Education
Master of Fine Art (coursework), RMIT 2020
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours-First Class), Monash University Melbourne 2012
Diploma of Visual Art, Victoria University Melbourne 2008
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Humanities and Social Sciences La Trobe University Melbourne 1998
Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2022 Boobing with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips ACU Gallery Melbourne
2021 Now That Kin Have Gone with Mira Krulic, Sandbox Studios Box Gallery Melbourne
2020 BooBoo with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips Assembly Point Melbourne
2019 To Be Seen, solo exhibition Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2016 Boob (Bias Objects Objective Bodies) with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips Kings Artist-Run Melbourne
2014 Progressive Spaces, solo exhibition Factory 49 Sydney
2013 Play, solo exhibition Glass Gallery Melbourne
Selected group exhibitions and selected Art Prizes
2022 Red Things, Post Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Melbourne Art Exhibition, online exhibition, Hall & Wilcox Melbourne
2019 White on White (Extended), invited Victoria University alumni White Story Melbourne
2018 6th Biennial Petite Miniature Textile Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery VIC
2017 Art Piece Gallery Art Prize, Mullumbimby NSW
2017 The Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude, Manning Regional Gallery NSW
2017 Emerging Artist Craft Award, Craft NSW Sydney
2017 Queer Art Prize Australia, Chapel off Chapel Melbourne
2015 She, exhibition Walker St Gallery Melbourne
2013 Ensphere, Invited group exhibition Platform Public Contemporary Art Space Melbourne
2013 Summer Show, Counihan Gallery Melbourne
2013 She, Walker St Gallery Melbourne
Group exhibitions
2022 Banyule Art Salon, Art Gallery 275, Melbourne
2020 If Then Else: Neurodiversity, Disability and Queerness, online group exhibition RMIT School of Art Melbourne
2020 A1 Darebin Art Salon 2020 Bundoora Homestead Melbourne Winner Textiles/Mixed Media
2019 Stitching Through Time Stitched Up Textile Festival Wangaratta Art Gallery VIC
2019 Murwillumbah Art Trail 19, TAFE NSW staff exhibition Murwillumbah NSW
2015 F493D, Factory 49 Sydney
2013 Annual Group Show Factory 49 Sydney
2013 The Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize and Exhibition Bank Street Arts UK
2012 Connect 12 Alumni Exhibition Victoria University Level 17 Artspace Melbourne
2012 Annual Group Show Factory 49 Sydney
2011 (Dis-)Array Vol.2 Artist Book Light Projects Melbourne
2010 Inside Out group exhibition with Bek Hayes Mira Krulic Jennie Menzies and Dianne Zacanovsky 69 Smith Street Melbourne
2010 One by Six group exhibition with Bek Hayes Mira Krulic Jennie Menzies and Dianne Zacanovsky Louis Joel Gallery Melbourne
Professional Practice
NCAT Trainer Diploma of Visual Arts, Certificate IV in Design, Certificate IV in Visual Arts 2022
TAFE NSW Trainer Analyse cultural history and theory, Critique cultural works Diploma of Visual Arts 2017-2019
TAFE NSW Trainer Investigate sculptural materials and processes Diploma of Visual Arts 2019
TAFE Victoria University Polytechnic Trainer Analyse Texts in their Cultural Context Certificate IV in Liberal Arts 2018
Adult Community Education Trainer Certificate IV in Training and Assessment 2007-2019
Adult Community Education Facilitator Marketing your Art and Craft 2008-09
Adult Community Education Manager and Consultant Vocational Education and Training programs 2003-2007
Awards and Residencies
Residency, Sunsiz Media, Lightning Ridge NSW 2016
Vice Chancellors Scholarship Monash University 2012
3rd Year Painting Award Monash University 2011
Internship Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects 2011
Fiona Myer Award Victoria University 2008
Publications
More Bias Objects Objective Bodies catalogue essay by Dr Victoria Carruthers 2022 Click here to read
Object Journeys catalogue essay by Caroline Phillips 2021 Click here to read
BooBooThe Review Board 2020
Being Vulnerable in COVID-19 era Rhonda Dredge SouthBank News 2020
BOOB catalogue essay by Sophia Cai 2016 Click here to read
© 2022 Karryn Argus
Master of Fine Art (coursework), RMIT 2020
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours-First Class), Monash University Melbourne 2012
Diploma of Visual Art, Victoria University Melbourne 2008
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Humanities and Social Sciences La Trobe University Melbourne 1998
Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions
2022 Boobing with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips ACU Gallery Melbourne
2021 Now That Kin Have Gone with Mira Krulic, Sandbox Studios Box Gallery Melbourne
2020 BooBoo with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips Assembly Point Melbourne
2019 To Be Seen, solo exhibition Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2016 Boob (Bias Objects Objective Bodies) with Stephania Windholz Leigh and Caroline Phillips Kings Artist-Run Melbourne
2014 Progressive Spaces, solo exhibition Factory 49 Sydney
2013 Play, solo exhibition Glass Gallery Melbourne
Selected group exhibitions and selected Art Prizes
2022 Red Things, Post Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Melbourne Art Exhibition, online exhibition, Hall & Wilcox Melbourne
2019 White on White (Extended), invited Victoria University alumni White Story Melbourne
2018 6th Biennial Petite Miniature Textile Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery VIC
2017 Art Piece Gallery Art Prize, Mullumbimby NSW
2017 The Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude, Manning Regional Gallery NSW
2017 Emerging Artist Craft Award, Craft NSW Sydney
2017 Queer Art Prize Australia, Chapel off Chapel Melbourne
2015 She, exhibition Walker St Gallery Melbourne
2013 Ensphere, Invited group exhibition Platform Public Contemporary Art Space Melbourne
2013 Summer Show, Counihan Gallery Melbourne
2013 She, Walker St Gallery Melbourne
Group exhibitions
2022 Banyule Art Salon, Art Gallery 275, Melbourne
2020 If Then Else: Neurodiversity, Disability and Queerness, online group exhibition RMIT School of Art Melbourne
2020 A1 Darebin Art Salon 2020 Bundoora Homestead Melbourne Winner Textiles/Mixed Media
2019 Stitching Through Time Stitched Up Textile Festival Wangaratta Art Gallery VIC
2019 Murwillumbah Art Trail 19, TAFE NSW staff exhibition Murwillumbah NSW
2015 F493D, Factory 49 Sydney
2013 Annual Group Show Factory 49 Sydney
2013 The Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize and Exhibition Bank Street Arts UK
2012 Connect 12 Alumni Exhibition Victoria University Level 17 Artspace Melbourne
2012 Annual Group Show Factory 49 Sydney
2011 (Dis-)Array Vol.2 Artist Book Light Projects Melbourne
2010 Inside Out group exhibition with Bek Hayes Mira Krulic Jennie Menzies and Dianne Zacanovsky 69 Smith Street Melbourne
2010 One by Six group exhibition with Bek Hayes Mira Krulic Jennie Menzies and Dianne Zacanovsky Louis Joel Gallery Melbourne
Professional Practice
NCAT Trainer Diploma of Visual Arts, Certificate IV in Design, Certificate IV in Visual Arts 2022
TAFE NSW Trainer Analyse cultural history and theory, Critique cultural works Diploma of Visual Arts 2017-2019
TAFE NSW Trainer Investigate sculptural materials and processes Diploma of Visual Arts 2019
TAFE Victoria University Polytechnic Trainer Analyse Texts in their Cultural Context Certificate IV in Liberal Arts 2018
Adult Community Education Trainer Certificate IV in Training and Assessment 2007-2019
Adult Community Education Facilitator Marketing your Art and Craft 2008-09
Adult Community Education Manager and Consultant Vocational Education and Training programs 2003-2007
Awards and Residencies
Residency, Sunsiz Media, Lightning Ridge NSW 2016
Vice Chancellors Scholarship Monash University 2012
3rd Year Painting Award Monash University 2011
Internship Sydney Non Objective Contemporary Art Projects 2011
Fiona Myer Award Victoria University 2008
Publications
More Bias Objects Objective Bodies catalogue essay by Dr Victoria Carruthers 2022 Click here to read
Object Journeys catalogue essay by Caroline Phillips 2021 Click here to read
BooBooThe Review Board 2020
Being Vulnerable in COVID-19 era Rhonda Dredge SouthBank News 2020
BOOB catalogue essay by Sophia Cai 2016 Click here to read
© 2022 Karryn Argus
