KATIE KEAST                         Tarndanya (Adelaide)

Education

2011                  Certificate IV in Small Business Management, TAFE, VIC.                                           

2008                 Certificate IV in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft (Jewellery) TAFE SA.

2003      Bachelor of Design (Industrial), The University of South Australia.

1998                Bachelor of Visual Arts (foundation year), The University of South Australia.

Professional Experience

2011 - Current Owner, Keast Design    

2017-2019       Studio Assistant, Julia deVille, Collingwood/East Melbourne, VIC

2013               Workshop designer and facilitator, Darebin Homegrown Comics Festival, VIC

2000               Workshop designer and facilitator, Carclew holiday arts program, Adelaide, SA

Group Exhibitions

2024  The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA

2023  THRF Group - Creative Health Art Prize, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, SA

2022  The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA

2016 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA

2015  ReArt, M2 Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2012  Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2011 Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, VIC

2009  Members Exhibition, Red House Gallery, Adelaide, SA

2008  Fringe group exhibition, Red Hill Gallery, Adelaide, SA

2008  Contemporary Craft, TAFE SA Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, SA

2003 Imago, UNISA Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, SA

Public Art & Private Commissions

2015 Untitled, public artworks commissioned by Darebin City Council for the Darebin Kite Festival, Melbourne, VIC.

Publications

2022  ‘Science, Beauty and a Changing Climate’, SAWEEKEND, June 4-5, 2022, p. 18

2016  John Neylon, ‘A Dolphin Free Zone at the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize’,

The Adelaide Review, 19 July, 2016.

2004.   ’Fresh Face of Design’, Cosmopolitan Magazine, September issue, 2004.

Awards and Achievements

2012  Merit Award, BSG Small Works Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

2004  Winner, Cosmopolitan Fresh Face of Design Competition, National

2004  Recipient, ID ‘ONYA’ Award, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

2003  Winner, Sustainable Futures Award, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

2003  Deans Merit List – Industrial Design (UNISA, 2000-2003)

1998  Deans Merit List – Visual Arts (UNISA, 1998)

Collections

National and international private collections.