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KATHERINE MARMARAS  
Multidisciplinary Artist
Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne 

SELECTED AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Finalist - 2025 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 
Finalist - 2024 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award  
Finalist - 2023 Northern Beaches 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)                                                                                                                                              
SOLO EXHIBITIONS    
2024  Pieced Together, Geelong Art Space, Geelong, Victoria
2020  Piecing together… fragments of culture, Geelong Art Space,  Geelong, Victoria   
2019   [Found] peacefulness…, Assembly Point, 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
RESIDENCIES 
2020 -24 Self-driven Artist in Residence as Artist, Curator and Director at Geelong Art Space, Geelong, Victoria      
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 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize Finalists Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 1st August to 14th September 2025                                                                                                                                               
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS & WORKSHOPS
2025   From Waste To Wonder and Marking Nature: Sustainable Art Making - two school holiday  
            workshops at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2024   Slow Repair – a social practice fundraising project initiated by Linda Knight at 
            GalleryGalleryInc, Brunswick, Victoria  (More details here) 
2021    An Altered View, drawing and participation event, Geelong Design Week at Geelong Art  
            Space     
2020    Craft Contemporary Festival satellite event: Waste Not, Want Not – 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 in-person workshop 
CURATORIAL
2023    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.  This event was part of  
            Craft Victoria's Craft Contemporary Satellite Event program.  
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
2025    Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly,  
             NSW  
             9 by 5 Exhibition, Drum Theatre, Dandenong, Victoria      
             Linden Postcard Show 2024-25, Linden New Art, St Kilda, Victoria 
2024    Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Finalists Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery,  
             Grafton, NSW
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, 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, 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 
             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, UK
             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)  
             6th International Print Exchange 2014, Green Door Printmaking Studio, Derby, UK
             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; & 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 & 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, Wagga Wagga,   
             NSW 
            The Sketchbook Project 2013, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA & other cities across 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)
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,  CRAFT Victoria (Accredited Member), Women's Art Register and National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA)
EDUCATION  
Diploma of Visual Art (Printmaking) – RMIT University (TAFE), Melbourne, Victoria 
Certificate I in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft – Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, Victoria   
Numerous masterclasses and workshops with established artists