NAME: Varuni K
ADDRESS: PO BOX 594, Diamond Creek, Victoria 3089, Australia
E-MAIL: varunikceramics@gmail.com
WEBSITE: http://www.varunik.com
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
2017 PhD candidate, RMIT University, School of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), Honours (First class) in Ceramics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) (Ceramics) with Distinction, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
EXHIBITIONS & ART RESIDENCIES & PRESENTATIONS:
2018
Solo exhibition ‘The Vivid Vernacular Cosmopolitans’, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, VIC, Australia, Jan 24-Feb11
Artist Floor Talk, Solo exhibition ‘The Vivid Vernacular Cosmopolitans’, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, VIC, Australia, Feb 2
2017
RMIT Artland and MoreArt Exhibition 2017, Brunswick Campus, Dawson St., VIC, Oct 12-Nov 12
Yarra Valley Arts/Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2017, Yarra Glen, VIC, Oct 22 – Dec 5
Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Qld, Oct 12-27
Not for Sale: Online Exhibition, 7th Issue of Garland Magazine, World Craft Council
Inaugural Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition, ARC Yinnar Gallery, Yinnar, VIC 3869, Apr 1-May 27
2016
Yarra Valley Arts/Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2016, Yarra Glen, VIC, Oct 23 – Dec 6
Anderson Ranch Art Centre Art Residency in USA, Anderson Ranch Art Centre, Colorado, USA, Feb-April
Artist in Residence Presentation, Anderson Ranch Art Centre, Colorado, USA, Feb 12
Artist in Residence Presentation, The Launchpad, Carbondale, Colorado 81623, USA, March 23
2015
Solo Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Access Gallery, 2015, Snake Gully Rd, Bundoora, VIC, Nov 4-29
Intimate Immensities: Online Exhibition, 1st Issue of Garland Magazine, World Craft Council
Yarra Valley Arts/Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2015, Yarra Glen, VIC, Oct 25 – Dec 6
Manningham ceramic art award, Manningham Gallery, 687 Doncaster Rd, VIC, 15 July – 29 Aug
BeLonging Exhibition, Australian Ceramics Triennale, School of Art Foyer Gallery,ANU, Canberra, 27 Jun–11 July
Women’s Art Prize and Exhibition, City of Ryde, See Street Gallery, Northern Sydney Institute, NSW, May 29–June13
Toorak Village Small Sculpture Exhibition, City of Stonnington, VIC 3142, May 1- June 14
2014
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award 2014, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood, VIC 3125, Oct 30 – Dec 13
Yarra Valley Arts/Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2014, Yarra Glen, VIC, Oct 26 – Dec 7
The Nillumbik Art Prize 2014, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria 5 June – 10 August, 2014
‘Soundings’, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, VIC 3095, 10 April – 1 June, 2014
Honours Endowment Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, 5 April – 18 April, 2014
2013
Good as Gold, RMIT Object Based Practice Graduate BA (Fine Art) Graduating Exhibition 2013, 3 December – 14 December, 2013, Fortyfive Downstairs, 45 Flinders lane, Melbourne
Oomph!, 2013 Object Based Practice Graduate BA (Fine Art) Honours Exhibition, 27 November – 6 December, 2013, First Site Gallery, Storey Hall Basement, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne
Yarra Valley Arts/Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition 2013, 27 October – 8 December, 2013, Yering Station Winery, Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia
Arnold Bloch Leibler Sculpture Exhibition 2013, 10 October – 29 November, 2013, 333 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
The Nillumbik Art Prize 2013, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria 13 June – 25 August, 2013
2012
As Above So Below, Graduate Exhibition in Object based Practice, Victorian Artists’ Society, Albert Street, Melbourne, Australia, 9-15 November, 2012
BlackTown Art Prize 2012, BlackTown Art Centre, Sydney, Australia, 19October -10November, 2012
RMIT Big Design Market, Melbourne Exhibition Building, 7-9 December, 2012
Young Blood Design Market, Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia, 27-29July, 2012
2011
New Collectables, First Site Gallery, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia, 7-9December, 2011
RMIT ArtLand exhibition, Brunswick Campus, Australia, ‘Drift’, 2-21October, 2011
Craft Victoria, Flinders lane, Victoria, Australia, ‘Breakfast club’, 2-31October, 2011