2010 - 2013 | Diploma of Visual Art, Centre for Adult Education (CAE), Melbourne |
2006 | Foundation Studio Arts, Victorian College of the Arts |
2002 | Graduate studies in Art History, University of Melbourne (incomplete) |
1984 - 1988 | Bachelor of Arts Interior Design, RMIT |
ARTIST BIO
Melbourne/Naarm artist Karen Salter has developed a painting-based practice since completing a Diploma of Visual Arts in 2013.
Her work combines a passion for architectural forms, design references and urban history as well as drawing on her nostalgic yearnings for the more optimistic past of her childhood in the 1960s and 70s. Employing colour as a device to render form and depth on the 2-dimensional surface, Karen is interested in creating the illusion of reality rather than a literal interpretation of the subject matter.
Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Libby Edwards Galleries, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins and City Library Gallery.
She has been shortlisted for the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize and selected for the Bayside Local exhibition at Bayside Gallery. Her work has been shown in several group shows.
Karen has a Bachelor of Arts Interior Design from RMIT University and worked as a set designer/art director for television productions and in corporate events before focusing on art making.
KAREN SALTER CV
Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne
Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Home Is Where The Heart Is, Libby Edwards Galleries |
2023 | I Know That House, Gallery Two, Glen Eira City Council Gallery |
2023 | Blue Skies Ahead, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins |
2017 | Who Remembers This House?, The Gallery at City Library, Melbourne |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 | In Full Sun, Gallery Jones, Ripponlea |
2022 | Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School, Gordon, NSW |
2022 | Bayside Local, Bayside Gallery, Brighton Town Hall |
2021 | Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Books and Art, Port Fairy |
2018 | Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda |
2018 | The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Galleries, Collingwood |
2016 | Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda |
2016 | Belle Arti Prize, Chapman and Bailey, Abbotsford |
2015 | Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda |
2013 | CAE Final Year Group Show, Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford |
2013 | Small scale found object sculptures, with Teresa Bennett, CAE Display Cases, City Library Foyer, Melbourne |
2012 | Another’s Treasure, with Catherine Westerman, Rooftop Art Space, Melbourne |
2012 | Second Floor, Easey St Artists’ Studio and Gallery, Collingwood |
2011 | CAE First Year Diploma of Visual Art show, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne |
2010 | CAE First Year Diploma of Visual Art shows, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne |
2006 | End of year student show, Foundation Studio Arts, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 | Hudson Brown, Concrete Playground, September 11, 2017 |