Past Exhibitions
JOHNNY ROMEO – POPism – The Andy Warhol Show
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Nov 9th - Dec 14th, 2013
‘POPism’ is the thrilling new series from internationally acclaimed artist Johnny Romeo, in which he re-envisions himself as the contemporary Andy Warhol.
ESTHER ERLICH – Fahrenheit
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Nov 9th - Dec 14th, 2013
This body of work was painted in Melbourne with warm, sunny Queensland in mind.
RICHARD DENNY – The Description
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Nov 9th - Dec 14th, 2013
In this series of work, there are stories of different territories, the only description apart from their form, are the titles.
MICHAELA KLOECKNER – Love, Eat and Play
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Nov 2nd - Dec 14th, 2013
For this show Michaela moved away from the subtle, high fired (1280c) pieces in porcelaineous white stoneware and created work in low fired (1080c)white Earthenware clay, thus enabling brighter and more brilliant colours.
CLARE TOMS – Guise
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Oct 5th - Nov 2nd, 2013
In keeping with past work and indeed this exhibition, scale is a key aspect explored in this latest body of work. Some pieces play with scale physically in terms of their small size, as well as visually and conceptually within the work.
MARK WARREN – Rhythm
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Oct 5th - Nov 2nd, 2013
Music has been the source of inspiration for many of Mark's paintings and for this exhibition he wanted to try and create internal landscapes that have a musical feel and rhythm by using imagery and colour as notes and sounds.
MELLISSA READ-DEVINE – Sanctuary
Hosted By 19 Karen
Oct 5th - Nov 2nd, 2013
Practising her craft in the Hawkesbury region of outer Sydney, Mellissa has developed her own impressionistic style with which she portrays the Australian landscape, flora and fauna.
WILL DUNCAN – Wizzards
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Oct 5th - Nov 2nd, 2013
A Wizzard is a really cool guy who has magical powers, who pretty much goes through life as he pleases, and generally smokes a pipe of some sort.
GUIM Tió ZARRALUKI – Solo Show
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Aug 31st - Sep 28th, 2013
Using pages of fashion magazines, Guim seems to realise cosmetic surgery - through the pictorial language brilliantly combined with the medium of photography – thanks to the application of Oil pastels on glossy paper.
CAROLE KING – Water World
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Aug 31st - Sep 28th, 2013
This exhibition showcases Carole King's curiosity in the water world environment of those whose lives exist only because of water.
REBECCA MURPHY – Blood & Bone
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Aug 31st - Sep 28th, 2013
Blood and Bone is about what has come before, about exploring and understanding past experiences to vitalize growth in the present. It's a springtime of the mind splashed out on canvas.
SARAH BEETSON – All Of The Places That I Have Lived
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Aug 31st - Sep 28th, 2013
The series is a collection of 30+ self portraits from birth to date, encapsulated within the frame work of every house, apartment, flat, studio, squat, houseboat and dwelling Sarah has lived in her life thus far.
General Stockroom Exhibition
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Jun 11th - Aug 24th, 2013
Featuring a selection of works by both represented and international guest artists from the 19 KAREN stable.
THE ART OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Hosted By Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach & 19 KAREN
May 31st - Jun 29th, 2013
After partnering with the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach late 2012, 19 KAREN was asked to put together and arts program for the hotel and to include a group show.
AMANDA SHELSHER – Nature Nurture
Hosted By 19 KAREN
May 11th - Jun 8th, 2013
Pieces that will reflect the joy and frenetic energy of my two young children. The works also explore the relationship between motherhood and the life-cycles of nature by using plants and motifs from the natural world as metaphors for life.
ANNE SMERDON – Wild Horses
Hosted By 19 KAREN
May 11th - Jun 8th, 2013
This body of works is inspired by sixteen very special tovero paint horses on a 300 acre property in Piggabeen, NSW and one charismatic paint horse from the Currumbin Valley.
JACQUI DORAN – Wild Things
Hosted By 19 KAREN
May 11th - Jun 8th, 2013
“Wild things” is based around the children’s book by Maurice Sendak “Where the Wild Things Are. A Classic tale of a boy named Max living out his own fantasy/reality in his Wolf Suit.
JENNIFER MONDFRANS – At Least I Have You, To Remember Me
Hosted By 19 KAREN
May 11th - Jun 8th, 2013
This show explores the idea of historical importance through paintings and the active engagement of reading, smell and memory. Eight acrylic paintings of portraits of pioneering women scientists are the subjects of historical forgetfulness.
HILTON OWEN – New Works
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Apr 13th, 2013
Food, Wine & Art Showcase held at Room81, Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach
CLAUDIO ETHOS – Nostalgia
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Mar 30th - Apr 27th, 2013
Nostalgia is an exhibition about an abundant and melancholic atmosphere associated with women in the early 20th century. In this new series of portraits Claudio Ethos submerges himself in this by-gone era, exploring the notion of nostalgia.
DAN WITHEY – Happiness Inc.
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Mar 30th - Apr 27th, 2013
Happiness is an industry, retail therapy, spending in a vain attempt to fill the void, attempting to heal ourselves with objects when what we really need is to strengthen our own self awareness and our relationships with others.
DAVID GREEN – Reason Suspended
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Mar 30th - Apr 27th, 2013
Welcome to David Green's world, one where drawing is not subservient to any other art form, where the line is master of the whole story.
JUAN ARATA – Berlin Nights
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Feb 23rd - Mar 23rd, 2013
Berlin Nights attempts to be a snapshot panorama of the Golden 10s (as Juan likes to call current times in Berlin in reference to the Golden 20s). It is something about the word Golden that holds Juan's attention and makes his wonder about repetition and obscurity.
KATE McCARTHY – À mon tour – Koolamara
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Feb 23rd - Mar 23rd, 2013
Kate McCarthy loves harking back to my early childhood and she feels that by incorporating pattern and simple colour with references to contemporary culture spanning the past forty years she can transport the audience back to their own early childhood.
PATRICIA MADO – Into The Bloom
Feb 23rd - Mar 23rd, 2013
Patricia Mado's artwork grows from this ubiquitous and primal context. The natural environment and its fragile beauty is my central motif.
JOHNNY ROMEO – Grindhouse
Hosted By 19 KAREN
Jan 19th, 2013
A preview of Johnny Romeo's New York Solo Show debut!
ONE NIGHT ONLY