Kate Rohde and Romance was Born!

The launch of renaissance dinosaur on Wednesday night was fabulous with fun to be had by all!

A big thank you to Kate, the Romance kids (Anna and Luke) and all of you who turned out in your masses to help us celebrate this spectacular collaboration between fashion and art!

Take a peek at installation, exhibition and opening night pics on our Facebook page. We have also been awestruck by the great press the show has received so far...read all about it on The Vine, Broadsheet, Artabase, The Age and in Red Magazine (Issue 31).

renaissance dinosaur is current until September 18.

Construct a group sculpture with Michael Doolan

Join Michael Doolan in constructing a group sculpture and finding a place for it in the world.

The event will be presented by Craft Victoria and Signal (Melbourne's first arts studio dedicated to people aged between 13 and 20 interested in a wide range of art forms).

Date: Saturday August 28
Venue: Signal, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne
(behind Flinders St Station - towards Sandridge Bridge)
Bookings: signal@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Cost: Free

renaissance dinosaur

Renaissance Dinosaur the collaborative exhibition between Sydney fashion label Romance Was Born and Kate Rohde opens this evening from 6pm.

Come down and join us for a glass of bubbles and enter the realm of fantasy!

Nell at Roslyn Oxley Gallery

We are loving Nell's current body of work on show at Roslyn Oxley Gallery.

If you happen to be in Sydney the exhibition runs until September 4.

Titania Henderson and Michael Doolan: Ceramic Art Award

Titania Henderson and Michael Doolan have been selected for the Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award.

The exhibition runs from August 21 until October 17 2010.

A winner will be announced at the opening today.

Magda Matwiejew: reviews and awards

If you haven't had an opportunity to get in and see Magda's exhibition, En Pointe, today is the last day.

The exhibition has been a great success with Magda's film Pretty Ballerina shortlisted as a finalist for the best Experimental Film in the general industry section at the 2010 Atom Awards.

The show has also received lots of coverage in the media. Most recently dedece have blogged about the exhibition, as well as a review in Lip Magazine .

Karen Woodbury Gallery is open from 11am until 5pm.

Sam Jinks: Shepparton Art Gallery

If you missed our recent Sam Jinks exhibition, you still have an opportunity to see one of the works from the show.

Woman and child 2010, will travel to Shepparton Art Gallery and be on exhibition from tonight until November 7 2010.

eX de Medici: Living Deadly

eX de Medici currently has work in the Living Deadly exhibition at Monash Gallery of Art.

Living deadly explores ways in which optical effects are used to make the viewer physically aware of things beyond their physical reality.

The exhibition includes work by Brook Andrew, Anne Ferran, John Gollings, Ruark Lewis, John Mawurndjul, Rod McNicol, eX de Medici, James Morrison and Robyn Stacey.

The exhibition runs until September 19 2010.

Michael Cusack: Tweed River Art Gallery

Gallery artist Michael Cusack has some work in The Industrialists, a group exhibition at Tweed River Art Gallery in Murwillumbah, NSW.

Peter Sharp, artist and educator, will officially open the exhibition this evening at 6pm.

Current from August 13 - September 26 2010.

Congratulations Locust Jones

Our congratulations to Locust Jones on winning the Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award 2010.

His winning work, Lozenge of Dawn, will be exhibited at the Waikato Museum, New Zealand with the 32 other finalists until January next year.

Melbourne Art Fair: Wrap up

We are just about recovered from the 2010 Melbourne Art Fair...Thank you to our artists and all who attended the Karen Woodbury Gallery stand making it such a success for the gallery!

If you missed out head to our website for images.

Kate Rohde / RWB: Urban Outfitters Blog

Urban Outfitters have blogged about the upcoming Kate Rohde and Romance Was Born exhibition.

Check it out here.

Melbourne Art Fair

Karen Woodbury Gallery is excited to give you a sneak peek of our Melbourne Art Fair stand.

Be sure to pop by and say hello, stand F27 (downstairs).

We look forward to seeing you there!

BSG Photographic Prize Winners

You may recall we blogged here about Karen judging the Brunswick Street Gallery, Picture This Photographic Prize. We thought we would show you the winning and runner up works...

The winner of the $10,000 prize was Sean O'Carroll, with the work (left), Untitled 1 (From the Series Boys, Guns, Etc?)

The runner up prize went to Narelle Conwell for (left), One is to One Point One Six Eight 1&II

Our congratulations to Sean, Narelle and all of the highly commended works (you can check them out here).

Robert Boynes

Robert Boynes has an exhibition of new works on show at Brenda May Gallery.

The exhibition opens today and is current until August 29.

Michael Doolan: Supermaker

We blogged about Michael Doolan's Supermaker project (with Craft Victoria) last week. Well the work has now been installed in the Atrium at Federation Square and it looks amazing!

The installation is current until August 25.

Here is sneak peek...

Magda Matwiejew on Artabase

Artabase have posted a review on Magda's exhibition...read it here.

eX de Medici and Ros Atkins

eX de Medici and Ros Atkins have been working on a collaborative project at the Art Vault, Mildura.

Here is a sneak peak at the etchings in their first state. These were produced during a two week residency at Art Vault in early July. The artists have since been working on each others plates and will edition the finished plates back at Art Vault in early January 2011 (each print will be an edition of 20).

We look forward to the finished works!



Produced in Residency at the Art Vault, Mildura.
Ros Atkins is represented by Australian Galleries.

Magda Matwiejew: The Age

See the article Labouring the Pointe, written by Annie Stevens for The Age which takes a look at Magda's practice and new exhibition, Pretty Ballerina on now at Karen Woodbury Gallery.

Exhibition current until August 21.

Drinks with the artist this afternoon, from 3pm.

Melbourne Art Fair

From August 4-8, Karen Woodbury Gallery will be at Melbourne Art Fair. We are excited to be showcasing some fabulous new works by:

Del Kathryn Barton
Michael Doolan
Marie Hagerty
Sam Jinks
eX de Medici
Lara Merrett
Derek O'Connor
John Pule
Lisa Roet
Aida Tomescu
Philip Wolfhagen

Be sure to stop by and say hello!

Stand F27 (downstairs)

Kate Rohde and Romance was Born exhibition

You may recall we blogged a little while ago about Kate Rohde's collaboration with fashion label Romance Was Born for RAFW 2010.

We are excited to announce an exhibition of these collaborative works in the gallery from 25 August - September 18. Save the date - the show promises to be a celebration of colour and the spectacular!

New exhibition: Magda Matwiejew

Magda Matwiejew's new exhibition En Pointe has opened today at Karen Woodbury Gallery.

Join us for drinks with the artist this Saturday, July 31 from 3-5pm.

The exhibition is current until August 21.

Michael Doolan: Supermaker

Michael Doolan has been commissioned by Craft Victoria as part of the Craft Cubed festival as their inaugural Super Maker.

Super Maker is a large-scale, public art commission created by an established craft practitioner. Michael Doolan will present Once Upon a Time, a large scale, inflatable sculpture suspended above the viewer in Federation Square’s Atrium. It will be Melbourne’s most ambitious public craft commission to date.

Supermaker: Michael Doolan, Once Upon a Time has been curated by Joe Pascoe. The installation will be on display in the Fed Square Atrium from 26 July until 25 August. It will be special so don't miss it!

Keep an eye out for installation images of the work coming soon...

Aida Tomescu joins Karen Woodbury Gallery

Karen Woodbury Gallery is very pleased to announce we now represent Aida Tomescu in Melbourne.

We will be showing new works by Aida at the Melbourne Art Fair (4-8 August) followed by a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper at Karen Woodbury Gallery from 20 October - 13 November.

If you would like any information regarding available works, email us at info@kwgallery.com .

Karen Woodbury to judge Photographic prize

Karen will be judging the Picture This Open Photographic Prize at Brunswick Street Gallery this evening.

The winner will be announced at 7:15pm and will take home a $10,000 prize.

For more details check out the BSG website.

We have a winner!

Thank you to all of you for your enthusiastic response to our giveaway of 2 Melbourne Art Fair passes. Using Random.org we have randomly picked a winner (drum roll...), and the winner of the 2 Melbourne Art Fair Passes is:

Hari Ho

(We will be in contact by email to arrange delivery of your prize.)

Your response has been overwhelming! We look forward to keeping you up to speed with all the exciting news about Karen Woodbury Gallery and our amazing stable of artists.

Stay tuned for another giveaway a little closer to Art Fair...

Curious Colony - Philip Wolfhagen

We have images of the work by Philip Wolfagen from Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer.

Philip Wolfhagen made three oil paintings on red cedar panels in response to convict painter Joseph Lycett’s panels on the Macquarie chest.

Curious Colony - Kate Rohde

We have an image of the exquisite work by Kate Rohde from Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer.

Locust Jones - Hill End residency 2011

Locust Jones will be artist in residence at Hill End - Haefligers cottage from 1 March - 31 March 2011.

We look forward to seeing the resulting works from his time there!

Locust Jones - Waikato Museum

Locust Jones has been selected for the Waikato Museum Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award 2010 - a showcase of the best contemporary art from New Zealand.

Rachel Kent, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney is the judge for this year's prize.

The exhibition will run from 7 August 2010 - 9 January 2011.

Curious Colony: Kate Rohde and Philip Wolfhagen

Kate Rohde and Philip Wolfagen both have work in Curious Colony: A twenty first century Wunderkammer, which opened last night at the Newcastle Region Art Gallery. We will have some images of the show soon!

The exhibition runs from 10 July until 29 August.

Beleura National Works on Paper (MPRG)

Two of our artists, Marie Hagerty and Rhys Lee have been selected to partake in the Beleura National Works on Paper Prize at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

The winner will be announced September 13.

Nicholas Folland: Turner Galleries

Nicholas Folland (who had work in our Navigators exhibition) currently has an exhibition of new works at Turner Galleries.

If you happen to be in Perth, this is a definite must see. The exhibition is current until, 24 July.

Sam Jinks - Artabase

Artabase have reviewed Sam Jinks' exhibition, read it here: Sam Jinks

Exhibition current until 24 July.

Locust Jones: selected Paul Guest Prize

Locust Jones has been selected for the Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery.

The winner of the Paul Guest Prize will be announced Friday 13 August.

Sam Jinks - Broadsheet

Broadsheet have a feature story on Sam Jinks in the current issue. Take a peak into his studio and the making of the works for his current exhibition at Karen Woodbury Gallery (30 June - 24 July 2010).

Studio visit with Sam Jinks

Jonathon Nichols - Fletcher Jones Prize

Jonathon Nichols has been selected for the Geelong Gallery Fletcher Jones Art Prize.

The exhibition runs from 24 July - 12 September
A winner will announced at the official opening on 23 July, 6-8pm.

Sam Jinks - exhibition open

The highly anticipated Sam Jinks solo exhibition has opened at Karen Woodbury Gallery.

Join us for drinks with the artist this Saturday, 3-5pm.
The exhibition runs until July 24.

Heather B. Swann - Sovereign Asian Art prize

Heather B. Swann has been nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize.

Finalists will be announced in August 2010. The prestigious first prize of US$25,000 will be announced at beginning of the finalists' exhibition in October 2010.

Locust Jones - 24HR ART

If you are in Darwin, check out Locust Jones' current exhibition, Lozenge of Dawn at 24HRART on until July 24.

Magda Matwiejew - New Video Work

In anticipation of Magda Matwiejew's upcoming exhibition at Karen Woodbury Gallery (28 July - 21 August 2010) we thought we would give you a sneak peek of Magda's newest video work, Pretty Ballerina.

Click here to view the trailer of Pretty Ballerina.

Locust Jones: selected for the Noosa Regional Gallery 3D travelling Scholoarhip

Locust Jones' work, Shark Globe 2010, has been selected for the Noosa Regional Gallery Travelling Scholarship.

The official opening and announcement of the winner will take place, 6pm Friday 6 August.

Locust Jones: Art in America

Locust Jones' recent exhibition, Elevating a Disastorous Situation into a Catastrophe, at MOP Projects, 4-21 March, has been reviewed in the current issue of Art and America magazine.

Marie Hagerty

Marie Hagerty has been been selected to participate in Something in the air: Collage and Assemblage Canberra Region Art at the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, from June 20 until October 10 and in(two)art at Maitland Regional Art Gallery from August 20 until October 10. 

Del Kathryn Barton documentary on Artscape

Since winning the 2008 Archibald Prize, Del Kathryn Barton has become a rapidly rising star of the Australian contemporary art world.  Barton's richly colourful and hallucinogenic works offer a complex, often disorienting meditation upon the nature of reality.

We are pleased to announce Del Kathryn Barton will be the subject of an upcoming ABCTV Artscape: Artist at Work documentary.  Tune in to ABC1 this Tuesday 22 June, 10pm and gain an insight into the practice of this rising art star.

REPEAT Lisa Roet: Ape Lady

If you missed it the first time...the Artscape documentary, Lisa Roet: Ape Lady will be repeated, Sunday 27 June on ABC2 6.30pm. The documentary follows the artist as she creates her most ambitious work - a huge 3-metre high one-tonne bronze cast. A must see. 

Lara Merrett tapestry to be unveiled

Lara Merrett has worked with the Victorian Tapestry Workshop to realise a significant tapestry work.  The tapestry was conceived in response to a poem written by Dr Francis Macnab, inspired by his desire to incorporate an important, and colourful work of art into the interior of St Michael's Uniting Church.  The poem became the inspiration for a series of three paintings, one of which was chosen to be the subject of this new tapestry.

Accomplished weavers, Pamela Joyce and Cheryl Thornton of the Victorian Tapestry Workshop worked for 16 weeks to complete the tapestry. The finished work is substantial and arresting with floating and ambiguous forms connecting against a luminous background. The work is titled, Celebrated Light, and is 150 cm x 150 cm.

Celebrated Light, will be unveiled at St Michael's Uniting Church, during service on Sunday June 20, 10am. Everyone is invited to share in the occasion.

Jonathan Nichols @ The National Portrait Gallery

Jonathan Nichols is currently included in a group exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra entitled Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age. This exhibition runs from 22 May - 22 August 2010.  

Lara Merrett: every breath you take

Lara Merrett's exhibition every breath you take is now open! Official opening drinks with the artist are this Saturday 5 June from 3 - 5 pm.