Karen Standke Exhibition - Manyung Gallery Malvern

We are excited to present Karen Standke's solo exhibition at Manyung Gallery Malvern.

Karen Standke is a contemporary Landscape Artist who has worked and exhibited internationally for over two decades. Born 1973 In Munich, Germany and based in Australia since 2000, Karen has exhibited work nationally and internationally. Awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation grant in 2008, Standke’s work has been a finalist in several of Australia’s most prestigious painting awards, amongst them the John Leslie Art Prize in 2020 and 2018, the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize in 2017, the Albany Art Prize in 2014 (where her work won the People’s choice award) and the Glover prize in 2011.

Most recently, Standke was awarded the Noel Counihan Art Award in 2018, and her winning work “Now selling” was acquired by Moreland City Council for the public collection in 2020. “Road to Maralinga II”, an early work of Standke’s, painted in 2007, was part of the nationally touring exhibition Black Mist Burnt Country, which included work by Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Rosemary Laing, amongst many other notable contemporary artists. Standke’s works are held in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, France, Norway, Japan, India, UK and USA.

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