Katheen Rhee

Katheen Rhee

Canberra, NSW, Australia

About Katheen Rhee

​Art comes naturally to me, it was always in my being. I don’t know how I could do anything else even if I tried. My earliest memory as an artist is when I was 4 years old. I was trying to draw my house and garden but didn’t understand how to draw the sky when it’s all around us. At 15, we were painting large canvases in art class and I decided I wanted to be a painter, just like Picasso, Monet, or Matisse! I am inspired by everything around me, nature is a constant inspiration in my work. When I am painting, I let the intuitive process take over. I paint on canvas with acrylic paint and water. My process is a combination of colour staining, sketching, painting with a with a brush and then applying water to soften, blend, layer and splatter. Sometimes it happens immediately, or sometimes it takes a few layers before I feel the work is done. I like both results, a one layer process has a very crisp special quality but the layered work has texture, a feel of age and history. Painting is definitely expressing my true nature. I have always been obsessed with colour, that is something very important in my life. I feel colour, it is always telling me a story and influencing my mood. I have a deep connection to nature, it brings me peace and tranquillity and that drives me to bring it into our everyday lives inside. The world can be a hard, stressful place and our surroundings can make a difference. We spend so much time indoors I believe having art we love to look at everyday, can make a big difference, influencing our mood, making us happier and calmer.

Education:

Brisbane Institute of Art
1990 - 1992 Art History and Drawing

Parsons School of Design New York
1995 - 1998 Graphic Design & Advertising

Australian National University School of Art
2003 - 2005 Observation & Expression in Drawing, Portrait & Figure Painting

Initiatic Art Therapy School Melbourne
2007 - 2009 Certificate Initiatic Art Therapy

MARI Mandala, Seattle USA
2011 Art Therapy Model: Mandala Assessment Research Instrument Certification Levels 1&2

Events:

MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
2020 Selection Finalist Art Lovers Australia Art Prize
2019 Featured artist Art Lovers Australia Collectors Book 2019
‘This Art Show is Big and Beautiful: Interpretations of Place’ Canberra Times Art Review
‘Art Is A Necessity’ Interview with Art Lovers Australia
‘Stroke of Genius’ Interview with Allhomes Magazine
‘The Block’ Australian TV Series: featured artist for 2019 winners Tess & Luke’s in their winning ‘Studio Room’
Home Designs Magazine feature with Art Lovers Australia
‘Peaceful Palette’ Home, Canberra Weekly Magazine
‘Local art on The Block’ Inside & Out, Canberra Weekly Magazine
2018 ‘Artist spotlight: Kathleen Rhee’ by Style Curator
2017 ‘Creative Expressions” Love It Feature, Art Edit Magazine
2015 ‘Mandala Calm’ Creative Art For Everyone, published by Blurb Books, written & illustrated by Kathleen Rhee
2014 ‘Foundations of Creativity’ Mandala Art Project for Disability by Kathleen Rhee, John James Foundation
​ Annual Report article feature

WORKSHOPS​
2019 ‘Brush with Brunch’ 1 day painting workshop BDA Interiors Canberra

Exhibitions:

2019 ‘Interpretations of Place’ Group Landscape Exhibition, Form Studio & Gallery
'Kingsborough Housewarming’ Exhibiting with BDA Interiors Canberra
‘Canberra Home Building Expo’ Exhibiting with BDA Interiors Canberra
‘Art X Design’ Exhibition, BDA Interiors Canberra
QPRC Regional Arts Trail Studio Exhibition
QPRC Regional Art Awards, The Q Gallery Queanbeyan
‘Revealed’ Art Lovers Australia Artists on ‘The Block’, Exhibition TBC Gallery Gold Coast
Humble House Gallery Resident Artists Christmas Exhibition
2018 QPRC Regional Meet & Make Expo
QPRC Regional Arts Trail Studio Exhibition
‘3 Days of Design’ Exhibition BDA Interiors Canberra
2017 QPRC Regional Arts Trail Studio Exhibition
ETSY Made Local Exhibition Canberra
2016 ‘Signature Series’ RAW Canberra Exhibition
QPRC Regional Arts Trail Studio Exhibition
2014 Solo Exhibition 39 Steps Cafe Gallery represented by My Galleria Art
Solo Exhibition Cork Street Gallery Cafe represented by My Galleria Art
‘This is Art’ Market Exhibition, Yarralumla Woolshed Canberra
Radford College Annual Art Show
2013 ‘This is Art’ Market Exhibition, Yarralumla Woolshed Canberra
2012 Solo Exhibition ‘Simplicity is the beauty of life’ CG Gallery Canberra
Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show
Radford College Art Show
Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition
Cranleigh Annual Art Exhibition
2011 Canberra Times Outdoor Art Exhibition
Radford College Annual Art Exhibition
QPRC Regional Art Awards, The Q Gallery Queanbeyan
Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition
Cranleigh Annual Art Exhibition
Queanbeyan Artists Society Special Red Ribbon Exhibition
2010 ‘Journeys through the Emotional Landscape’ joint Exhibition Canberra Southside Gallery
Canberra Times Outdoor Art Exhibition
QPRC Regional Art Awards, The Q Gallery Queanbeyan
Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition
2009 Canberra Times Outdoor Art Exhibition
2008 Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show
QPRC Regional Art Awards, The Q Gallery Queanbeyan
Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition
2007 Canberra Times Outdoor Art Show
2006 ‘Colours of Life’ Joint Exhibition Canberra Southside Gallery