biography

Kareena Zerefos is an artist and freelance illustrator who lives and works in Sydney, Australia. With a background in graphic design, completing a Bachelor of Design at the College of Fine Arts, her personal creative work began to move away from graphics becoming more illustrative by the end of 2005.

Conceptually based around memories, dreams and nostalgia; Kareena creates a bittersweet, slightly unsettling feeling in her work by exploring themes of isolation and escapism. She works using a variety of media, including pencil, gouache and ink, and often combines traditional drawing with digital graphics.

Kareena had her first solo exhibition at the MTV Gallery in June 2008; as well as being involved in numerous group shows including GRRRLs, Kids Today and Curvy. Currently, she is working on new artworks for upcoming group shows Footprints, Curvy, New Eyes Open and 12x12, as well as contemplating whether to start a Master of Art in printmaking.

exhibitions

past

2007

All girls group show, Curvy, Mori Gallery Sydney 29/3
Group show, Extra Cheese, Gallery Forty Four Surry Hills 24/5
Group show, Across the Board, Wallspace Gallery Surry Hills 3/8

2008

All girls group show, GRRRLs, Ambush Gallery Waterloo 8/2
Group show, cause we can, Somedays Gallery Surry Hills 2/4
All girls group show, Curvy, Mori Gallery Sydney 3/4
Group show, Kids Today, MTV gallery East Sydney 4/4
All girls group show, Curvy, The Outpost & Blonde Venus Brisbane 9/4
All girls group show, Curvy, Schwipe Don’t Come Gallery Melbourne17/4
Solo show, MTV gallery East Sydney 3/6
Group show, Where Mighty Giants Dwell, Retrospect Galleries Byron 1/8
Group show, Sideways, MTV gallery East Sydney 20/8
Group show, Extra Cheeese, Medium Rare Gallery Redfern 3/10
All girls group show, cream coloured ponies, Paddington 30/10
Solo show, Famous When Dead Gallery West Melbourne 13/11

future

2009

Group show, Footprints, MCA Sydney 22/3 [12 - 4pm]
Group show, New Eyes Open, Ambush Gallery Waterloo 1/4
All girls group show, Curvy, Mori Gallery Sydney 2/4
Group show, 12x12, Ambush Gallery Waterloo 12/6
Group show, 12x12, No Vacancy Melbourne TBC

people i've worked with..

Host, Sydney
Levity, Sydney
Shibui, Melbourne
Bob Evans, Melbourne
Mentally Friendly, Sydney
Merivale, Sydney
Sparkadia
KMS California
Little Wren, Newcastle
Frankie Magazine, QLD
Emillie, Sydney
Element Eden, California
Sewn, Sydney
Loaded, Sydney
The John Steel Singers
French Kitty, Melbourne
The Finders Keepers, Sydney
Advice to Sink in Slowly
Ark Recordings, London
Mambo, Sydney
Momentum Promotions, Sydney
Eleven Music, Sydney
Talk Media, Sydney
Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2Threads, Sydney
Cav Con, Sydney
Teesub, Sydney
Ivy League Records, Sydney
Natalie McComas Photography, QLD
Jeremyville, Sydney
30Thirty, Sydney
ZeroG, Sydney
EMI, Sydney

publications

print

Semipermanent Sydney 06
Curvy 3
Back to Old School
Talk Magazine
Frankie Magazine
Semipermanent Sydney 07
Semipermanent Auckland 07
Curvy 4
City Weekly
Brag Magazine
Sydney Morning Herald
Yen Magazine
Semipermanent Sydney 08
Curvy 5
Synk Magazine
Real Living Magazine
First Magazine
Empty Magazine
Sunday Age
ELLEgirl
Australian Financial Review
Cleo Magazine

online

WATIM
Yen
Frankie
Two Thousand
Australian Art Review
We Heart Prints
V-raw
Noise
Juxtapoz
2threads
Australian InFront
Design is Kinky
Lifelounge
Lost at E Minor
indie.com.au
Design Federation
Design Sponge
Extra Cheeese
Two Flat Whites