Caroline Kha | The Work
Statement
Caroline Kha studied Fine Arts at the National Art School in Sydney, majoring in Painting and Photography. She was awarded an artist residency at the Florence Trust in 2009 and currently works in London.
Caroline Kha's recent work explores ideas about cultural memory, place and identity. Her painting and collages examines romanticisation of travel and cultures. She is interested in the relationship and dialogue between traditional oil painting techniques and photography. Postcards and found imagery are a rich source material for her work. Caroline Kha ’s paintings are emotive and evocative of familiar places. Her collages are multi-layered with images of idyllic places and cultures subtly juxtaposed to create new meaning.
Kha has been involved in extensive community projects and publications. Her work has been exhibited and found in private collections in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom.
“... on our return from a place, perhaps the first thing to disappear from memory is just how much of the past we spent dwelling on what was to come; how much of it, that is, we spent somewhere other than where we were. There is a purity both in the remembered and in the anticipated visions of a place; it is the place itself that is allowed to stand out." - The Art of Travel, Alain de Botten, p.23
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Awards and Achievements
2008 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize: Landscape, Sydney
2002 Finalist, Strathfield Eco Art Prize, Sydney
1998 1st Prize, Michelangelo Competition, University of New South Wales
Artist Residencies
2010 Florence Trust Artist Residency, St Saviours, London
2003 Artist in Residence Studio, Meriden School, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2010 A Spot of Time, dalla Rosa Gallery, London
2008 Untied Project, Michael Gray Fine Art, Sydney
2005 Waiting, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2003 Transitions, Meriden School, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 London Art Fair, London
2011 London Art Fair, London
2010 Summer Exhibition, Florence Trust, St Saviours, London
2010 Winter Open Studios, Florence Trust, St Saviours, London
2009 Oxfam Footprints, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2009 Bushwhacked! The 3rd Annual Google Exhibition, Hardware Gallery, Sydney
2009 Even a Stopped Clock Tells the Right Time Twice a Day, Hardware Gallery, Sydney
2009 Stargazing, Vanishing Point Gallery and Hardware Gallery, Sydney
2008 Insite, Vaucluse House, Sydney
2007 Untitled, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, Sydney
2006 Red Magic, Love Original Project, Gallery LELE, Tokyo
2006 20 Minutes of Perfect Happiness, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2005 Sirens: 12 Women Artists, Global Gallery, Sydney
2005 ABC Archibald, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 Infusion, Cell Block Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
2004 Field of Vision: New York, Live art event, Lab Gallery, New York
2004 Spectrum, Old Parliament House, Spectrum
2004, Sydney
2004 Members Exhibition, Gallery 4a – Asia Australia Arts Centre, Sydney
2004 Culture Crunch, Space, Sydney
2002 Strathfield Eco Art, Strathfield Town hall, Sydney
2002 On the Edge, Stairwell Gallery, NAS, Sydney
2002 Oil and Coil, Cell Block Gallery, NAS, Sydney
2002 Selected Drawing Exhibition, Cell Block Gallery, NAS, Sydney
2001 One Week in the City, Government House, Sydney
2000 Walsh Bay, Cell Block Gallery, NAS, Sydney
1998 Murals, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Publications
2011 20 x 20 Magazine, The Fare to Get There
2005 Artist Interview: Caroline Kha, COVER Magazine, Issue 16, Hong Kong
2003 Mosaic: Celebrating and Raising Cultural Awareness, Sydney
2001 Artist Interview, FAAN Magazine, Sydney
Education
2009 Bachelor of Teaching, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
2000 Bachelor of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney
