Karryn  is a queer, feminist, visual artist based in Melbourne Australia. Her work spans handmade textiles, sculpture, and assemblage, exploring how emotions such as grief, vulnerability, and loss can be expressed through the embodied sculptural form and its relationship to objects and space. ​

She enjoys working closely with fellow artists and has had collaborative exhibitions at various Melbourne galleries including Kings Artist Run, Sandbox Studios Box Gallery, Assembly Point, and ACU Gallery. Her artwork has also been featured in selected group exhibitions in both Melbourne and Sydney and solo shows in Melbourne and regional NSW. Karryn  has been a finalist in art prizes including the 6th Biennial Petite Miniature Textile Exhibition at Wangaratta Gallery, The Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude at Manning Regional Gallery, 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 from La Trobe University. She has worked in Adult Community Education for 20+ years and since 2017 has taught art history and theory in the Diploma of Visual Arts. 

You can contact Karryn via email on [email protected] or via the contact form below 

Craft-based skills are central to her practice and these were taught to Karryn by her mother Marion Waters and her grandmothers Eileen Argus and Mary Dalton.​

Marion Waters

Eileen Argus

Mary Dalton