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 unnatural history N.D graphite on drafting film, watercolour on paper 125cm x 185cm Congratulations to David Frazer, Winsome Jobling, …
Imagine you are walking through a soulless building. The corridors are empty. The walls are blank, save for an occasional …
Congratulations to Jennifer Keeler-Milne and Barbie Kjar who have been announced as finalists in the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize …
Dianne Fogwell has been an exhibiting artist since 1979, and is one of the most respected printmakers and artists’ book …
Image above: Rona Green Pascal 2017 hand coloured linocut 57 x 57 cm Rona Green is renowned for her strikingly …
Image above: Terry Matassoni What took you so long 2001 lithograph 16 x 21 cm In late January 2021, Lorne …
Arts-Matter recently hosted an evening at Australian Galleries to celebrate the opening of Belynda Henry’s current solo exhibition, “To Paint …
Nick Howson, renowned for his murals on the streets of Richmond, has recently taken to spray painting the bollards in …
Image: Peter Kingston, Lady Herron II (2014), oil on canvas, 111 x 141cm First Light: the art of Peter Kingston …
Congratulations to Mandy Martin’s whose powerful and large-scale painting Wanderers in the Desert of the Real: Wallerawang Powerstation has recently …
This wonderful portrait of Professor Graeme Clark by Peter Wegner is now showing in the exhibition Before Hand – The private …
Jimmy Rix A Symbiotic Relationship 2018 cast bronze with steel base 47 x 62 x 26 cm edition 9/9 Congratulations …
Images: Beetles, bugs and butterflies, charcoal, paper, timber, glass, 7 domes, dimensions variable Jennifer Keeler-Milne’s beautiful work comprised of double …
