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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 

                                                                                                                                       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 for 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 PROJECTS 
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
9 by 5 Exhibition, Drum Theatre, Dandenong,        
Linden Postcard Show 2024-25, Linden New Art
2024    
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Finalists Exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery
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 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 
Northern Beaches Artist Book Award, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly, NSW    
Burnie Print Prize Exhibition, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
Make or Break Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery      
Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne   
Botanical:Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery
2018     
Pop-Up Posters Paddington, Paddington Library, Paddington, NSW     
From Nature 2018, Gasworks Arts Park  
Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Queensland   
PETITE Miniature Textiles Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery 
St Kevin’s College 48th Art Show   
Art for Epilepsy, online fundraising auction   
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art 
2017     
Ceramic, Brunswick Street Gallery
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
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 ‘L’Etangd’Art’, Bages, France 
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 
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
2012 Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, Brooklyn, New York, USA The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour,  www.sketchbookproject.com                                                                                
2011 and prior
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
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