KAREN ELKINGTON

Karen Elkington studied fine art at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Cape Town, and graduated with distinction in 2021. She is primarily a painter who combines the figurative and abstract to create thought provoking slightly otherworldly scenes reflecting current issues. She has created a number of conceptual installations which explore the themes in her paintings. To date she has had three solo exhibitions, been part of numerous group shows, exhibited at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair and curated a group exhibition based on her dissertation study. She lives and works in Kommetjie on the Cape Peninsular.    

EDUCATION

2018-21 Diploma in Fine Art (Distinction), Ruth Prowse School of Art, South Africa

1982-85 BA Honours English Literature, University of Nottingham, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024   West Coast Silence, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

2023   Indian Ocean Dreaming, Ebony Curated, South Africa

          Storylines, Cubicle Series, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2022   Under the Tree of Procrastination & Other Places to Sleep, Rust en Vrede,

          Durbanville, South Africa

2021   The Sitting Room, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Cape Town, South Africa

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024   Winter Collection, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

          Funny as in Funny Peculiar Not Funny Ha Ha, Breakroom Igshaan Adams, South Africa

          Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa

2023   Artwords, Glen Carlou, South Africa

          What I Feel When I Think About the Cosmos, Everard Read, Franschhoek, South Africa

          Winter, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

          Entangled, RK Contemporary, Riebeek Kasteel, South Africa

          Room with a view, curated by Karen Elkington, Ebony, Franschhoek, South Africa

2022   Seduction, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

          Things I’d Like to Remember, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

          Greatest Hits, AVA, Cape Town, South Africa