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
The work of 76 leading contemporary artists comes together in HOLDING GROUND, an online art exhibition fundraiser to help stop …
Image above: Danielle Creenaune Silent falls: Carrington 2020 stone lithograph and chine colle 52 x 43 cm Congratulations to the …
Image above: Martin King unnatural history N.D graphite on drafting film, watercolour on paper 125cm x 185cm Congratulations to David Frazer, Winsome Jobling, …
Martin King sometimes the blind must lead the blind 2021 watercolour on drafting film and paper 119 x 178 cm Congratulations to Martin King who …
Image above: Christine Wrest-Smith Strength and Presence Congratulations to Graeme Drendel, Cathy Weiszmann and Christine Wrest-Smith for being selected as …
Image above: Angus Fisher Marajo 2020 ink pen and watercolour on paper 55 x 75 cm Australian Galleries is excited to …
This incredible new sculpture by Geoffrey Ricardo is currently being installed at the new sustainable housing development ‘Orana’ in Clyde …
Image above: Close-up detail of Portrait Magazine featuring Peter Wegner’s drawings of Marg Mossop (2015) and Hilda Heley (2015) In …
Image above: Martin King tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 etching, drypoint, chine collé and hand colouring edition 3 168 …
Image above: Jazmina Cininas Trans Baltic-Tasman Crossing 2018 artist book with collage 21 x 14 x 2.5 cm Following an …
Vale Mandy Martin 18th November 1952 – 10th July 2021 Today we farewell artist and friend Mandy Martin. Mandy was a highly …
Image above: Artist Michael Snape and Stuart Purves alongside Michael’s Archibald Finalist painting of Stuart Purves. “Stuart Purves has been …
Image above: Mary Tonkin Crack, Kalorama 2012 oil on linen 62 x 68 cm Featuring a selection of artworks from …
