalist, Australian Artists, award winner, Ceramic art
15th March, 2018

Congratulations to Megan Puls! She is the winner of the 2018 Muswellbrook $10000 Art Prize – Ceramics.

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19 Karen artist, Belgium, Joachim, Street Art, Street Style
1st February, 2018

Belgium Street Artist – Joachim – gets personal about Art, Style and his MOA Sneaker collab in a fantastic article in Ploy Magazine. Read it HERE

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Art is Beauty, Artistic, Indie184, Rimmel London, Street Style
24th January, 2018

Rimmel London has appointed 19 Karen artist Indie184 as their Chief Artistic Officer! Chandra Coleman, VP of US Marketing at Rimmel London, said that Indie184’s “Work epitomizes the notion that beauty is art and art is beauty.” Coleman said that the New York-born graffiti artist will help Rimmel redefine beauty standards so customers can create […]

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abstract art, art lesson, art workshop, Helen Holmes
10th January, 2018

Sip on a glass of wine as you create your masterpiece. Grab your friends, a bottle of wine and get ready to harvest your creativity in a fun filled night of painting and laughter in an amazing gallery setting. Learn abstract intuitive painting in this workshop run by exciting local 19 Karen artist Helen Holmes. No artistic […]

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Agnostic Forms, Andrew Weir, art exhibition, Fine Arts, Glasgow
8th November, 2017

Congratulations to artist Andrew Weir who has had 2 of his works – The Promise in Naoji’s Letter no.2 & And The Whole Thing Became Kabuki no.2 – chosen to be part of the 154th Open Annual Exhibition at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in Scotland.

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19 Karen, Gold Coast, Mermaid Beach, Things to do
19th October, 2017

Head to Lonely Planet for this great article by Penny Carroll on some of the exciting and different things the Gold Coast has to offer – including 19 Karen. Read it HERE

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Hugo Aguilar, Hugo C Aguilar
13th October, 2017

Last week was the celebration of the 8th Biennial of Visual Arts in South-California. Hugo Aguilar participated in the exhibition, and his artwork “Primitive Guardian II” received an Honorable Mention. This is the first Biennial Hugo has participated in and out of the 500 pieces and more than 200 artists to choose from, he was in the […]

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Art Award Finalist, Art Prize, Georges River Art Prize, petra reece
5th October, 2017

Congratulations to Petra Reece who has been announced as a finalist in the Georges River Art Prize for her work “Floodplain’.

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finalist, Rick Amor Art Prize, Self Portrait
29th September, 2017

Congratulations to Petra Reece for being selected as a finalist in the Rick Amor Self Portrait Art Prize for her ‘Self Portrait In A Red Scarf’. Entries for this art prize came from all over Australia and Petra’s selection is a great achievement.

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finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Realism
16th September, 2017

Congratulations to Melissa Hartley for being selected as a finalist for Mosman Art Prize, which is celebrating it’s 70th year. Melissa was selected for her artwork “Intricate Nature”.

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16th September, 2017

[Left Image] Brothers Ratur and Sckaro completed their latest mural together for the Out In The Open mural project in Aalborg, Denmark. [Middle Image] Brazillian artist, Claudio Ethos has been doing lots and lots of murals in the past year, this being one of them. [Right Image] Gola Hundun just finished a mural on the […]

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London, Mandrake Hotel, Mural
16th September, 2017

Congratulations to Peter-John De Villiers for his private commission of a wall mural for The Mandrake Hotel. The Mandrake is a new, independent, boutique hotel in London and PJ’s mural is lucky enough to be dawning it’s walls.

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Ceramic art, Ceramics, Michaela Kloeckner
12th September, 2017

Congratulations to Michaela Kloeckner who is a finalist in the 2017 Brisbane Art Prize. The show opens on October 12th, from 6.30pm at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. To find out more click HERE

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Art Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Esther Erlich
7th September, 2017

With a beautiful painting of her mother – Titled: ‘Dignified’ – Esther Erlich has proudly gained selection as a finalist in the prestigious Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Congratulations Esther.

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Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak, Guest Blog, Surrealism
18th August, 2017

Polish artist Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak has been featured on the online gallery and art resource Wow x Wow. She wrote a guest blog about ‘Animals and Us’ and how this also translates into her own painting. Check out her blog here

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19 Karen artist, coco davez
16th August, 2017

Catching up on all things Coco Dávez in an article on Find and Seek. Read it HERE

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19 Karen artist, coco davez, colourful, International Artists, spanish artist
16th August, 2017

Get up to date on the phenomenon that is Coco Dávez – in an amazing interview with Facoco. Read it HERE

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19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Art Award Finalist, Art gallery, contemporary art, Picture Hanging, Terri Lew
21st June, 2017

Check out this great video, in which Gallery Director Terri Lew talks about the fantastic hanging system we have in the gallery from Picture Hanging Systems.

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Go Suga, Peter-John de Villiers, Ryuzo Kojima, Sacha Beverley, WideWalls
9th May, 2017

Head to Widewalls – an amazing website for art, artists, galleries, exhibitions and all things creative around the world. And while you are there – check out their fantastic review of our current exhibition featuring: Go Suga (Gold Coast) – Time Traveller Sacha Beverley (Gold Coast) – Make A Wish Ryuzo Kojima (Japan) – Living […]

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Go Suga, Gold Coast, Gold coast artist, Sacha Beverley
4th May, 2017

The Time Traveller and The Genie Sacha Beverley and Go Suga feature in the latest edition of Blank Magazine (online and print) – with their upcoming solo shows at 19 Karen. Read all about them HERE.

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