Karina Buckingham Artist

Curriculum Vitae​​

Karina Buckingham

born UK 1968; emigrated Australia 2008

karina@karinabuckingham.com  www.karinabuckingham.com
 

Academic Qualifications
2008 - 2013 Bachelor of Arts (Art) Curtin University, Western Australia (WA)
2006 Access to Art Diploma (Foundation Course), Bracknell and Wokingham College, UK
2001 Access to Interior Design Diploma (Foundation Course), Richmond Upon Thames College, UK
1996 - 1998 City & Guilds Certificate, Interior Decorative Techniques, Richmond Upon Thames College, UK
1986 –1990 Bachelor of Science (Honours) Management Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

Professional Experience
2018 – 2024 Business owner Karina Buckingham Artist (Art Tutor, Visual Artist, online retailer)
2020 – 2021 Art Tutor, Art Pod, Mosman Park WA
2018 – 2020 Art Tutor, Nest Australian Design Studio, Perth Hills, Western Australia (WA) and Private
2016 – 2017 Curator, Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs, WA
2014 – 2015 Assistant Curator, Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs, WA

Exhibition Highlights

2024 Finalist in Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape
2023 Finalist in Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition, online (54 finalists from1800 entries)
2022 Solo, Walk of Wonder: Reflections from the Cape to Cape Track, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, WA
2022/3 Margaret River Region Open Studios, Garden Studio, Yallingup Siding
2022 Invited Artist for Swoon group show, Juniper Galleries, Darlington, WA
2021 Finalist and painting acquired for public art collection, City of Stirling Art Awards, Stirling, WA
2020 Finalist Busselton Art Prize, Showcase of Skills, Art Geo Cultural Precinct, Busselton, WA
2019 Finalist Perth Royal Art Prize Salon, Claremont Showgrounds, Claremont, WA
2019 Invited artist, inaugural Rottnest Foundation Exhibition, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth, WA
2018 Two solo exhibitions, Biophilia: Inside and Out, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle; The Wonder of Trees, Nest Australian Design Studio, Perth Hills, WA

Selected Exhibitions
2024 Group Show (invited artist), Chow’s Table, Yallingup, WA
2023/24 Petite Collection Major Mini Exhibition, Australian juried online show
2023 City of Stirling Art Awards & Exhibition finalist (also 2017,2019, 2021), Council Offices, Stirling, WA
2023 Solo Exhibition, Margaret River Region Open Studios, Garden Studio, Yallingup Siding, WA
2023 Fine Art at Hale (invited artist 2014 to 2023), Hale School, Wembley Downs, WA
2021 Lifeline Charity Fundraising Exhibition, Juniper Galleries, Darlington, WA
2020 City of Busselton Showcase of Skills, Art Geo Cultural Complex, Busselton, WA
2020 City of Bayswater Community Art Award Exhibition, Bayswater, WA
2020 City of Melville Art Award Exhibition, Melville, WA
2019 Artsource Members Exhibition Now, Old Customs House, Fremantle, WA
2019 Royal Art Prize Salon finalist, Royal Show, Perth, WA
2019 Rottnest Foundation Art Exhibition (invited artist), Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth, WA
2019 Art Upmarket, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2018 The Wonder of Trees, Nest Australian Design Studio, Perth Hills, WA (solo exhibition),
2018 Biophilia: inside and out, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, WA (joint exhibition)
2017 City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award finalist (and 2015), Civic Centre, South Perth, WA
2017 Newman School Art Expo selected artist (and 2015), Newman College, Churchlands, WA
2013 Community Art Exhibition, Churchlands Senior High School, Churchlands, WA
2011 Town of Cambridge Artist of the Month, The Boulevarde Centre, Floreat, WA

Collections
City of Stirling Public Collection 2021
Various private collections, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, United States


Professional Memberships
Creative Visionary Programme Alumni 2023
Artsource Max Member (recipient of SPRING Mentoring Program 2020)
Connected Artist Club 2021 – present (worldwide online professional membership)
 

Biography
Karina is a UK born professional artist who is passionate about paint, and the trees and coast which make life in the Southwest of WA so unique. Originally a marketing professional in large food companies, she changed career and was awarded a Fine Art Degree from Curtin University in Perth in 2013. Karina then volunteered for Fine Art at Hale, becoming Curator for 2016/17, and worked as a freelance painting tutor for private art organisations.

Karina is devoted to memorising and documenting the places she walks in each day, as a means of immortalising its visual beauty and the sense of well-being it evokes. Visual texture, colour theory and maximising depth of field are her main technical interests. Her paintings seek to reflect the balance between energy and calm that is present in the natural world.

Karina’s art practice highlights include being a finalist for the 2024 Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape, selection by New York gallerist Anita Rogers in the International Art2Life Juried Art Exhibition 2023, presenting the solo exhibition Walk of Wonder: Reflections from the Cape to Cape Track in January 2022 at Gallows Gallery in Perth; opening her purpose built Dunsborough studio to the public for Margaret River Region Open Studios (MRROS) in 2022 and 2023; and having her work acquired by the City of Stirling in 2021. She is excited to be taking part in the MRROS event for the third time this year, presenting a new collection inspired by the trees and coast of the Cape to Cape Track, and is enjoying sharing her painting knowledge through her popular weekend workshops.

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updated August 2024