Kareena Zerefos

Drawing on my personal experiences as a mother and the whimsical and layered memories of my own childhood, the coloured pencil works on paper serve as a reflection on the intimate and universal dichotomies we navigate.

Through pastel-coloured dream-scapes and misty dunes, contrasted with sometimes eerie, carnival marquees and inflatable structures, my series captures the tension between joyous escapism and the melancholy of nostalgia.

The work holds a mirror to the stark dualities of our current era, where the utopian veneer of curated digital lives clashes with the dystopian realities of environmental decline and societal challenges, inviting viewers to contemplate our collective journey through these polarised times.

2017 Master of Art, University of New South Wales

2023 Corrent De Ar, Lisbon
2022 Incognito, Studio A, Sydney
2019 Faces & Figures, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2018 untitled, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney
2018 Destinations, Northern Beaches Creative Space, Sydney
2016 The Annual, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney
2016 Warringah Art Prize, Warringah Creative Space, Sydney
2016 Art For The Company, Good Space Gallery, Sydney
2015 Crossing the Line, Bow & Arrow, Sydney
2015 Fowlers Gap Exhibition, AD Space, Sydney
2014 From the Ground Up, District 01, Sydney
2014 The Brave Ones, Flower Pepper Gallery , Pasadena, CA, USA
2014 Hither, Thither and Yon, The Nook Gallery, Mornington, VIC
2013 The Retreat, Hoxton Hotel, London
2013 Young Masters, Curious Duke Gallery, London
2013 Art Drops, Madame La Marquise, Barcelona 2013 Made to Endure, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2013 Spring, Element Eden, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
2013 Utopia, The Unit, London
2012 Kidults, L'Épatante Gallery, Rennes, France
2012 Contempo, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2012 Four the Love of Art, Gallery in Cork St, London
2011 Life, East Gallery, London
2010 Unwrapped 10, United Galleries, Sydney
2010 19 Mood Swings, 19 Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD