Karyn Fearnside

I am a mixed media artist with a degree in Textile Art, Bachelor of Visual Art with Honours (1st Class) from the ANU. My practice involves working to express an idea through the most suitable medium.
Recently I have been working photographically and combining images. I use giclee prints (archival on museo max paper) to present the work. These are ONLY available as limited edition prints.

At the age of 28 Karyn was accepted into the Canberra School of Art, part of the Australian National University to study Textiles. Textiles is a wonderful discipline as it covers so many areas, painting, drawing, 3D as well as the traditional techniques of weaving, tapestry and printing.
Karyn made large scale cow carcasses out of tablecloths for her final work and exhibited them as an installation commenting on the fact that people don’t think about where the packaged meat from the supermarket comes from, let alone how it got there.

She left with first class honours and an Emerging Artist Support Scheme award which resulted in her first solo exhibition, “Stunting” in 1998.

Soon afterwards Karyn became a mother and her artistic pursuits took a back seat. She had her second solo exhibition in 2014, “SALSA” and her third, “weatheRED” in 2015. In 2016 she exhibited alongside close friend and fellow artist Teah Fort in “Preserving Ostranenie” Her 4th solo exhibition "The Shaping" was in August 2017

Selected Exhibitions:

2019 “STROMLO GHOSTS” 7th solo exhibition The Q Gallery Queanbeyan NSW

2018 “SOULUTION” installation 6th solo exhibition BOAA Biennale of Australian Art Ballarat Vic

2017 “Clifton Art Award” Canberra, finalist in the competition.

2017 PEACHES and sCREAM 5th solo exhibition Ballarat International Foto Biennale Vic

2017 THE SHAPING 4th solo exhibition Form Gallery Queanbeyan NSW

2017 FAUNICATION group exhibition Tuggeranong Arts Centre

2016 “Clifton Art Award” Canberra, finalist in the competition.

2016 “Preserving Ostranenie” CSA Foyer Gallery, joint exhibition with Teah Fort

2016 “STANTHORPE ART FFESTIVAL” Shortlisted, Stanthorpe, Queensland

2016 “SEED STITCH” group exhibition Warringah Creative Space, Sydney, NSW

2016 Project “Peaches and sCream” featured by LensCulture.com

2015 “FOWL PLAY” group exhibition Belconnen Community Service Gallery, ACT ...