Karen Burger

Karen Burger has been painting for over 20 years. During that time, she studied for three years with Charlie Sheard in his eponymous school. A master of pure abstraction, he provided an in depth studio course on historical oil painting techniques, from the preparation of the support and making the paints to the examination and practice of the oil painting techniques used by the masters, both old and more recent. This was a period of intense learning that shaped Karen as a painter.

In the subsequent years, Karen has explored abstraction- mark making, gestural work, texture and colour. Throughout, her painting has been informed by the environment in which she found herself, both natural and man-made. She continues to push her own boundaries, exploring the impact of those environments on her life and the way she perceives the world.

In her latest body of work exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, 2024, Karen took a new direction. This work is drawn from a critical examination of herself, her place in the world, and of the visual images that inspire her. This work reflects her experiences as a female working in a male environment, as well as the beauty and strength Karen discovered within. Examining herself and her life, the ...

2024 Art Student's League, New York (Pat Lipsky's
studio)
2007 – 2010 Charlie Sheard Studio School
2004 NAS short course (sculpture with Tim Kyle)
2002 COFA short course (drawing)
2000 – 2001 Julian Ashton Art School (part time)

SOLO SHOWS
2022, March Contours | Currents with Rory OBrien
at M2 Gallery, Surry Hills
2019, October Studio Exhibition
2018, October Abstracted Impressions at Sheffer
Gallery, Darlington
2017, March Studio Exhibition
2016, March Gestures, at Depot Gallery, Danks
Street, Waterloo
2015, September Studio Exhibition
2011, November Studio Exhibition
2009, December Studio Exhibition
2007, December Studio Exhibition
GROUP SHOWS / PRIZES
2024, July Affordable Art Fair, Sydney
2014, November Artbeat’14, Moriah College P & F Art
Prize
2013, March PROEM, at Depot Gallery, Danks Street, Waterloo with sculptor Carol Crawford.
2010, September Sixteen Degrees, at the Charles Hewitt Gallery
2007, March 27th Annual Holy Family Art Festival
2006 Artbeat’06, Moriah College P & F Art Prize
2006 Rogoff Studio Exhibition at the Bondi Pavilion
2005 Montessori East Art Exhibition

COLLECTIONS
Represented in a number of private and corporate collections in the United States and Australia.