Karen Maree Preston PhD (UWS), M Ed (Deakin), GDip Ed (GIAE), Dip A&D (CIT)
Tertiary Study
1998-2004 Doctor of Philosophy (Critical Social Sciences), University of Western Sydney, Australia
1990-1994 Master of Education, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia
1979-1984 Graduate Diploma in Education, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Churchill, Australia
1979 Postgraduate Diploma Visual Arts, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Churchill, Australia (incomplete)
1976-1978 Diploma of Art and Design, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2009 Autumn Salon
Switchback Gallery, Churchill , Australia
Painting and sculpture
2008 Beginnings
The Vault Gallery, Trafalgar, Australia
3 person show
Paintings
1993
August The Cubbies Show
Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy, Australia
Paintings
1992
November No-vacancy Street Art Project
Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Installation
September The Leap
Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy, Australia
4 person show
Paintings
Metamorphosis
Rogues Gallery, Red Hill, Australia
Paintings and sculptures
July Members’ Show
Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy
Paintings
June Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Artist Exhibition
Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Mornington, Australia
Painting
1978-1992 Various group exhibitions and community art projects
Collections
HR White Collection Trinity College, Melbourne University , Australia
Artbank Australia
Council to Homeless Persons, Australia
Various private collections
Commissions
Sunrider Industries, Melbourne, Australia
Paintings
Burnt Toast Café, Peninsula Youth & Family Services, Mornington
Mural
Exhibitions Curated
1996 Pictured in the Lucky Country
Photographic exhibition depicting homelessness in Australia.
Auspiced by the Council to Homeless Persons and The Salvation Army
1988 Images of Homelessness
Photographic exhibition depicting life on the streets in Fitzroy and St Kilda
Publications
2007 Looking into the outside: The windows of Bertinoro
Contexts. 6 (2). pp. 52–58
Photo-essay
2000 Looking You in the Face
Blackflash, 18(1)
Photo-essay
1996 Homelessness and Young Women
The Big Issue Australia, No 1. June 1996.
Front cover and photo-essay