Biographie de Karen PAPACEK :

Née en 1957 Esk, Qld.
Dip CA, Dip Ed., Instructor Queensland College of Art - Australia

PROJETS

Artiste invitée, Gallery 37 - Design and execution of Drawing Installation Project, Chicago - USA 1994
Artiste invitée, Forum for Contemporary Art - Design and execution of Drawing Installation Project, St Louis - USA 1996
Artiste invitée, Arts in Transit Bus Shelter Installation - Bi-State Development Agency, St Louis - USA 1996
Artiste invitée, Queensland University of Technology - Drawing Installation Project, Brisbane - Australia, 2000 

ARTISTE EN RESIDENCE

Palo Alto, Barcelona, Spain, 1990-1991
Artist in residence - Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques 2001, 2003  

EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES (selection)

2009 Galerie La Bohême, Deauville, France
2009 Tch’a, Maison de thé, Paris
2009 Biennale d’art contemporain, Mortagne au Perche, France
2008 Hôtel des Arts, Remalard, Orne, France
2007 DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, Grahame Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Espace Bon de Veire, La Perrière - France
2004 Espace Bon de Veire, La Perrière - France
2004 MY LIGHT DARK DAYS, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane - Australia
2003 Galerie Nota bene, Cadaques - Spain
2002 NOCTURNE AUBADE, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane - Australia
2001 CONVERGENCE, Halle aux Grains, Mortagne au Perche - France
2000 UN POISSON DE CIEL, Grahame Galleries, Brisbane - Australia
1997 ANTE CHAMBER, Austral Gallery, St Louis - USA
1996 RED ROOM, Austral Gallery, St Louis - USA
1995 RED ROOM, Galerie Patrice Rostain, Paris - France
1994 GOLDEN CAGES, Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago - USA
1993 GOLDEN CAGES, Galerie Patrice Rostain, Paris - France
1993 ROSE FOR THE BEAST OF BURDEN, Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte - Australia
1993 ROSE FOR THE BEAST OF BURDEN, Greenaway Galleries, Adelaide - Australia
1993 SAFE HOUSE, Austral Gallery, St Louis - USA
1992 ROSE FOR THE BEAST OF BURDEN, Metro Arts Gallery II, Brisbane - Australia
1991 ROSE FOR THE BEAST OF BURDEN, Australian Embassy, Paris - France
1989 THROW ANOTHER BIRD, Metro Arts Gallery II, Brisbane - Australia
1985 Metro Arts Gallery II, Brisbane - Australia
1983 Queensland College of Art, Brisbane - Australia

EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES

2004 À livres ouverts, Galerie Immanence, Paris - France
2004 La Belle Friche, Marche Arrêt, La Perrière - France
2002 ARCO, Galerie Pudelko, Madrid - Spain
2001 Artists books and multiples fair, Brisbane - Australia
1999 Chateau de Pellonnière, Le Pin la Garenne, Normandie - France
1997 THE DUAL MUSE, Washington University Gallery of Art, St Louis - USA
1997 ART CHICAGO, Navy Pier, Chicago - USA
1996 ART CHICAGO, Navy Pier, Chicago - USA
1995 SOFA, Miami - USA
1994 Salon Jeune Peinture, Paris - France
1994 Galerie Patrice Rostain, Paris - France
1994 University of Tasmania Gallery B, Launceston - Australia
1994 St Louis Print Market, St Louis - USA
1994 Metro Arts Gallery II, Brisbane - Australia
1993 Art Attack (Les Artistes Contre le Sida), Gallery Montenay, Paris - France
1993 Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff - USA
1993 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago - USA
1991 Salon Vitry sur Seine, Vitry sur Seine - France
1991 Galerie Bateau-Lavoir, Paris - France
1990 McWhirthers Arispace, Brisbane - Australia
1989 Metro Arts Gallery IV, Brisbane - Australia
1989 Archibald Portrait Prize Bicentennial Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne - Australia
1988 Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney - Australia
1988 Metro Arts Gallery II, Brisbane - Australia
1987 John Mills Gallery, Brisbane - Australia  

COLLECTIONS

Bibliothèque-médiathèque départementale de l'Orne - France
James Hardie Library of Australian Fine Art, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane - Australia
Mackay Library, Mackay - Australia
Tackaberry Collection, London - UK
Centre for the Artist’s Book, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane - Australia
Artbank - Australia
Schriff Collection, Miami, Florida - USA
Olin Library Special Collections, Washington University, St Louis - USA