Bio
Katie Banakh is a Naarm / Melbourne based fine artist. She completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Painting and Photography in 2010, and achieved First Class Honours in Photography at Deakin University in 2011. In 2012, she established and managed North Melbourne ARI, Raglan Street Gallery for an 18 month period, while also working at Deakin University as an Image Technician until 2017. In 2017, she attended the Winter-Spring semester at Lunga School in Seydisfjordur, Iceland, which has had a lasting impact; diversifying and energising her practice. She has since exhibited works in various mediums throughout Australia and internationally, been a finalist in several art prizes, including being awarded the Macquarie Group Emerging Artist prize in 2020. In 2019 she returned to tertiary study at the Northern College of the Arts and Technology to obtain a Certificate III in Visual Arts, to expand her printmaking practice. Katie is currently teaching photography and digital media at Latrobe College of Art and Design.
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Katie Banakh
Born in Kiev, Ukraine.
Living and working in Naarm/Melbourne
Awards and Prizes
2022 Albert Park College Art Prize, Melbourne, VIC, finalist
2021 BlueThumb Australia Art Prize, Online, finalist
2020 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Sydney, NSW, winner
2020 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW, finalist
2017 Graeme Hildebrand Art Prize, Red Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, finalist
2012 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW, finalist
2009 Verandah Literary Journal Art Award, winner
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Momentum, NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne, VIC
2017 Here, not Here, The Old Net Factory, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2017 Morpheus: the Sandman, (joint solo) Soma Art Space, Melbourne, VIC
2016 From the Ether, (joint solo) The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Lovelike, Phoenix Gallery, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
Group Exhibitions
2020 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, East Gosford, NSW
2020 Still Life, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2020 Miss Rona, Noir Darkroom, Melbourne, VIC
2020 Art Aid, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale, VIC
2019 It So Happened, Queen Victoria Women's Centre, Melbourne, VIC
2019 Cascade Art Christmas Show, Cascade Art Gallery, Maldon, VIC
2019 The Art Room End of Year Exhibition, The Art Room, Melbourne, VIC
2019 All the Things That Remain, NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne, VIC
2018 This is Not a Drill Collective, The Project Space, Geelong, VIC
2017 Caring For Country, Boonah Cultural Centre, Boonah, QLD
2017 Graeme Hildebrand Art Prize, Red Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2017 Black and White, NOIR darkroom, Melbourne, VIC
2017 Crisis Mango, LungA School, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2017 Coping Mechanisms for and Uncertain Present, Hotel Aldan, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2017 Catalogue, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC
2017 A Reading, Skaftfell Art Centre, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2017 Borderline Vanilla, The Old Net Factory, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2016 Girlhood, The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
2016 On Water, Deakin Project Space, Geelong, VIC
2014 Stay with me, Raglan Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2013 Slide night, West Space, Melbourne, VIC
2013 High Views Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Prize, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW, finalist
Publications
2017 Modulated by Noise, Zine, Non-Linear. Self published. Melbourne
2017 Ask The Fortune Horse, Lunga School. Self published. Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2009 Verandah Literary Journal 24, p.19
Collections
Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney, NSW
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Held in private collections in Australia and overseas
Education:
2019 Create; Cert III Visual Arts (CUA 31115), Northern College of Art and Technology, VIC
2017 LungA School, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2011 Bachelor of Arts Honours (Photography) Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
2010 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art Painting and Photography) Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
Employment
2012-2017 Image technician, Deakin University, Melbourne and Geelong Waterfront, VIC
2012-2014 Manager, Raglan Street Gallery, North Melbourne, VIC