The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Incorporated Collectors' Exhibition 2005 A selected exhibition of Australian Contemporary Art 6 - 21 February 2005 Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton, Melbourne information from the artist....

KARYN FENDLEY

Date of Birth: 1970, Brisbane, Australia.

Education:

• 1989 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

• 2004 Recent Work ~ Passion@flowers, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2002 "Three" ~ Tub Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW Australia
• 2001 Asia Pacific Earth Charter Congress ~ Soka Gakkai Centre Brisbane QLD
• 2001 "The Patterns of Nature" ~ Fox Gallery Brisbane
• 2000 "Remembered and Imagined" ~ Fox Gallery Brisbane
• 1999 Recent Work ~ The Orient Restaurant, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1998 Recent Work ~ Urban Groove Art Space, Brisbane, OLD, Australia
• 1997 "Eastern Encounters"~ Orient Restaurant, Byron Bay, NSW,
• 1996 Recent Work ~ The Zoo Restaurant, Brisbane, OLD, Australia
• 1995 Recent Work ~ Queensland University Gallery, St Lucia Brisbane, OLD, Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions:

• 2004 The Corporate Art Gallery, Burteigh, QLD, Australia
• 2004 "Pandora's Box" Pan Gallery Byron Bay NSW. Australia
• 2003 The International Digital Fine Art Awards www. internationaldigitalart. com
• 2002 "Tails" Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2001 QCLArt Award, Logan Regional Gallery, Logan, OLD, Australia
• 2001 "Third Annual Eclectic" Fox Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
• 2001 "20 000 strokes under the sea" 2001 The Tub Gallery Byron Bay, NSW.
• 2001 "Wetlands and Estuaries Art Exhibition" Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2001 "Pandemonium" Byron Art Space, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2001 "Tails" Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2000 "Second Annual Eclectic" Fox Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
• 2000 Easter Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 2000 Celestial Gallery Brisbane, OLD, Australia
• 2000 "mmm....yes" Virtuosity Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1999 "Smalls" Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1999 Easter Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1998 Easter Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1998 Women Artists' Diary Exhibition, Brooklet House Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW.
• 1997 Easter Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
• 1996 "Octave" Byron Artisans, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

Biography:

Karyn Fendley's abstract canvases reveal her continued preoccupation with nature. Fendley showed artistic talent as a child. She began art lessons when she was eight, painting the bushland surrounding her family home. Fendley's work since has explored many avenues. She has developed an original style which is spare, controlled, rich in colour and texture.

Following formal studies at the Queensland College of Art, Fendley worked as a designer for an international design company. The discipline of this experience, combined with ongoing private studies and travel throughout Australia, Europe and Asia, has provided her a comprehensive visual art education.

Diverse natural landscapes inspired her first solo exhibition in 1993. Since then she has devoted herself to painting, exhibiting, and travel. Fendley now lives and works in Byron Bay, Australia. Her work is housed in public and private collections worldwide. To view her artwork visit her website.

Artist statement: "Looking closely at nature, one can observe that every natural pattern of growth, movement or structure, conforms to a fixed vocabulary of shape and pattern of repetition. This relationship between diverse natural forms has become the dominant theme and inspiration of my work."