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 

[Solo] Animist, Curatorial+Co., Australia
2024
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 FairTHK Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Unfold 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2020

Shaping ThingsSMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2020

Eight Fingers Crossed – FELT Space, Adelaide, South Australia
2019
[Solo] InVivoWorth Gallery – Fisher Jeffries Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2018

[Sic.] RosePraxis 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

Spotlight Artist #16 – Adelaide Art History Magazine, Australia
2016