Anwen Keeling


Anwen Keeling is an Australian portrait painter. Working primarily with oil paints, her artworks have often focused on introspective women in private settings. She has „always been influenced by Caravaggio.“ Her artworks prominently contain areas of deep shadows.

Training

Keeling was born in Sydney and received a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and University Medal, from the Canberra School of Art at the Australian National University. She received a Master of Arts from the Winchester School of Art at Southampton University in Barcelona, Spain.

Exhibitions

Her artworks have been exhibited in Spain, Japan, Australia, and England. Her artworks are currently exhibited and represented at the Liverpool Street Gallery and the Schubert Contemporary Galleries in Australia.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 The Blue Room, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2012 Anwen Keeling, Michael Reid Murrurundi, New South Wales 2011 Sporthorse, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2009 Shadow of a Doubt, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2007 Shadowlands, Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland
2007 The Falling Dark, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney 2005 Languor, Art Galleries Schubert, Queensland 2004 Waiting Room, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2003 New Paintings, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2001 Allegory, Panorama Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 1999 Swathed, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Paintings and Drawings, Goya Galleries, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 LSG2013, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2011 The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2010 The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
State of the Art, ABSOLUT Stairwell Gallery, Sydney 2009 Summer Exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney 2008 Melbourne Art Fair,, Melbourne 2007 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
Come Hither: Interpretations of the Boudoir, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney 2006 Metro 5 Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair,, Melbourne
Jeans for Genes, Art Auction for the Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney An artist at my table, Art Auction, National Art School, Sydney
2005 Dog Trumpet, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney Metro 5 Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Home Ground – 5 Alumni Painters of the Canberra School of Art, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon des RefusesArchibald Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney Metro 5 Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2003 The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney Brian Moore Memorial Show, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
Canberra Art Prize, Canberra Italo Club, Canberra
Love Your Work – NSW TAFE Teachers Exhibition, MUSE Gallery, Sydney
John Cootes Memorial Art Prize, Berrima District Art Gallery, Berrima
Jeans for Genes, Art Auction for the Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney Beaux Arts Ball Charity Art Auction, Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
2002 Naked, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
Generations, Art Auction for the Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney
2001 Still Lives, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Zumo, Winchester School of Art Masters Students Exhibition, WSA, Winchester, United Kingdom
Zumo, Winchester School of Art Students Exhibition, Can Felipa Centro de Belles Artes, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Jeans for Genes, Art Auction for the Children’s Medical Research Institute, Sydney 1999 Portia Geach Portrait Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney
Salon des Refuses – Archibald Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney 1998 Excite, Graduating Exhibition Canberra School of Art, Australian National University,
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