We are thrilled to share a very special honour for our Gallery Director, Terri Lew, who was invited to judge the 2026 SWELL Sculpture Festival Prize. Huge congratulations to the award winners: Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Award ($15,000): Clayton Blake — Ascend Neumann Family Highly Commended Award ($5,000): Thomas Pall — The Weight of Consciousness […]
Gallery Director Terri Lew spoke with Bern Young on ABC Radio about her search for the high school art student who painted the very first artwork Terri ever bought back in 1987. This single painting became the beginning of a lifelong passion for collecting art and ultimately launching 19 Karen Art Gallery. ABC Radio Listen to: […]
March 21st marked the opening of our In Time 7 International Mini Solo Shows. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our artists! Featured artists: Tcshiegg Attilio Esposito Elina Ojakangas Erik Minter Flora Castiglia Kai McCall Stefhany Y Lozano
August 9th marked the opening of our If Only Australian Mini Solo Shows. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our artists! Featured artists: Amber Kingi Angie Goto Caitlyn Taylor Christopher Lees Claire Yerbury Laura White Michelle Selway Lampard SAINT Chalom
May 3rd marked the opening of our Two of a Kind International group show. Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our artists!
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!
Congratulations to our represented artist Brian Cirmo (USA), recipient of The 2023 Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant Artist Grant. Three recipients were awarded a total of USD36,000 and will participate in a group exhibition at The Princetown Art Association and Museum in 2024. The mission of this grant is to promote public awareness of […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our artists! Joaquin Valdez Macher – ‘Happy Days’ Solo Show Amber Kingi – ‘Adorn’ Mini Solo Show Caitlyn Taylor – ‘Evolve’ Mini Solo Show Sean Edward Whelan – ‘Midnight Vignette’ Mini Solo Show Silas – ‘Travallaz’ Mini Solo Show Nector – ‘Domestic Meditations’ Mini Solo Show […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us! Featured artists: Beau B Frank Jose Ramon Lozano
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of: Alburoto – Brutal Scenes Philip Bosmans – Guardians Beau B Frank – Body of Water Yool Kim – Play With Josias Figueirido – Our Place
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of: ‘Everyday is Friday’ Solo Show | Debbie Reda ‘Burning Flowers’ Mini Solo Show | Jose Ramon Lozano ‘Queenlicious’ Mini Solo Show | Paolo Pilottti ‘Soul Quencher’ Mini Solo Show | Ramona Nordal ‘I am Space and Time’ Mini Solo Show | Wayan Sarcita Yasa […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported our artists! Glendon Cordell – ‘Vivid Realms’ Solo Show Brad Donovan – ‘Attain’ Mini Solo Show Elina Ojakangas – ‘Common People’ Mini Solo Show Lucy Pulvers – ‘Cafe People’ Mini Solo Show OTA – ‘Personal Colours’ Mini Solo Show Tom Gerrard – ‘Tree Change’ Mini Solo Show Wayan Sarcita […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of: Igor Villares Rosa’s Solo Exhibition: Extinct? Christina Gschwantner’s Mini Solo Exhibition: Colour and Kin Photography by: Lelian Zora Proudly Sponsered by: Young Henry’s
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Johnny Romeo’s ‘Ned Kelly Revisited‘ Solo Exhibition.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Mart Aire’s ‘Al Sur (To the South)’ Solo Exhibition. Music by: Tomorrow’s Forecast | Beverages by: Young Henry’s
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of our ‘Instagram Live‘ International Group Show Opening Night. Music by: James Street Preachers | Beverages by: Young Henry’s
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of our October ‘7 Mini Solo Shows’ featuring: Ariel Katzir – AUS Brendan Kelly – AUS Caitlyn Taylor – AUS Mellissa Read-Devine – AUS Michelle Fogarty – Australia Michelle Selway Lampard – AUS Patrick McMahon – AUS Music by: James Street Preachers | Beverages by: […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of our August ‘6 Mini Solo Shows’ featuring: Amber Kingi – AUS Go Suga – AUS Jayde Chandler – AUS Leigh Pearson – AUS Robyn Leoni Abbott – AUS Todd Romanowycz – AUS Music by: James Street Preachers | Beverages by: Young Henry’s
What a fantastic night! Thank you to everyone who celebrated the opening of ‘6 Mini Solo Shows’ featuring: Alison Mooney Amanda Shelsher Angie Goto Glendon Cordell Johnny Romeo Miss Moresby Music by: DJ Tasha Lohan
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…
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the opening of Britty Em’s Solo Exhibition ‘Birds of A Feather’ on September 19th, 2020. Thank you to the students of Emmanuel College for the wonderful music and Lilicious Catering for the delicious food.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Hot Summers Night Opening Night at The Sofitel, Broadbeach. With live music by the Koi Boys, fine food, wine and a beautiful selection of art, a fantastic night was had by all.
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
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Opening Night of Jisbar and Antonyo Marest’s shows. What a fantastic night! It also featured live painting by Jisbar and Antonyo with the artwork being auctioned off on the night. Art, fun, music, great company and conversation. Thank you to all who came along to a truly […]
On Friday 11th October we celebrated the unveiling of Antonyo Marest’s new mural at Room 81, Sofitel Gold Coast and Jisbar custom painted a selection of the guests bags and shirts, as we enjoyed a beautiful dinner for a small group of clients and friends at the newly renovated Room 81 at Sofitel Gold Coast […]
All the socials from opening night can be found on the ‘Indulge – eat.live.play’ website. Click HERE to see them.
Congratulations to Selway Lampard who is a finalist in the Clayton Utz Art Awards for her work -‘White Noise’
Congratulations to Ryan White who is a finalist in the 2019 Clayton Utz Art Prize with his work – ‘#72 Kondalilla National Park’
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
All the photos from La Nuit by Sofitel – a celebration of art and culture and our new partnership with the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach. A fantastic evening at the beautiful Sofitel, surrounded by amazing people, great food, a cocktail or two and of course the beautiful art by our 19 Karen artists. Many thanks […]
We celebrated the opening of Johnny Romeo’s new show – DREAM-LAND – with an intimate dinner at the gallery and an artist talk by Johnny.
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)
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’
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)’
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.
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)
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 […]
Congratulations to Todd Romanowycz. Highly Commended at the 2019 Port Lincoln Art Prize for his work ‘Just another Still Life’
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening night of Angie and Alison’s debut 19 Karen solo shows. What an amazing night! Music by The James Street Preachers. Catering by Lilicious Catering
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
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.
