KATHERINE MARMARAS
Multidisciplinary Artist
Lives and works in Melbourne and Geelong, Australia
EDUCATION
Diploma of Visual Art (Printmaking) – RMIT University (TAFE), Melbourne, Victoria (2007-2010) Certificate I in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft – Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, Victoria (2006)
Numerous masterclasses and workshops with artists including Judy Watson, David Fairbairn, and Martin King
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Finalist - 2023 Environmental Art & Design Prize
Finalist – 2019 Emerging Artist Award presented by fortyfivedownstairs
Finalist – Northern Beaches Artist Book Award 2019
Finalist – Burnie Print Prize 2019
Finalist – PETITE Miniature Textiles Exhibition (2018)
Finalist – Manly Library Artists’ Book Award (2017)
Finalist – Burnie Print Prize 2017
Finalist – Noosa Art Award and SHE (2016)
Finalist – Borough of Queenscliffe 150th Anniversary Art Awards (2013)
Finalist – Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints (2012)
Finalist – 41st Muswellbrook Open Art Prize (2011)
Purchase Prize Winner – Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints (2008)
Highly Commended Print Award – Inaugural St Peters Eastern Hill City of Melbourne Art Show (2004)
COLLECTIONS
Silk Cut Foundation Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Various private collections – nationally and internationally
MEMBERSHIPS
Print Council of Australia, The Australian Ceramics Association (TACA), CRAFT Victoria (Accredited Member), and National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA)
RESIDENCIES
2019 Boroondara Arts Artist in Residence at Hawthorn Arts Centre, Hawthorn, Victoria
2018 Artist in Residence at Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Victoria
CURRENT PROJECTS
Waste Not, Want Not Exhibition - a small group exhibition curated by me and featuring the works of 12 other artists and makers at Geelong Art Space. On now until 2nd December 2023.
This event is part of Craft Victoria's Craft Contemporary 2023.
Artist in Residence, Curator and Manager at Geelong Art Space, 89 Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria (since November 2019)
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Piecing together… fragments of culture, Geelong Art Space, Geelong, Victoria
2019
[Found] peacefulness…, Assembly Point:Guild, Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria
Piecing together…, Community Exhibition, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria
2018
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Victoria
Metamorphy, Fitzroy Library Showcases, Fitzroy, Victoria
2015
Obscuring the [not so] obvious…, Community Project Wall, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria
2012
Pieces of Peacefulness, Anita Traverso Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021
An Altered View, drawing and participation event, Geelong Design Week.
2020
Craft Contemporary Festival satellite event: Waste Not, Want Not – collaborative installation project at Geelong Art Space
2019
Craft Victoria’s Craft Cubed Festival Satellite Events: Fragments of culture… Pop-up Exhibition in collaboration with Great Frames
Workshops – Drawing on photos in Melbourne
Cultural Collage – community event at Hawthorn Library (Boroondara Arts)
2018
CRAFT Cubed Window Walk Project – Katherine Marmaras x Print City, Melbourne
CRAFT Cubed Festival Satellite Event – Photo Drawing – online and workshop
GROUP EXHIBITIONS as artist and curator
2022
Thread[laid]bare - a small group exhibition curated by me and featuring the works of 12 other artists and makers – a Craft Contemporary Festival Satellite Event at Geelong Art Space
2021
[Wall]flower… a small group exhibition curated by me and featuring the works of 5 other artists and makers – a Craft Contemporary Festival Satellite Event held at Geelong Art Space
JURIED & INVITED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Paper Cloth on the Hills Hoist, Colac Otways Arts Trail, Barwon Downs
2022
Bookish – Print Council of Australia members exhibition, The Athenaeum Library, Melbourne (Melbourne Art Book Fair)
2020
COVID-19 Global Community Quilt – online. Initiated by Tal Fitzpatrick and Kate Just.
2019
Wyndham Art Prize ExhibitIon, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
Northern Beaches Artist Book Award 2019, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, NSW
Burnie Print Prize Exhibition, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Make or Break Exhibition presented by Brunswick Street Gallery
Emerging Artist Award Exhibition presented by fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Botanical:Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
2018
Pop-Up Posters Paddington, Paddington Library, Paddington, NSW
From Nature 2018, Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria
Compact Prints 2018, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Queensland
PETITE Miniature Textiles Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria
St Kevin’s College 48th Art Show
Art for Epilepsy 2018, online fundraising auction
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art at Domain House, South Yarra
2017
Ceramic, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
Morning Light, Incube8r Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
Relief Print Exhibition, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop
ABBE 2017, 6th artists’ books + multiples fair, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
Burnie Print Prize 2017, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Manly Library Artists’ Book Award, The Creative Space, North Curl Curl, NSW
Bellarine Printmakers, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop
Art for Epilepsy, Online Fundraising Auction
Pop-Up Posters Paddington, Paddington Library, Paddington, NSW
2016
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Art4All Gallery and Pop-up Shop, Fairfield Primary School
Primavera’ exhibition, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop
Compact Prints 2016, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts Gallery, Townsville
36th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain and “L’Etangd’Art”, Bages, France
Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop June Group Exhibition
2016 Noosa Art Award Exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery
‘Lettered’ Print Exchange, Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop
SHE 2016 Exhibition, Gallery One, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria
2015
BONANZA 2015, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
Collective X Slow Clay at the Slow Clay Centre, Collingwood, Victoria
7th International Artists’ Book Triennial Vilnius 2015, Leipzig Book Fair, Germany and Gallery “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2015, The Hall Awa Japanese Handmade Paper, Tokushima, Japan
7th International Print Exchange 2015, Green Door Printmaking Studio, Derby, United Kingdom
35th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain and ‘L’Etangd’Art’, Bages, France
2015 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Kazanlak Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014
Inaugural People’s Choice for the Kennedy Prize 2014 (online only)
6th International Print Exchange 2014, Green Door Printmaking Studio, Derby, United Kingdom
2014 International Mokuhanga Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Compact Prints 2014, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts Gallery, Townsville, Queensland Postcards from the North and South 2014 Exhibition, Firestation Print Studio; Press North Printmakers, Townsville, Queensland; and Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland; also at Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts Gallery, Townsville, Queensland
Print Exchange 2014, 7 Dunham, Brooklyn, New York, USA
34th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Girona, Spain; Wingfield Barns, Norfolk, United Kingdom; “L’Etangd’Art”, Bages, France; and Fundació Tharrats d’Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain
2014 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Kazanlak Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
13th Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Mini Print 2014, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Sketchbook Project Pop-up Library at Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2013
4th Annual Painting and Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Sketchbook Project: Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
The Drive Home, Print Exchange 2013, Robert Blackburn Printshop, New York, USA and Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, California, USA
Borough of Queenscliffe 150th Anniversary Art Awards, Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff Gala Charity Auction for SHINE for Kids, Gallery 43, TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Something for Kate, Fundraising Silent Art Auction & Exhibition, Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek, Victoria
The Sketchbook Project 2013, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA (also toured to other locations within USA)
2012
Brave New World Exhibition – Sculpture 2012, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Pink Lady Art Exhibition Number Five, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Brighton, Victoria
Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, Victoria
2012 Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour, www.sketchbookproject.com
2011
made. Project: Art Journal 2011, made.Creative Space, Toowoomba, Queensland
We Touched It – We Got Dirty, RMIT Visual Arts Group Show, Cube Gallery, Richmond, Victoria Camberwell Art Show, Camberwell Girls Grammar School, Canterbury, Victoria
41st Muswellbrook Open Art Prize 2011, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, NSW
2010 and prior
New Collectables Auction 2010, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria
If You Touch It, You’ll Get Dirty, Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria
The 2010 Pink Lady Art Exhibition, Brighton Town Hall, Brighton, Victoria
Belle Arti – Chapman and Bailey Art Award 2010 Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland
SJS Gallery Group Show, SJS Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
Red Exhibition, Red Earth Gallery, Mooroolbark, Victoria
2010 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Victoria
New Collectables Auction 2009, First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria
2009 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne,Victoria
2008 Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, Victoria
RSPCA Art Prize Show, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, Victoria
2008 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourn
Inaugural St Peters Eastern Hill City of Melbourne Art Show, East Melbourne, Victoria (2004)
SOLE, Tacit Contemporary Art, Thornbury, Victoria (2002)