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Karryn is a Queer Melbourne based visual artist who works with textiles, sculpture, and assemblage. Her art explores how materials can hold feelings, drawing on themes of the body, vulnerability, and loss.
Through slow, tactile making, she allows emotions and experiences to take shape through materials. She has exhibited widely alongside other artists, with shows at Melbourne galleries including Montsalvat, Kings Artist-Run, Sandbox Studios Box Gallery, Assembly Point, and the Australian Catholic University Gallery. Her work has also been featured in selected group exhibitions in both Melbourne and Sydney, as well as solo shows in Melbourne and regional NSW. Karryn has been a finalist in several art prizes, including the 6th Biennial Petite Miniature Textile Exhibition at Wangaratta Gallery, The Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude at Manning Regional Gallery, the Emerging Artist Craft Award with Craft NSW, Queer Art Prize Australia, and the Moreland Summer Show at Counihan Gallery. |
Karryn holds a Master of Fine Art from RMIT University, a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from Monash University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Humanities and Sociology (Women's Studies) from La Trobe University.
She has over 20 years’ experience working in Adult Community Education and now maintains a full-time art practice. 
Studio install 'Mini Quilts'
Photo by Esther Frieda
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Karryn inherits her love of textiles and craft-based skills from a family of makers whose influence continues to shape her practice. She learned these skills from her mother Marion Waters, and her grandmothers, Eileen Argus and Mary Dalton
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Mary Dalton
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