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Opening Night – September 2017

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19 Karen, Art gallery, art opening, Megan Puls, Mellissa Read-Devine, sally paxton, The James Street Preachers
13th September, 2017

Oh what a night! Great food, friends, music and AMAZING art. A big thank you to everyone who came along to our opening night and helped make it so much fun. Solo Shows by: Mellissa Read-Devine – Verdance Sally Paxton – Colours of the Spirit Megan Puls – Mangrove Music by: The James Street […]

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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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art opening, Go Suga, Peter-John de Villiers, Ryuzo Kojima, Sacha Beverley
10th May, 2017

What a night! Opening night of our May Exhibition was a great success! Celebrating the opening of 4 shows: Go Suga (Gold Coast) – Time Traveller Sacha Beverley (Gold Coast) – Make A Wish Ryuzo Kojima (Japan) – Living With Nature Peter-John de Villiers (Norway) – Domestica Entertainment by: Jackson James Smith

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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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Go Suga, Gold Coast, Gold coast artist, no cure magazine
4th May, 2017

Head to No Cure Magazine’s website – N/C Blog – and read all about exciting Gold Coast artist Go Suga and his new solo show at 19 Karen – Time Traveller. Read it HERE.

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19 Karen, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, inside gold coast, Terri Lew
3rd May, 2017

Double the love on Inside Gold Coast website this week… A wonderful interview with Terri Lew on life, art and all things 19 Karen – ‘Terri Lew’. And a fantastic article – ‘Five Reasons Locals Love Mermaid Beach’ – featuring us, our neighbours ‘The Borrowed Nursery’, ‘Little Mermaid’, the Squid Meat Disco at ‘Apres Surf’ and the night markets […]

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Ceramic art, International Exhibition, Megan Puls, NCECA
22nd April, 2017

Last month, Megan Puls was selected as one of the seven ceramic Australian artist’s to represent Australia in the “Omnus Terra” exhibition at Gallery 114 in Portland, Oregon. Her works were exhibited alongside seven ceramic American artists representing the United States. All of her ceramic pieces sold at this international exhibition (except for one).

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art opening, Art Show, beautiful.bizarre, exhibition opening, Opening Night
22nd March, 2017

What a night! Opening night of our first show of the year was a fantastic event. Bitter|Sweet – An International Group Exhibition – curated by beautiful.bizarre Magazine – featuring 23 exciting contemporary creatives from the world over. Music from The James Street Preachers.

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art exhibition, Art Show, beautiful.bizarre
22nd March, 2017

Installation photos from our latest International Group Exhibition – Bitter|Sweet – curated by beautiful.bizarre Magazine. Exhibition runs until 29th April 2017. Exhibiting Artists: Alexandra Levasseur, Crystal Morey, Edith Lebeau, Emilio Villalba, Erika Sanada, Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak, Harold Munoz, Hieu Nguyen, Julie Filipenko, Kazuhiro Hori, Kildren, Kirsten Stingle, Lisa King, Marie Larkin, Margarita Sampson, Mahlimae, Pamela Wilson, Pippa McManus, Rebecca Leveille, Sarah […]

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Art Prize, Figurative Painting, finalist, Helen Oprey
17th February, 2017

Our talented artist Helen Oprey has been selected as a finalist in the Wyndham Art Prize 2017 for her painting “Life Is Like a Bowl of Fruit”. Congratulations, Helen!

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australian artist, australian painter, creative women, female painter, local story space, sally paxton
3rd February, 2017

“My art career started later than many artists. There wasn’t an opportunity for me to attend an art school or work in a creative industry, I did however love and cherish my art practice throughout all my schooling.” Sally Paxton recently shared her story about being a painter with Local Story Space – a blog […]

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Australian Artists, Helen Oprey, HIGHLIFE Magazine
2nd February, 2017

Highlife Magazine Artist Feature - Helen Oprey

Helen Oprey, Australian artist who likes to paint the colourful, the thoughtful and the wacky and has recently been featured in the FEB/MARCH edition of HIGHLIFE Magazine.

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Ceramic art, new exhibition, Skuja Braden
21st January, 2017

Latvian contemporary ceramics duo Skuja Braden’s showcase exhibition at Panevezys Civic Art Gallery. People say that one can find great miracles in the most unexpected of places. In the northeastern region of Lithuania, far from its center, is an important international crossroads connecting Eastern and Western Europe, known as the Hanseatic line. Panevezys Civic Art Gallery lies […]

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Art Award, Art Award Finalist, finalist, Melissa Hartley, North Sydney art prize, still life
3rd December, 2016

Melissa Hartley’s beautiful work ‘The Empress’ has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 North Sydney Art Prize. Well done! Acrylic on gesso board, 46 x 61 cm

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art opening, Melissa Hartley, Richard Denny, Solo Exhibition, yosi messiah
30th November, 2016

What a night! A few photos from our November opening night. A big thank you to all who attended.

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Gold Coast, Opening Night, The Weekend Edition
27th October, 2016

Have a look at the wonderful photos from our opening night – all thanks to The Weekend Edition – Gold Coast. See them here.

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Art Award, Art Prize, award winner, contemporary art, first prize, still life
22nd October, 2016

Mellissa Read-Devine’s beautiful still life won a first prize in contemporary section at Ryde Art Society 56th Art Exhibition. This paining is acquired by her sponsor Hyecorp Property Group. Congratulations, Mellissa!

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art exhibition, art opening, exhibition opening, Opening Night, Solo Exhibitions
15th October, 2016

We are in the social pages of the Gold Coast Bulletin. Some of the lovely faces at the October opening night. 🙂

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12th October, 2016

All the excitement of opening night of our October Show. Click ‘READ MORE’ to see bigger images.

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Art Award, Art Award Finalist, Art Prize, len fox art prize
17th September, 2016

Petra Reece has been selected as a finalist in the Len Fox Art Prize, held in Castlemaine gallery, with her beautiful painting called ‘Work Day (Dawn)’

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Art Award, Ceramic art, Ceramic artist, Ceramics, Megan Puls, Suncoast Clayworkers Award
10th September, 2016

Our very talented ceramic artist Megan Puls won Suncoast Clayworkers Award. Well done!

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albany art prize, Art Award, australian artist, Oil painting
3rd September, 2016

Petra Reece’s received the Highly Commended Prize for my painting ‘The House II’ in the Albany Art Prize 2016. This piece was one of the 30 paintings that were chosen as finalists from all Australia.

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Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur networking, Gallery Hire, Spring Fling, StartUp Creative
2nd September, 2016

Startup Creative for the second year in a row hosted Spring Fling Entrepreneur Networking events at our gallery. Young entrepreneurs who were eager to listen and learn how to success in business came along and enjoyed the night.

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19 Karen, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Terri Lew, WideWalls
1st September, 2016

Check out the amazing interview Gallery Director Terri Lew has done with Widewalls. Read it HERE.

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Art Award Finalist, Art Prize, Esther Erlich, Kilgour
23rd August, 2016

Congratulations to Esther Erlich – a finalist in the prestigious Kilgour Prize 2016 for her work ‘Ben”.

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Art Award, Ceramics, Megan Puls
10th August, 2016

Congratulations Megan Puls. Highly Commended at 2016 Siliceous Awards for Ceramic Excellence with ceramic Arts Queensland.

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19 Karen, inside gold coast
4th August, 2016

Inside Gold Coast have come up with a wonderful list of 11 activities to feel like a local on the Gold Coast. Strolling the Village Markets, throwing down a blanket on Burleigh Hill, climbing Mount Warning.. And feasting your eyes on the art at 19 Karen. Read the whole list here.

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Art Award Finalist, art awards, Art Prize, finalist
23rd July, 2016

Helen Oprey has done it again! She has been selected as a finalist in Pirtek Still Life Prize 2016 at Bowral Art Gallery for her painting ‘Purple Vase’.

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Amanda Shelsher, Feathers, Public Art, Sculture
19th July, 2016

On the South Perth foreshore at the Mends Street Promenade you will find a new piece of public art. Created by Western Australian artist Amanda Shelsher, the artwork, titled ‘Resonance’ was modelled on three swan feathers, cast in bronze, and stands up to 1.9 metres high. The three Swan feathers are spiritual reminders of the […]

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Art Award Finalist, art awards, Art Prize, Oil painting, petra reece
9th July, 2016

Congratulations to Petra Reece on being selected as a finalist in the Albany Art Prize with a painting called ‘The House II’. Rumour has it that only 30 artists are in the finalists and were selected from all over Australia. Well done, Petra!

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Art Award, Art Award Finalist, Helen Oprey
6th July, 2016

What a busy artist! Congratulations to Helen Oprey – who is also a finalist in the Goulburn Art Prize with her work – ‘Gone Fishing’.

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Art Award, Ceramics, Skuja Braden
21st June, 2016

Congratulation to Skuja Braden for receiving the Jurors Personal Commendation from the European Keramika Westerwald Prize. “Personal Commendations of jurors: Dr. Alexander Clear commended two lush baroque decorated vase forms of Lettin Inguna Skuja, born in 1965, and the American Melissa Braden, born 1968. “Flocked Vase” and “Harvest Vase” playing with the contrast of kitsch […]

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Art Award Finalist, Art Prize, Helen Oprey
8th June, 2016

Congratulations to Helen Oprey. She won Highly Commended in The Women’s Art Prize 2016 – hosted by the City of Ryde – for her work – ‘Waiting’.

Johnny Romeo produced an amazing series of works – ‘The Great Lawyers’ – for Wyndham Lawyers in Sydney. The works hang proudly in the Wyndham offices and feature strongly on the company’s website. Click HERE to see more.