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.

In early 2007 she exhibited her work in Yen Magazine’s Curvy exhibition, and participating in group shows including Across the Board at Wallspace Gallery, and Extra Cheese at Gallery Forty Four.

Kareena will be had her first solo exhibition at the MTV Gallery in June 2008; as well as being involved in group shows, GRRRLs at Ambush Gallery, Kids Today at the MTV gallery, Curvy at Mori Gallery, and cause we can at Somedays. Currently, she is preparing for a solo show in Melbourne.

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, at 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

future

2008

Group show, Sideways, at MTV gallery East Sydney 20/8
Group show, Byron Bay TBC
Solo show, Melbourne TBC

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

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