Karla Dickens b. 1967

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
Karla Dickens is a Wiradjuri artist whose work explores the themes of politics, love, sex and the environment. Karla trained at the National Art School in Darlinghurst and won the Bundjalung Art Award at Lismore Regional Gallery in 2006. After the NSW floods of 2022, fellow artist Blak Douglas’s portrait of her as “Moby Dickens” was awarded the Archibald Prize
Tags: Archibald Prize
Name
Karla Dickens
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
Other Occupation
  • House painter (ANZSIC code: 3244) -
  • Hospitality worker (ANZSIC code: 4511) -
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
Tags:
Archibald Prize
Birth date
1967
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1980 -
Residence
  • 2003 - Bangalow, NSW
  • 2000 - 2003 Sydney, NSW
  • 1994 - 2000 Wollombi, NSW
  • 1990 - 1994 Sydney, NSW
  • 1989 - 1990 Perth, WA
  • 1988 - 1989 Hunter Valley, NSW
  • 1967 - 1988 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Life Drawing Class at high school., -
  • Bachelor in Fine Arts, 2000 National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
  • Diploma in Fine Arts, 1991 - 1993 National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Wiradjuri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Dickens, Karla