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Artist Statement:
Karen Tenni is an innovative
photographer born and raised
in Cairns (Qld). and
completed her Bachelor of
Visual Arts (honours),
specialising in Photography,
at the University of South
Australia School of Art.
Interested in a variety of
photographic methods and
styles, several re-occurring
themes occour in her work -
domesticity, femininity,
architectural and abstract.
Karen is also involved in
facilitating practical
workshops and curating fine
art exhibitions.
Karen has exhibited her work
throughout Adelaide and South
Australia, including SEAS
Gallery (Adelaide), Zest Café
Gallery (Glenelg), South Coast
Regional Arts Centre (Goolwa,
SA) and selected for the 2003
Helpman Grad Show. Since 1999,
Karen has also received
several awards, including
equal runner up in 2004 Not
Only Black + White/ M-one11
Student Photography
Competition, and was an
Artist-in-residence for 2
years at the Parks Art Studios
in Adelaide.
Living in regional Queensland,
Karen is pursuing her fine art
photography practice, and
exploring portraiture and
landscape genres in addition
to her re-occurring themes....
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Karen Tenni Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
photography, art, reading, music, walking, environment |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Pictorialism - (1895 - 1910)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
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Exhibitions
2010 Heritage Acquisitive Photographic Awards (finalist), Toowoomba, Qld
2010 Flower Power, Artworkers, Brisbane Qld
2010 Momentum, Kickarts, Cairns, Qld
2010 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2009 Clean Slate, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Qld
2009 Spring time, Don Roderick Gallery, Charters Towers, Qld
2009 CCP Kodak Salon, Melbourne, Vic
2009 Heritage Acquisitive Photographic Awards (finalist), Toowoomba, Qld
2009 transitions, a Little White Space, Townsville, Qld
2009 Line, Kickarts, Cairns, Qld
2009 Linden Poscard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2008 BARI festival (selected), Brisbane, Qld
2008 introducing…, (ongoing) Hugs & Kisses Boutique, Charters Towers, Qld
2007 shall we dance (Karen Tenni + Barbara Milne) Golden Grove Arts Centre, SA
2007 shall we dance (Karen Tenni + Barbara Milne) Axis Gallery, SA
2007 shall we dance (Karen Tenni + Barbara Milne) Goolwa Regional Gallery, SA
2006 wise loaf…at the shedley (curator) Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth
2006 deconstruction:reconstruction, (solo) Elbow Room Gallery
2006 Botanica 2 (selected), Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide
2006 concord 2 (invited), UniSA Gallery, Adelaide
2006 recent observations… Shop@rt installation (selected), Port Adelaide.
2006 Changing Places, Elbow Room Gallery (solo), Adelaide.
2006 Fat & Flat4 , Parks Artist-in-Residence, Axis Gallery, SALA festival
2006 Woof!!!, Black Diamond Gallery (selected), Port Adelaide, SALA festival
2006 Delusions of Domesticity, Shop@rt installation (selected), Port Adelaide.
2006 wise loaf…(curator), Axis Gallery, past and present Artists in Residence at the Parks Art Studios. Adelaide Fringe Festival.
2006 Convergence, (Karen Tenni + Barbara Milne) Goolwa Regional Gallery, SA
2005 traces of life (solo) Elbow Room Gallery, Adelaide
2005 Chinese whispers, (interactive) Elbow Room Gallery, Adelaide
2005 Black & White Art Studio (selected), Unley, Adelaide.
2005 inhabitat group exhibition, Gaff Gallery (selected), Port Adelaide
2005 Ports Pubs & People (selected), Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide and Port Pirie Regional Gallery exchange.
2005 Intersections - Fat + Flat3, Parks artists in residence, Axis Gallery, SALA festival
Intersections @ etc, Adelaide City, SALA festival, SA
2005 Home & Garden (Karen Tenni + Barbara Milne) Goolwa Regional Gallery, SA
2005 Life, Love and Lingerie (Karen Tenni + Suzanne Laslett), Sarah’s Café, Port Adelaide
2004 Feminine Idiom, selected curator/exhibitor ArtSA Emerging Curators Project 2004-2005
2004 Dream Inside, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, Helpman artEast project (selected), Adelaide
2004 The Last Picture Show, UniSA Grad Show, School of Art, Underdale
2004 20x20 Portrait Exhibition, N Gallery, Underdale, UniSA (co-curator)
2004 boxed, Honours group exhibition, J111 gallery, UniSA, Underdale
2004 Karen Tenni Photography+ Brooke Riddell Painting, SALA festival, The Austral, Adelaide
2004 Helpman Maestros and Apprentices Fundraising Auction, (selected) Adelaide
2004 Food on the walls 3, (selected) Zest Café Gallery, Glenelg
2004 No Place like Home group exhibition, (selected) SEAS Gallery, Adelaide
2004 Adelaide Fringe FreshBAIT, (selected) Equinox Ngapartji Ngapartji Gallery, Adelaide
2004 Helpman Grad Show (selected), Drill Hall, Adelaide
2004 Behind the Gift: Glass + Photography, South Coast Regional Arts Centre, Old Goolwa Police Station, Goolwa, SA (curator)
2003 CACSA Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2003 Fin de siecle, UniSA Grad Show, School of Art, Underdale
2003 Quixotic, Mixed Discipline Group Exhibition, J111 Gallery, Underdale, UniSA (curator)
2003 20x20 Portrait Exhibition, N Gallery, Underdale, UniSA (co-curator)
2003 Flotsam and Jetsam, Penneshaw Easter Art Exhibition, Kangaroo Island, SA
2002 CACSA Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2002 Nexus Members Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2002 20x20 Portrait Exhibition, N Gallery, Underdale, UniSA
2001 The Circus Show, Group Exhibition, Beach Street Gallery, Grange, Adelaide, SA
1999 Four Seasons, Group Exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Qld
1998 Chosen Works, Photographic Exhibition, Palm Court Gallery, Cairns Hilton, Qld
Awards
2004 Not Only Black + White/ M-one11 Student Photography Competition – Equal Runner-up
2003/02 Chancellor’s Merit List and Dean’s Merit List
2001 Dean’s Merit List
1999 Cairns Show Photographic competition. Monochrome Open—1st, Colour Print People—2nd
Private Collections
– Adelaide, Goolwa, Burra, Cairns, Melbourne, Brisbane, Charters Towers, Italy.
Publications
Not Only Black + White, Weekend Australia Review, The Advertiser, Rip it Up, Db magazine, Messenger Newspapers, The Adelaide Review, Fleurieu Life - the Times.
Projects
2007 Project manager/artist for photographic seats stage of Parks Helix Project Walking trail. Coordination, research, consultation, design, artistic elements.
2006, 2007, 2008 Commissioned photographer for the Celtica Festival and Art in the Hart fair, Port Adelaide.
2006/7 '100 years 100 stories' - artist/coordinator for community centenary quilt making project. Community consultation and research, image transfer techniques, artistic development.
2006/7 Youth group digital photography workshops. Series of skill building sessions with Semaphore youth group, with outcomes including exhibition and inclusion of images with centenary quilt project.
2006 facilitation of digital photography workshop series plus development of multi media educational reference for Cottage Kitchen Port Adelaide (People Promoting Mental Health), culminating in a gallery exhibition of photographs created by participants.
2006 'Real Women' Dance/photography Project with Barossa Leisure Options/Health Service. Supporting women to feel confidence in their bodies with dance/movement workshops, and culminating in an exhibition of black and white photographic portraits of participants. Included mentoring young emerging photographer and hand-printing photographs.
2004 - 2007 ongoing coordinator/artist role with 3 year project The Parks Helix Project with The Parenting Network/Parks Childrens House - photography workshops, computer based skills, production of pet safety posters and personalised calendars, co-ordination of art based group activities, community consultation for playground, mural, silhouette and mosaic design, and nurturing fledgling community group.
2005 The Parenting Network Twig book projects - computer and photography skills based workshops for book based on being an indigenous mother and personalised individual children's book production.
2005/6 Parks Artist-in-residence - workshop tutor - 'seeing photographically', darkroom 'photograms', cyanotypes (blueprints) for adults and children.
2005 workshop facilitation at Port Adelaide 'seeing photographically' and 'gallery presentation'
2003 Guest artist at Gilles Plains Primary School to facilitate photography introduction and workshop with years 5, 6, 7.
2006 Curator of 'wise loaf…humblest crumb', past and present artists-in-residence, Axis Gallery, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2006. Ongoing curation to travel exhibition to Shedley Complex in Elizabeth (Sept 2006) and other venues.
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