Address: Acqui Terme, Italy
Email: kharakey@gmail.com
Website: www.khara.org
Date & P.O.B: 2 March 1979, Perth, Australia


EDUCATION

2007 - 2009
Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours) in Printmedia, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia

1997-1998
Completed 2 years Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Witwaterstrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1996
Higher School Certificate, National School of the Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa
(majors: Printmaking, Painting and Drawing)


Short Courses
2010
TEFL Certificate; English for Young Learners Certificate; Business English Certificate: TITC The International TEFL Teacher Training
2007
Mixed Media Course, King Street Studios, Newtown, Sydney, Australia
2006
Lithography workshop. COFA, University of New South Whales, Sydney, Australia
2006
Senior First Aid Certificate, Sydney, Australia
2005
Diploma in Holistic Massage level 3, International Therapy Examination Council, Body Basics, London, UK
2005
Yoga Teacher Training Course, International Samvit Sagar School, Adi Annamalai, India
2003
Scriptwriting for Film and TV, National Television & Video Association, Cape Town
1995
Performing Arts Course; Pretoria Technikon, Johannesburg, South Africa

SOLO SHOWS

2011
‘Mostra di tavole originali’, Libreria Cibrario, Acqui Terme


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Collettiva-Mente Concorso d’Arte, Citanova, Marche, Italy

2011
‘In Viaggio: Percorsi Fisici e Mentali’, Libreria Cibrario, Acqui Terme, Italy

‘Illustrazione’, Libreria Cibrario, Acqui Terme, Italy


2010
‘Il Corpo Delle Donne’, Libreria Cibrario, Acqui Terme, Italy

‘Illustrazione e Design’, Libreria Cibrario, Acqui Terme, Italy

‘Il Braccio e la Mente’, Noi Cornici, Cremolino, Italy

2009
‘A Little Bit of Red’, Breathing Colours, Balmain, Sydney, Australia

‘Salon Show’, Verge Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

‘SCA Graduate Show’, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

‘Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize’, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney, Australia

‘Imagined Spaces’, Breathing Colours, Sydney, Australia

‘2039 – The Dean’s List’, Verge Gallery, Sydney, Australia

‘Books…Beyond Words’, East Gipplands Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

2008
‘SCA Degree Show’, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

2007
‘First Draft’, Last Bastion of Civilization, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia

2004
‘Ydesire’, The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa

1996
‘Live Art’, Carfax Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

AWARDS/ GRANTS

2010 ARTstart Grant for Emerging Artists, Australian Council for the Arts, Australia

2009 University of Sydney Honours Scholarship, Australia

PUBLICATIONS

2009 Midnight Echo Magazine (Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers' Association), Issue no. 2

2009 Prospectus for Sydney College of the Arts


ORGANISATIONS

2009 - present Golden Key International Honour Society

WORK EXPERIENCE

2011
Instructor of visual arts and recreation for English learning, Crescere Insieme Summer Camp 2011,
Acqui Terme, Italy

Printmaking Teacher, The Didactic Etching Project with Aldo Moro Kindergarden school, X International Biennale of Engraving,
Acqui Terme, Italy

2010 - present
British Institutes
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (for general and specialist purposes), Italy

2009
Trace Elements, Performance Space, Australian and Japanese Photomedia, Exhibition Invigilator, Sydney

2009
Museums and Galleries NSW; Research Volunteer, Sydney

2008
Sydney College of the Arts Catalogue Committee, Sydney

Sydney Biennale ‘Revolution: Forms that Turn’; Exhibition Invigilator, Sydney

2007 
Assistant Printer for UK Artist-in-residence Mario Minichello, Sydney