Karen Woodbury Gallery

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Karen Woodbury Gallery is a commercial art gallery in Richmond, Victoria, Australia.

History[]

The gallery was opened in 2004 on the ground floor of 4 Albert Street by its director Karen Woodbury. It was the only gallery in the area at the time; since then other commercial galleries started operating in the street, including Sophie Gannon Gallery, John Buckley Gallery, Jenny Port Gallery, Anita Traverso Gallery.[citation needed]

By 2009 the gallery was representing a range of contemporary Australian and New Zealand artists, and to open a second exhibition space expanded to level one of the building. By 2013, the gallery was one of several in a growing arts hub on Flinders Lane.[1]

In 2015 the gallery participated in an art fair, "Spring 1883", at the Establishment Hotel.[2]

Artists[]

Artists represented by the Karen Woodbury Gallery include Del Kathryn Barton, Cathy Blanchflower, Robert Boynes, Jane Burton, Michael Cusack, Michael Doolan, McLean Edwards, Kate Ellis, Marie Hagerty, Titania Henderson, Sam Jinks, Locust Jones, Elisabeth Kruger, Alice Lang, Rhys Lee, Fiona Lowry, Magda Matwiejew, eX de Medici, Lara Merrett, Jonathan Nichols, Simon Obarzanek, Derek O'Connor, John Pule, Lisa Roet, , Alex Spremberg, Heather B. Swann, Monika Tichacek and .[3]

Selected exhibitions[]

  • Dinosaur Designs, 2014[4]
  • Jane Burton, "In Other Bodies", 2014[5]
  • Peter Booth, 2015[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Why Melbourne is so hot right now". Herald Sun. 22 November 2013.
  2. ^ O'Sullivan, Jane (9 September 2015). "A lot riding on the success of Sydney Contemporary 2015". AFR Weekend.
  3. ^ Winata, Amelia (25 August 2016). "Ocula Report: Spring 1883". Ocula. Melbourne.
  4. ^ "Dinosaur Designs exhibition at Karen Woodbury Gallery for VAMFF". Vogue. 28 February 2014.
  5. ^ Nelson, Robert (23 April 2014). "Jane Burton exhibition: Lusty turns lurid in twisted display". The Age.
  6. ^ Rule, Dan (5 June 2015). "Peter Booth's warm, gentle nature a stark contrast to the cruel world his paintings depict". The Age.

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Coordinates: 37°49′43″S 144°59′53″E / 37.82861°S 144.99806°E / -37.82861; 144.99806

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