About
VKM is a an Australian artist whose photography work extends into the intricate realm of monotone stencil art. Known for her finely detailed skater stencils and street scenes, she has carved a disinct voice in the street art community,featuring on walls in Australia, India, Paris, Glasgow and London. From her Melbourne studio she also creates studio works and exhibits in art prizes, solo and group shows.
Her artistic practice thrives within the intersection of studio work and public art, both sharing a distinct hallmark of photorealism infused with a sense of fluidity and motion. She employs a diverse palette of mediums, including aerosol, Japanese inks, and mixed media.
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Education:
Media Arts-Phillip Institute Bundoora
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Flight - North Gallery. Fitzroy VIC
Collaborative Exhibitions
2019 - BSIDE Gallery – Collaboration with John Murray. Fitzroy VIC.
2017 – Along the Way – collaborative exhibition – Outback Arts Inc. Coonamble NSW.
1995 - Living on the Edge – Collaborative with John Murray. Park Hyatt
Regency, Canberra.
1995 - Outside the Gate - Collaborative with John Murray. Bourke Riverside Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2023 – 2023 Postcard Show – Linden New Art, St Kilda
2023 – Falling out of Red – Sol Gallery, Fitzroy
2023 – Local Artist Local Content – Caloundra Regional Gallery
2022 – Doyles Art Award – Mudgereeba QLD
2022 – ‘Tools of the Trade’. Brisbane Street Art Festival – Brisbane QLD
2022 – Portrait Prize 2022 - Southern Buoy Studios –. Mornington VIC
2022 – ‘Cutting it Fine, Contemporary Stencil Art’ - Revolver Upstairs – ‘. Prahran VIC
2022 – ‘Creating Change’ - Sondar Gallery –. Cooroy QLD
2022 – Local Artist, Local Content - Caloundra Regional Gallery –. Caloundra QLD
2021 – The Olive Cotton Photographic Portrait Prize – Tweed Regional Gallery NSW
2021- The Ravenswood National Woman’s Art Prize – The Ravenswood School NSW
2021 – Outback Archies Travelling Exhibition – Regional Galleries NSW
2021 – Isolation Series. Gallery Seventy-Seven Caloundra QLD
2021 – Local Artist Local Content. Caloundra Regional Gallery. Caloundra QLD
2021 – Covid Life – Isolation Series. Friends of the Gallery/Wardle Partners. Caloundra QLD
2021 – Covid Life; 13 Year Anniversary Group Show - Off the Kerb Gallery Abbotsford -VIC
2021 – Subterranean Femmes- The Dirty Dozen, Campbell Arcade Flinders Street Melbourne
2021 – 10 Year Stencil Art Prize Exhibition. Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD. Mornington Regional Gallery VIC
2020/2021 – Group Show Outback Archies – Touring Regional Galleries throughout NSW.
2020 – Resurrection – Group Show - Off the Kerb Gallery, Abbotsford VIC
2020 – Group Show – Bushfire Fundraiser. The Stockroom Gallery. Clifton Hill VIC.
2020 – Group Show – Bushfire Fundraiser. BSIDE Gallery. Fitzroy VIC.
2019 – Head On – Photography Exhibition – Sydney NSW
2018 – The Tree Place Exhibition – Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD.
2017/18 - Tree Place Community Exhibition. Wan’din’in Arts Space – Eumundi QLD.
Awards and Prizes
2023 – FINALIST (Gallery acquisition) Local Artist Local Content. Caloundra Regional Gallery. QLD.
2022 – FINALIST and Highly Commended – Mobiography Awards
2022 – FINALIST – SBS Portrait Prize – Southern Buoy Studios. Mornington, VIC
2022 - FINALIST – Local Artist Local Content – Caloundra Regional Gallery, QLD
2021 – FINALIST/HIGHLY COMMENDED – Mobiography Awards
2021 – FINALIST – Olive Cotton Photography Portrait Prize – Tweed Regional Gallery QLD
2021 – FINALIST – Ravenswood National Art Prize - Ravenswood School NSW
2021 - FINALIST/HIGHLY COMMENDED – Local Artist Local Content – Caloundra Regional Gallery QLD
2021 – WINNER – Outback Archies 2D Prize – Outback Arts Inc – Coonamble NSW
2020 – FINALIST – Mobile Photography Awards – Visual Effects Honorable Mention
2019 – FINALIST – International Stencil Art Prize.
2019 – FINALIST – Head On Photography Awards – Sydney, NSW
2018 – FINALIST/SECOND PRIZE – Monochrome Photography Awards Professional Landscape
2018 – FINALSIT – Fishers Ghost Art Prize. Campbelltown Arts Centre
2018 – WINNER – Outback Archies Photography. Outback Arts Inc. Coonambl,e NSW
Public Art Commissions
2024 - South Melbourne Market - South Melbourne.
2023 – St Kilda Street Art Gathering – Fitzroy St, St Kilda
2023 – Belgrave Street Art Project – Blacksmiths Way, Belgrave
2022 - City of Greater Geelong Women’s Street Art Project – 8 pieces in situ - VKM Street Art Trail
2022 – Pave the Way to Gular – Gulargambone, NSW
2021 – Pave the Way to Gular – Gulargambone, NSW