Katira Gailer

Katira (Katherine Gailer) is a Colombian artist currently based in Melbourne, exploring cultural identity, the natural environment, women’s empowerment, and contemporary design through public murals, installation works, painting, design, and music. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts Management degrees from RMIT University were both awarded with honours.

Katherine’s creative expression thrives at the intersection of urban and natural environments, modernity and tradition, and inner and outer spiritual realms. Her dream-like compositions celebrate resilience and liberation, echoing the urgent need to restore the invisible fabric connecting humanity and nature.
Her work reimagines public spaces as platforms for diverse cultural expression, with women at the forefront of social change. On a deeper level, she seeks to articulate the Feminine as a vital force of nourishment in today’s world, revealing the potent beauty that emerges when diverse women embrace an intersectional, authentic, and unapologetic identity.

Infused with the rich iconography and aesthetics of Latin America, her work reflects a deep connection to her cultural heritage while being shaped by her experience as a migrant. This dual perspective has cultivat...

2013 Master of Arts Management | RMIT University | Melbourne, Australia

2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts | RMIT University | Melbourne, Australia

2009 Diploma Of Visual Arts | Melbourne Polytechnic | Melbourne, Australia

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

• 2023 Radiance Exhibition, RED Gallery,Collaborative Exhibition with Lucy Lucy

• Antipodes, BeinArt Gallery

• 2021 Deadly Decade, Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne

• Kennedy Art Prize, South Australia

• Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, Wyndham, Victoria

• Global Art Awards, Shanghai

• People’s Choice Award at Corangamarah Art Prize, Red Rock Regional Gallery, Victoria

• Packer’s Art Prize, Red Rock Regional Gallery, Victoria
• ROI Art Prize, Melbourne

• Emerging Artist Award, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
• Contemporary Art Awards, Australia

• Melbourne Fringe Festival Visual Arts Award, Fifty Shades Of Blak’ at Blak Dot Gallery, Melbourne

• Art Expo Malaysia Plus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Brisbane Art Prize Brisbane, Australia

• Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize | Townsville, Australia

• 29th Chelsea International Art Competition | New York City, USA

• RMIT University | Arts Management Prize | Melbourne

• Tolarno Hotel Annual Award | Melbourne


COLLECTIONS

• Poh Chang Academy (Bangkok, Thailand)

• ROI Apartments (Melbourne, Australia)

• Tolarno Hotel Art Collection (Melbourne, Australia)

• Art Expo Malaysia | Art Collection (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)


PUBLIC ART and other Pro...