Karlee Rawkins        
CV          
Born 1977

Education
1999 BA Honours (Visual Art) Southern Cross University,Lismore NSW
1998 BA (Visual Art) Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW

Solo Exhibitions and Artist Residencies
2011 Dark Wood Land, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Big Rock Candy Mountain,
Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney

2010 The Deer Park, Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Qld
2010 Mekong Drift (duo with Marc Renshaw), Tweed River Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2009 Orchard, Anthea Polson Art Gallery, Main Beach, Qld
2009  Zoo Tomorrow, Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney
2006 Funny Bunnies - Byron Fine Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2005 Minor Migration -Byron Fine Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2004 5 months residency -AGNSW Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003 Lollies -Byron Fine Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2002 Amulet with Marc Renshaw - Gallery Paul, St Kilda Vic
2002 Pony Girls Rodeo - The Tub Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2001 3 months residency -North India and Nepal
2000 Flying with Elle Parsonson - Wood St Gallery, Darwin NT
2000 8 months residency -Darwin NT

Group Exhibitions

2010 Big Paintings, Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney
2008 Group show, Schubert Contemporary, Main Beach, Qld

2007 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Past Winners, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney 
2007 Prometheus Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Merrimac, Qld
2006 Chrysalis The Emergence of Northern Rivers Artists - Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW
2006 Showcase - Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
2006 Oceans 11 - Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore NSW
2005 Summer Show -Brian Moore Gallery,
2005 Sydney Prometheus Art Award Finalists Exhibition - Merrimac, Gold Coast Qld
2005 This Place Our Town -Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
2004 Exposition -Salles Edouard Marcel Sandoz et Michel David-Weill, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2004 Selected works -Byron Fine Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2003 Group Show and Sacred Heart Mission Auction -Gallery Paul, St Kilda Vic
2003 The Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Finalists Exhibition -Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney
2002 Annual Group Show - Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2002 Group Show and Sacred Heart Mission Auction -Gallery Paul, St Kilda Vic
2002 Five Places To See - Byron Fine Art Gallery and Waywood, Byron Bay
2001 20000 Leagues Under The Sea -TheTub Art Gallery, Byron Bay NSW GOGA Art Exhibition - The Glennie School, Toowoomba Qld
2000 Festival of The Horse Art Exhibition, The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba Qld
1999 Odds On Honours Graduate Exhibition -SCU Lismore NSW
1998 11th Annual Bachelor of Arts Graduate Exhibition -SCU, Lismore NSW
1998 Selected works - Museum of Contemporary Art, SCU Lismore NSW
1995 Curators Choice -Visual Arts Gallery, USQ Toowoomba Qld
1995 Indonesian/Australian Student Show -Visual Arts Gallery, USQ Toowoomba
1994 Minister for Education's Excellence in Art Award Exhibition -The Old Post Office Gallery, Toowoomba Qld

Awards
2007 Prometheus Art Award Finalist
2005 Prometheus Art Award Finalist
2003 The Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Winner
2001 Pat Corrigan Artists Grant (NAVA & Arts Council Australia)
1999 William Fletcher Trust Grant

Bibliography
2011 Phe Luxford, Dark Wood Lands, Exhibition catalogue, Flinders Lane Gallery
2009
Elizabeth Fortescue, ‘Using Animal Instincts’, The Daily Telegraph April 13, p.42
2003 Lyndall Crisp, 'Crayon's trail leads to Paris', The Australian Financial Review September 19
2003 Rosalie Higson, 'From paddock to Paris for a new art star', Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 19 p.3
2003 Brendan Lavery, 'Whiteley Scholarship win for local artist' The Northern Star, Sept 20 p.3
2003 Sharon Verghis,
'Artist's world opens up, with a Whiteley at her side', Sydney Morning Herald News, Sept 19 p.3
2003 Sharon Verghis, 'After the pain, growing anew', Sydney Morning Herald, p.17
2000 Suellen Hinde, 'Young artists join forces', Northern Territory News,
Aug 19 p.31
1998
Irena Hatfield, 'Art in Review' also 'Pictures of studious intent', The Northern Star
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