Karen Woodbury Gallery was a commercial art gallery in
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in ...
that operated from 2004-2016.
History
The gallery was opened in 2004 on the ground floor of 4 Albert Street in Richmond by its namesake director Karen Woodbury. By 2009 the gallery was representing a range of contemporary Australian and New Zealand artists, and to open a second exhibition space expanded to level one of the building.
By 2013 following rent hikes in her former location, the gallery was one of several in a growing arts hub on Flinders Lane in Melbourne.
In 2015 the gallery participated in an art fair, "Spring 1883", at the Establishment Hotel.
In 2016, Woodbury closed the gallery and began to operate as a fine arts consultant.
Artists
Artists represented by the Karen Woodbury Gallery include
Del Kathryn Barton
Del Kathryn Barton (born 11 December 1972) is an Australian artist who began drawing at a young age, and studied at UNSW Art & Design (formerly the College of Fine Arts) at the University of New South Wales. She soon became known for her psych ...
,
Cathy Blanchflower, Robert Boynes,
Jane Burton, Michael Cusack, Michael Doolan,
McLean Edwards, Kate Ellis, Marie Hagerty, Titania Henderson,
Sam Jinks
Sam Jinks is an Australian sculptor who creates lifelike but fragile figures using silicone, resin, calcium carbonate, fibreglass and hair. Jinks describes the human form as "a physics lesson in a ball of bones and meat". Jink's work has been ex ...
, Locust Jones, Elisabeth Kruger,
Alice Lang, Rhys Lee,
Fiona Lowry, Magda Matwiejew, eX de Medici,
Lara Merrett
Lara Merrett (born 1971) is an Australian visual artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
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, Jonathan Nichols, Simon Obarzanek, Derek O'Connor,
John Pule
John Puhiatau Pule (born 18 April 1962) is a Niuean artist, novelist and poet. The Queensland Art Gallery describes him as "one of the Pacific's most significant artists". ,
Lisa Roet
Lisa Roet (born 1967) is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne. She studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 2005 she received the McClelland Sculpture Prize. The sculpture, ''White Ape'', is now part of the co ...
,
, Alex Spremberg,
Heather B. Swann, Monika Tichacek and
Philip Wolfhagen.
Selected exhibitions
*Dinosaur Designs, 2014
*Jane Burton, "In Other Bodies", 2014
*Peter Booth, 2015
References
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Contemporary art galleries in Australia
Art museums and galleries in Melbourne
Art galleries established in 2004
2004 establishments in Australia
Art galleries disestablished in 2016
Organizations disestablished in 2016
2016 disestablishments in Australia