Karen Woodbury Gallery
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Karen Woodbury Gallery opened in 2004 at 4 Albert Street, Richmond, Victoria
, Australia by Gallery Director Karen Woodbury. Karen Woodbury opened the gallery in response to 'an acute shortage of serious commercial gallery spaces in Melbourne' at the time. Since then, Karen Woodbury Gallery has grown and expanded. As the first gallery in Albert Street, Richmond, Karen Woodbury Gallery started a trend and subsequently, four other commercial galleries started operating in the street. These galleries include: Sophie Gannon Gallery, John Buckley Gallery, Jenny Port Gallery, Anita Traverso Gallery.
Karen Woodbury Gallery represents twenty-eight artists that include:
Del Kathryn Barton
, Cathy Blanchflower, Robert Boynes, Jane Burton
, Michael Cusack, Michael Doolan, McLean Edwards
, Kate Ellis, Marie Hagerty, Titania Henderson, Sam Jinks, Locust Jones, Elisabeth Kruger, Rhys Lee, Fiona Lowry
, Magda Matwiejew, eX de Medici, Lara Merrett
, Jonathan Nichols, Simon Obarzanek, Derek O'Connor, John Pule
, Lisa Roet
, Kate Rohde, Alex Spremberg, Heather B. Swann, Monika Tichacek and Philip Wolfhagen.
The gallery expanded to level one of the building from the ground floor of 4 Albert Street in 2009 in response to a growing business and expanding range of successful contemporary Australian and New Zealand artists.
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
, Australia by Gallery Director Karen Woodbury. Karen Woodbury opened the gallery in response to 'an acute shortage of serious commercial gallery spaces in Melbourne' at the time. Since then, Karen Woodbury Gallery has grown and expanded. As the first gallery in Albert Street, Richmond, Karen Woodbury Gallery started a trend and subsequently, four other commercial galleries started operating in the street. These galleries include: Sophie Gannon Gallery, John Buckley Gallery, Jenny Port Gallery, Anita Traverso Gallery.
Karen Woodbury Gallery represents twenty-eight artists that include:
Del Kathryn Barton
Del Kathryn Barton
Del Kathryn Barton is an Australian artist, who won the 2008 Archibald Prize. She is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, Australia and , Sydney, Australia....
, Cathy Blanchflower, Robert Boynes, Jane Burton
Jane Burton
Jane Burton is an Australian photographer who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.Burton's work is held in a range of significant art collections that include: the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle; Monash...
, Michael Cusack, Michael Doolan, McLean Edwards
McLean Edwards
McLean Edwards is a painter who currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. McLean has been an Archibald Prize finalist in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010.McLean Edwards is represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery in Melbourne, Australia...
, Kate Ellis, Marie Hagerty, Titania Henderson, Sam Jinks, Locust Jones, Elisabeth Kruger, Rhys Lee, Fiona Lowry
Fiona Lowry
-Early life:She completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, at the Sydney College of the Arts.-Career:Lowry uses aerosol paint in a fine mist to explore the forbidding nature of the Australian bush, usually in limited colour harmony, placing the figure or nude, in ambiguous or unsettling...
, Magda Matwiejew, eX de Medici, Lara Merrett
Lara Merrett
Lara Merrett is an Australian visual artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.Lara Merrett is exclusively represented by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne.-Images:* -External links:* * *...
, Jonathan Nichols, Simon Obarzanek, Derek O'Connor, John Pule
John Pule
John Puhiatau Pule, born in Liku, Niue in 1962, is a Niuean artist, novelist and poet. He has lived in Auckland, New Zealand since the age of 3. The Queensland Art Gallery describes him as "one of the Pacific's most significant artists".-Literature:...
, Lisa Roet
Lisa Roet
Lisa Roet is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne. Lisa Roet is interested in the relationship between humans and primates and explores this relationship through her bronze sculptures, charcoal drawings, film and photography...
, Kate Rohde, Alex Spremberg, Heather B. Swann, Monika Tichacek and Philip Wolfhagen.
The gallery expanded to level one of the building from the ground floor of 4 Albert Street in 2009 in response to a growing business and expanding range of successful contemporary Australian and New Zealand artists.