Printmaker Barbie Kjar completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Tasmania in 1987 and a Masters degree at RMIT in 2000. She has held solo exhibitions since 1986 in Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; Korea and France. She has been artist in residence in California, Barcelona, Canberra and Tokyo. She was awarded the Trust Bank Art Award in 1992, the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize in 1999 and Victorian Arts Board Grants in 1988, 1991 and 2004. Her work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Tasmanian Museum and Gallery, Hobart; Artbank, Sydney; Parliament House, Canberra and several regional and university galleries.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Image above: Martin King once willing, NOT NOW 2022 graphite, watercolour, pigment, gouache on drafting film and paper 108 x …
The Warrnambool Art Gallery (WAG) will celebrate the early days of summer this year and invite you to the Wallawar …
The work of 76 leading contemporary artists comes together in HOLDING GROUND, an online art exhibition fundraiser to help stop …
Image above: Greg Johns Transfigure 2006 Corten steel edition 5 240 x 57 x 40 cm Sculptor, Greg Johns’ work, …
Image above: Raymond Arnold To see the bones and the tombstone at once / Huon pine 2022 oil on canvas …
Image above: Ayako Saito Artemis Bow 2021 steel, painted 29 x 51 x 37 cm Congratulations to Sue Anderson, Ron …
Image above: Martin King tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 etching, dry point, chine colle and hand colouring edition 3 168 …
Image above: The two intaglio plates Graeme has been working on for the print commission Congratulations to Graeme Peebles who …
Image above: Mary Tonkin Hot Kiss, Kalorama 2021 oil on linen 183 x 214 cm Congratulations to Mary Tonkin who …
Above Image: Peter Wegner (right) pictured with subject Sylvia Drager (centre) at Benalla Art Gallery 2022 Peter Wegner continues …
Image above: Mechanic 2021 mohair tapestry in collaboration with Marguerite Stephens edition 1/6 261 x 281 cm We are delighted to …
Image above: Wayne Viney Little Horn, Cradle Mountain 2021 monotype unique 17.5 x 27.5 cm Wayne Viney Landscapes Tasmania 2- …
Terry Matassoni Neighbourhood 2022 oil on linen 122 x 168 cm Terry Matassoni’s recent exhibition Neighbourhood and Beyond Glenn Morgan’s exhibition …
