Katerina Apale

The extraordinary beauty of the unique Australian native flora and fauna was a new and overwhelming sensory experience. It inspired me to immerse myself into the study of the interplay of light with the fluid shapes of birds, flowers and the ornamental patterns they created. I use oil and acrylic paints to try and capture the joyous and unique richness of colour of the Australian nature. My paintings can be saturated with colour or capture the fleeting moments in more muted, pastel tones; they can be ornamental and decorative or authentically realistic.

The Art Academy of Latvia, Master of Arts Degree, Fine Arts, Visual Plastic (Textile Art) , Riga, Latvia.

Berlin University of Arts, Erasmus program student, Germany, Berlin

Group and Solo exhibitions in Australia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Austria, Germany, Russia, Belarus (since 2002)

Important exhibitions, prizes and projects:

2023
Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, Australia

2022-2023 (Dec-Feb)
Solo exhibition Katerina Apale: Present Memories, Gosford Regional Gallery, Australia

2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015
Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, Australia

2022, 2018
Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia

2020
Still Life Exhibition, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2020
apale:bloomfield exhibition, Hunter Valley, Australia

2019
The Other Art Fair, Sydney, Australia

2019
Scattering of Light, M2 Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2019 
Solo exhibition, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia

2017 
Solo exhibition, GAUGE gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016 
Solo exhibition, Callaghan Art Studio Gallery, Hawks Nest, Australia

2016 
Solo exhibition, Hardys Bay Club

2009 
Solo Textile exhibition, Gallery Apsida, Riga, Latvia

2007 
Nord-Balt-Textileart, international textile TC-1 weaving project, Kaunas Art Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania

2007 
Arctic Art Week, international Art project, Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Lap...