Karlien van Rooyen - Resume
Education
B.A. Contemporary Art - University of South Australia
2014 - 2016
Medical Science, Neuroscience - Flinders University, Australia
2010 - 2021
Selected Exhibitions
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The Journey of Life - Homo Faber, Venice
2025
Clay Awards - Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, South Africa
2024
AWC Contemporary - International Sculpture Park, Dubai
2024
1-54 London – Somerset House, London, England
2023
Enter Art Fair – THK Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Unfold – 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2020
Shaping Things – SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2020
Eight Fingers Crossed – FELT Space, Adelaide, South Australia
2019
[Solo] InVivo – Worth Gallery – Fisher Jeffries Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2018
[Sic.] Rose – Praxis Art Space FRAN Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
2017
Helpman Academy Exhibition – Driller Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
2017
Selected Awards
Carclew Project & Professional Development Grant, Jingdezhen, China
2017
SALA Contemporary Art Prize Finalist
2017
Minter Ellison Award – Emerging Female Artist With Outstanding Creative Potential
2017
Adelaide Architecture and Design Award, University of South Australia
2016
Trudie Alfred Bequest Scholarship for Australian Ceramics
2016
Golden Key Honors Award, Semesters 1 & 2 for duration of UniSA degree
2016
Linda Lou Murphy Scholarship, University of South Australia
2014
Publications, Press & Interviews
In the Hands of Creation, Meer Magazine, Montenegro
2026
Shaping Clay With Untamed Emotion, Homo Faber Guide, Italy
2025
What We’re Loving, Fairlady Magazine, South Africa
2022
2017
Spotlight Artist #16 – Adelaide Art History Magazine, Australia
2016