Karen Wells
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2012-15 Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College the Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2009-11 Diploma of Visual Arts, Swinburne University of Technology, Wantirna, Melbourne
2000-01 Short and Extension Certificates, Interior Decoration and Design, Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne
WORK
2014 Volunteer guide, Spring 1883, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne
2010 Volunteer archivist, Heide Park and Gallery, Bulleen, Melbourne
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Unravelling. Gallery 2, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Alchemical, Gallery 4, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne
2019 Kink and smooth in blue, Gallery 3, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne
2019 Tilted air, The Residents Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne.
2018 Room ... for the breathless, ARCADE, Five Walls Projects, Footscray, Melbourne
2017 Shadyspace, Seventh Gallery, Gertrude Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
2014 Wall B and entrance wall, Painting Studios, VCA, University of Melbourne
2014 Corner space, Painting Studios on three occasions, VCA, University of Melbourne
2013 Wall A then Wall B on two occasions, Painting Studios , VCA, Melbourne University
2013 11 Kruses Road, a private residence: 11 Kruses Road, Warrandyte
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ABSTRACTION 22, Gallery 2, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne.
2021 TAPE 2, Gallery 4, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne
2020 Destruction, Beauty and Hope, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne.
2020 FIVE TEN TWENTY TWENTY, Five Walls, Footscray, Melbourne.
2019 Friends and family, Daine Singer, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
2018 SUPPORT Twenty Eighteen, Five Walls Projects, Footscray, Melbourne
2018 Nillumbick Prize Exhibition, The Barn, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne (shortlisted)
2018 Abstraction Twenty Eighteen, Five Walls Projects, Footscray, Melbourne.
2017 Modern Life, Maroondah Access Space, Ringwood, Melbourne.
2016 Still Life, Maroondah Access Space, Ringwood, Melbourne.
2016 The Union Collection: Recent Acquisitions 2012-2016, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
(curated by Sandra Bridie)
2016 Belle Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey, Abbotsford, Melbourne
2015 Public, Private and Performance, Kings ARI, King Street, Melbourne (curated by the artists)
2014 Graduation Exhibition, VCA, University of Melbourne (curated by Nick Selenitch and Helen Johnson)
2014 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne
2014 Majlis Travelling Scholarship Prize (short list), Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne
(curated by Vikki McKinness and Scott Miles)
2014 3D Panting, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne (curated by Elizabeth Gower)
2014 Scoopnet, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne
2013 Dead Rubber, Collingwood Car Park, Collingwood (curated by Lisa Radford)
2013 The Black Square and Abstraction, The Alderman, Carlton (curated by Raafat Ishak)
2013 Impromptu, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne
2013 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne
2013 Co-ed: duality in practice, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne
2012 50 Shades of White, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne (curated by Irene Hanenburgh)
2012 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne University
2012 The Painting Show, Student Gallery, VCA, University of Melbourne (curated by
2011 Things we can’t say, Dip. V.A. Graduate. Exhibition, Pigment Gallery, Nicholson Building, Flinders Lane,
Melbourne (curated by Larry Parkinson and Ry Haskings)
2010 EK‐SU‐BISH‐UHN, Graduate Exhibition at Bright Space Gallery, St. Kilda (curated by Lisa Radford)
PRIZES
2018 Finalist for the Nillumbick Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham, Melbourne
2014 Finalist for the Majlis Travelling Scholarship, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
2012-20 Private collections, Melbourne
2018 Five Walls Collection, Footscray, Melbourne
2014 Union Art Collection, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2014 Private collections, Western Australia and New Zealand
COMMISSIONS
2011 Private commission, Docklands, Melbourne
ESSAYS / ARTICLES
Showcase Karen Wells ART / EDIT MAGAZINE Summer 2020
Karen Wells SHADYSPACE by Alex Walker, 2017
LINKS
ART EDIT
https://artedit.com.au/showcase-karen-wells/
FIVE WALLS
http://fivewalls.com.au/topics/karen-wells
MONTSALVAT
https://www.montsalvat.com.au/whats-on-1/2019/1/23/exhibition-karen-wells-tilted-air
ARCADE
https://www.facebook.com/arcadeprojectspace/
https://www.facebook.com/seventhgallery/posts/10155469887141100
KINGS ARI
https://www.kingsartistrun.org.au/artists/karen-wells/