CURRICULUM VITAE
June 2018
Karen Neal (b. 1956 Melbourne, Australia)
Artist Printmaker
Phone:0412 338 054 Email: karenneal@optusnet.com.au
Education
2016 - Chisholm TAFE Frankston – Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development
2014 – 2015 Chisholm TAFE, Frankston -Advanced Diploma of Visual Art
2012 - 2013 Chisholm TAFE, Frankston -Diploma of Visual Art
1975 – 1978 Latrobe University – Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Solo Exhibitions
April – June 2018 Brumfield Winery, Seville
December 2016 – February 2017 Suburban Parrots, Long Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham
May 2015 Urban Parrots, Project Space, Chisholm TAFE, Frankston
March – April 2015 Brumfield Winery, Seville
March – April 2012 Brumfield Winery, Seville
Dec 2009 – February 2010 Brumfield Winery, Seville
October 2008-February 2009 Squisito Café QV Centre Melbourne
August-September 2008 RACV Country club, Healesville
May-June 2008 Nature Mix, Brumfield at the Oaks Winery, Yering
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Overwintering, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2018 Exquisite Palette, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood
2018 Firestation in Florence, Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy and
Firestation Print Studio, Armadale concurrently
2018 Editions 2018, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood
2017 Imaginings, Neospace, Fitzroy
2017 Immerse , Knox Council Civic Foyer
2017 Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
2017 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, japan
2017 True Roots, Printmaking Exhibition, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington
2017 In My Backyard, Castlemaine Press, Castlemaine
2017 Printmaking 2017, Brunswick Street Gallery
2017 By the Book Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2017 Editions 2017, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2016, 2015, Summer Salon 2015, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 Chisholm TAFE Frankston Open Studios
2016 Deep South and Down Under, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2016 Across the Road, SAGRA gallery, Armadale
2016 Bird, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale
2016 50/50 Impressions Print Prize, Impress studio, Lutwyche, QLD
2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Walker Street Gallery Ron Rado Memorial Prize - exhibition for Chisholm students
2016, 2015, 2014 True Roots Printmaking Exhibition, Oak Hill Gallery
2016 Editions 2016, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2015, Rick Amor Print Prize, Monsalvat, Eltham
2015, Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira Town Hall, Melbourne
2015 Animalia Print Exchange, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, May 2015 – Nov 2015
2015,2014, 2013, 2012 Little Landscapes, Brightspace Gallery St Kilda
July 2014 – August 2014 Fig Tree Gallery, McCrae
Awards
2017 Best Linocut, Firestation Salon Show
2017 True Roots, Oak Hill Gallery Director’s Award,
2017 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, japan
Semi-finalist
2015 Best Linocut, Firestation Salon Show
2015 Chisholm TAFE Frankston Printmaking Award
2015 Silk Cut Tertiary Award
2014 Chisholm TAFE Frankston Printmaking Award
2012 Ron Rado Memorial Prize Encouragement Award
Collections
Silk Cut Foundation donated to National Gallery of Australia
Animalia Print Exchange contributor –collection donated to National Gallery of Australia
BIRD Artist Book, contributor – State Library of Victoria and National Library of Australia collections
Chisholm TAFE Collection
Private Australian and overseas collections
Publications
2015 Silk Cut Catalogue
Print Exchanges
2015
Animalia Print Exchange
Postcards from the North and South , Firestation Print Studio
2016_
Postcards from the North and South Firestation Print Studio
Deep South and Downunder 2016, Firestation Print Studio
IPE Print Exchange, Green Door Studio U.K.
Print Exchange 9, Print Zero Studios, U.S.A
Cascade Print Exchange, U.S.A.
2 of a Kind Postcard Swap Printbank Mackay
Print Council of Australia Inaugural Print Exchange
2017
In My Backyard, Castlemaine Press
Animalia, , Print Exchange and exhibition
Imaginings, Print Exchange folio and exhibition
IPE , Green Door Studio. U.K.
Moth Migration Project – contributor Alberquerque, U.S
2018
In My Backyard, Castlemaine Press
IPE , Green Door Studio. U.K.