Karen Reys b. 1965

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Badjala mixed media artist who won the 2005 Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award.
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Karen Reys, born 1965, is a Badjala artist and member of the Darrba language group from Queensland. She has a Diploma of Aboriginal Visual Arts from Midland College of TAFE (2000) and a Bachelor of Arts from the Curtin University of Technology (2003). Reys’ works explore the complexities of contemporary Indigenous identity and belonging. She has been exhibiting her work since 2000, when she staged an exhibition titled 'Badjala, Kulcha’ at the Multicultural Association in Fremantle, Western Australia. In 2004 she held a solo exhibition at Gomboc Gallery in Middle Swan, titled 'Where is my place of belonging’, and participated in 'On Track’ at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia in Perth. In 2005 she won the Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award, and she participated in the award in 2006 and 2007.

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Writers:
Fisher, Laura
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011

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Language groups
  • Darrba
Related person groups
  • Gomboc Gallery, Middle Swan, WA (associate of)
  • Gomboc Gallery, Middle Swan, WA (associate of)
Related collections
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (received)
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (received)
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (received)
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Where is my place of belonging (exhibited at)
  • On Track: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Western Australia (exhibited at)
  • Continuum (exhibited at)
  • Badjala, Kulcha (exhibited at)
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Where is my place of belonging (exhibited at)
  • On Track: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Western Australia (exhibited at)
  • Continuum (exhibited at)
  • Badjala, Kulcha (exhibited at)
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Biography
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