Karen Casey b. 1956

  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Digital Artist/Designer),
  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Painter)
Interdisciplinary Tasmanian Aboriginal artist who began exhibiting in 1987. Her work addresses personal, environmental, political and scientific themes.
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Tribal Expressions Visual Arts Showcase
Date
2006
Place
The Arts Centre, Blackbox, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Altitude: Drawing Dust
Date
2005
Place
Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art of Mind
Date
2005
Place
24HR Art, NT Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, NT
Description

Solo exhibition, Part of Darwin Arts Festival.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Yarra arraY Sculpture Festival: 'Skinned'
Date
2004
Place
Birrarun Marr, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Arts%20and%20Culture/Skinned_catalogue.pdf
exhibited at
Art of Mind: Meditation in Alpha
Date
2004
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Casting Shadows/Drawing Light
Date
2003
Place
Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Digital Ghosts
Date
2001
Place
Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
Description

Also toured to Mass Gallery, Melbourne, and Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Pulse - Multimedia Installation
Date
2001
Place
Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
Description

Solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
? Lost & Found
Date
2001
Place
Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Also shown at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.koorieheritagetrust.com/
exhibited at
The Art of Place: The Fifth Australian Heritage Commission National Indigenous Heritage Art Award
Date
2000
Place
Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Love Magic: Erotics and Politics in Indigenous Art
Date
1999
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Part of the Australian Perspecta, 1999.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Date
1999
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/apt
exhibited at
Tasmanian Tiger - The Mystery of the Thylacine
Date
1998
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts
Date
1997
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Alice Prize
Date
1995
Place
Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Illusions - the Nature of Reality
Date
1994
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Awakenings
Date
1992
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Solo exhibition.

Type
Exhibition
Aboriginal Women's Exhibition
Date
10 September 1991 - 10 November 1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Dissonance
Website
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
exhibited at
Karen Casey
Date
1991
Place
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Flash Pictures by Aboriginal Artists
Date
1991
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990: From Australia
Date
1990
Place
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
Balance
Date
1990
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au
exhibited at
Aboriginal Art: A Continuing Tradition
Date
1989
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au
exhibited at
A Koori Perspective
Date
1989
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

Artspace’s contribution to the 1989 Australian Perspecta.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Aboriginal Australian Views in Print and Poster
Date
1987 - 1988
Place
Print Council of Australia, West Melbourne, VIC
Description

Touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: (2004), 'Yarra arraY 'Skinned' catalogue', City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VICurl:, .>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'Karen Casey website', page accessed 3/3/09.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'Karen Casey Artist Profile', Arc 1 Gallery website, page accessed 3/2/09.>, <ExternalResource: Geia, Jacqui (ed) (2001), '? Lost & Found Exhibition Catalogue', City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Ryan, J. in Kleinert, S. & Neale, M. (eds.) (2000), ''Casey, Karen', Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, p. 557.>, <ExternalResource: Casey, K. & Thompson, L. Book Compiled by Liz Thompson. (1990), ''Karen Casey: Artist', Aboriginal Voices', Simon & Schuster, Sydney, NSW, pp. 143-146.>] [<ExternalResource: (2004), 'Yarra arraY 'Skinned' catalogue', City of Melbourne, Melbourne, VICurl:, .>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'Karen Casey website', page accessed 3/3/09.>, <ExternalResource: (2009), 'Karen Casey Artist Profile', Arc 1 Gallery website, page accessed 3/2/09.>]