Curriculum Vitae

         

 

 EDUCATION

2012-2015     B.F.A. Victorian College the Arts, University of Melbourne

2009-2011     Dip. V.A. Swinburne University of Technology

2000-2001    Short and extension Certificates, Interior Decoration and Design, Box Hill TAFE

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 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023             Unravelling, Gallery 2, Five Walls, Footscray

2020             Alchemical, Gallery 4, Five Walls, Footscray

2019             Kink and smooth in blue, Five Walls, Footscray

2019             Tilted Air, Residents’ Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham

2018             Room  …  (for the breathless), Five Walls Projects, Footscray

2017             Shadyspace, Seventh Gallery, Gertrude Street, Collingwood

2013            11 Kruses Road, a private residence, Warrandyte

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 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023          Abstracti♂n, Galleries 1,2,4, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne.

2022          Abstraction Twenty Twenty Two, Galleries 1,2,3, Five Walls. Footscray., Melbourne

2021         Tape 2, Five Walls, Footscray

2020         Tape 1, Five Walls, Footscray

2020         Destruction, Beauty and Hope, Fundraiser for fire relief, the Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham

2018         Nillumbik Prize Exhibition, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne (shortlisted)

2018         Abstraction Twenty-Eighteen, Five Walls Projects, Footscray         

2017         Modern Life, Maroondah Access Space, Ringwood, Melbourne

2016         Still Life, Maroondah Access Space, Ringwood, Melbourne

2016         Belle Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Johnston Street, Melbourne

2016         The Union Collection: Recent Acquisitions 2012-2016, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne

2015         Public, Private and Performance, Kings ARI, King Street, Melbourne

2014         Graduation Exhibition, VCA, University of Melbourne

2014         Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne

2014         Majlis Travelling Scholarship Prize (short list), Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne

 

 

 PRIZES OR SHORTLISTED        

2018         Nillumbik Prize (shortlist), Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne

2014         Majlis Travelling Scholarship (shortlist), Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne

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 PUBLICATIONS        

 2017       Shadyspace: Karen Wells, 2017,  Essay by Alex Walker

 2014       VCA Graduate Catalogue, VCA, University of Melbourne

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 TALKS                     

2019        Artist’s talk, Residents’ Gallery, Montsalvat

2017        Artist’s talk, Seventh Gallery, Collingwood

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 COLLECTIONS

2018               Five Walls collection, Five Walls, Footscray

2014               Union Art Collection, University of Melbourne, Melbourne    

2012 - 2021     Private collections in Melbourne, Western Australia and New Zealand     

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  LINKS

FIVE WALLS

www.fivewalls.com.au/archives/karen-wells

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ARCADE

https:www.facebook.com/arcadeprojectspace/

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KINGSARI

https:www.kingsartistrun.org.au/artists/karen-wells

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SEVENTH GALLERY

https:www.facebook.com/seventhgallery/posts/10155469887141100

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ART EDIT Magazine

https:artedit.com.au/showcase-karen-wells/

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