Barbie Kjar will give an artist talk about her printmaking practice as well as show the work he has been developing during her studio residency over the last week, as part of The Grand Hotel Townsville Artist in Residence.

Barbie Kjar is a Tasmanian artist and has completed a Masters of Fine Art at RMIT, Melbourne; Bachelor of Fine Arts and Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart. She is a highly qualified and passionate teacher and having gained extensive teaching experience through lecturing positions at the National Art School and the University of Tasmania. She has undertaken residencies in Caylus, France, Rome, Barcelona, Havana, San Francisco, Mexico City and Tokyo. Since 1986 she has held 36 solo exhibitions in Australia and more recently in Barcelona and Tokyo. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions in Australia and in China, Korea, Siberia, France, Canada, USA , Japan. Barbie Kjar’s work has been purchased by several intuitions such as; the Australian National Gallery, Parliament House, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Gold Coast City Art Gallery and is held in private collections in USA, France, Sweden, England and Australia.

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