Karen Standke
Born 1973 in Munich, Germany. Based in Tokyo, Japan, 1997.
Based in Wellington, New Zealand 1997 until 2000. Based in Australia since 2000.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Full circle, Manningham Art Gallery, Doncaster, VIC
Beautiful weeds, Wide Open Road, Castlemaine, Vic
2015 drift, Jackman Galleries, Melbourne,Vic
2012 You are here, Jackman Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2010 All things must pass, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2009 Far away so close, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2008 …where the heart is, Pivotal galleries, Melbourne, Vic
Berg-geist (Mountain-Spirit), Altes Kino, Ehrwald, Austria
2007 Alternate Routes, Yering Station, Yarra Glen, Vic
2006 Recent work, Walrus Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2005 Down South, Rise, Wellington, NZ
WA mate, Pivotal Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Felsensicht(Rockviews), Altes Kino, Ehrwald, Austria
2002 Show me where, Gallery 11, Melbourne, Vic
2000 Poetry of Silence, Stone Art Collections, Wellington, NZ
1999 As far as you can see, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, NZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Caravan, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2020 Art Aviso -3.0 (1.5 degrees), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne , VIC
2019 The Other Art Fair, Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW
2016 - 2019 Black mist burnt country, touring nationally
2018 Moreland Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, BrunswickVIC
2017 Portland Art exhibition, Portland, Victoria
2014 “speak out” at Counhihan Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2013 Current Tendencies, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Vic
“Land”, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee, Vic
2012 Der Berg, Kunstraum 11, Ehrwald, Austria
2011 Pyrenees Art exhibition, Beaufort, Vic
2010 Camberwell Fine Art Society show, Melbourne, Vic
2009 Melbourne Art fair, Melbourne, Vic
2007 Chelsea international Fine Art Show, Agora Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Embark, Pivotal Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
5 plus, Rise Café, Wellington, NZ
2002 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Woomera Art Auction for Refugees, Gammaspace, Melbourne, Vic
Stir, Gammaspace, Melbourne, Vic
Awards
2022 Excellency award at the Chelsea Inernational Art Competition NYC, USA
Finalist for the Omnia Art Prize, VIC
Finalist for the Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Salon des Refuses, QLD
2021 Finalist for the National Capital Art Prize, ACT
Finalist for the Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Salon des Refuses, QLD
2020 Finalist for the John Leslie Art Prize,Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC
Finalist for the John Villiers Outback art Prize, Winton , Queensland
2019 Finalist for the Lethbridge Art Award, Paddington, NSW
Finalist for the Hawkesbury Art Prize, Richmond, NSW
2018 Winner of the Noel Counihan Art Award, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick VIC
Winner of thePeople’s choice Prize, ROI Art Prize, Brunswick VIC
Winner of thePeople’s choice Prize, Albert Park Exhibition, Port Melbourne, VIC
Finalist for the John Leslie Art Prize,Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC
Finalist for the Corangamarah Art Prize, Red Rock Gallery, Colac, VIC
Finalist for the Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, VIC
2017 Finalist for the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Art Gallery, SA
2016 Finalist for the Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, VIC
2014 Finalist and Winner of the People’s choice award, Albany Art prize, WA
Best Oil painting, Pyrenees Art Exhibition, Victoria
2013 Finalist for the Mount Eyre Art prize, Rex Livingston Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2011 Finalist for the Glover prize, Tasmania
2009 Finalist for the Prometheus Art Prize, Queensland
Grants
2018 Recipient of Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award
2008 Recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
Residencies
2008 Artist in Residency, Ehrwald, Austria
2007 Artist in Residency at the BAC, Bangalore, India
2006 Artist in Residency at Territory Craft, Araluen Arts Precinct,Alice Springs, NT
Artist in Residency at Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon, NSW, Australia
2004 Artist in Residency at the Zugspitzatelier, Ehrwald, Austria
Public Collections
2020 Moreland Art Collection, Brunswick, VIC
2008Pollock Krasner Foundation, NYC, USA
2006Bundanon, NSW, Australia
Professional Development
2019 Lithography Winter School Course , Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Image Transfer Workshop, The Art Room
Picture Framing workshop, CAE, Melbourne
2018 Black mist burnt country Artists tour, Maralinga,Yalata, Kimba, Ceduna and Hawker, SA
2010 Bush Heritage residency, Bon Bon Station, APY lands, SA
2009 Painting Research Trip, Dampier Peninsula Communities
2007 Indigenous Elders workshop, Menindee Lakes, NSW
2006 Territory Craft Studios, Araluen Art centre, Mparntwe/Alice Springs
Representations
Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Manyung Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
Corporate Art Rentals, Melbourne, Vic
Art Bureau, Auckland, NZ
Art Library, Wellington, NZ
Publications
Can Art stop a bullet? , Documentary film and book
Black mist burnt country, 2019, Beyond Nuclear International
Exhibition heats up , 2018, Moreland Leader, Victoria
Full Circle Review, 2018 City of Whitehorse news,Victoria
Black mist burnt country Review, 2016, “The Australian”, Sydney NSW
Black mist burnt country Review, 2016, “The Conversation”, Sydney, NSW
Days of art review, “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, May 2012, Innsbruck, Austria
Berg- Geist review, “Tiroler Tageszeitung”, May 2008, Innsbruck, Austria
Portrait in “Artist Profile Magazine”, September 2007, Sydney, NSW
CAAMA Radio Interview, October 2006, Alice Springs, NT
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