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This Is Not a Love Song, oil on linen, 90x120cm, SOLD

Kathrin Longhurst

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raised behind the Berlin Wall now artist in Sydney Australia represented by @flinderslanegallery @galleryone_art @james.baird.gallery @33contemporary

Working on something completely new and enjoying t

Working on something completely new and enjoying the experimental stage of a new body of work. Getting my hands dirty literally with charcoal, inks and coloured gesso creating textures and making marks. It’s a frustrating stage but so rewarding.

Detail. Mixed media on canvas.
@galleryone_art
#mixedmedia #charcoal #drawing #texture #markmaking #charcoaldrawing #inkdrawing #figurativeart #hands #artwork #contemporaryfigurativeart #artcontemporain #contemporarypainting

Mixing it up. #mixedmedia #charcoal #ink #mixedmed

Mixing it up. #mixedmedia #charcoal #ink #mixedmediaonlinen #monochrome #drawing #zeichnung #teckning #sepia

Detail of new work. Oil on linen. #ontheeasel #wi

Detail of new work. Oil on linen.
#ontheeasel #wip #oilpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #figurativepainting #artcollective #artcontemporain #contemporaryart #zeitgenössischekunst

In the Studio, but not dressed for painting haha.

In the Studio, but not dressed for painting haha.
#artiststudio #artist #artistlife #largepainting #australianartist #figurativepainting #contemporaryartist #womenartist #artwork #artcurator #artcollector #painter

Recent commission being shipped to Queensland next

Recent commission being shipped to Queensland next week. @galleryone_art #art #commission #artlover #artcollector #loveart #portraitcommission #painting #portraitpainting

Bowing out of this exhibition at @magamnsw on Sund

Bowing out of this exhibition at @magamnsw on Sunday. Come down to Manly for a last view. This is Tamil.

Tamil 2019
oil on linen, 180 x 180cm

In 2015, Tamil fled Malaysia with her adopted sister due to religious persecution. On arrival in Australia, Tamil worked on a farm to survive and when the season finished, she came to Sydney where she came across The Salvation Army Church in Auburn. Pastors Paul and Robbin Moulds helped her settle and gave her enormous support with housing, training in new skills and in finding work.

She met her husband Darren Baker at the ‘Salvos’ Auburn and they were married there on 21 January 2018 surrounded by her new community. Her future plans include serving the community and also living a happy and fulfilling life in Australia.

#manlyartgalleryandmuseum #artgallery #refugees #portraitpainting #storiesofwomen #refugeestories #portraiture #painting #figurativeart #contemporarypainting

Last week to catch Settled/Unsettled at @magamnsw

Last week to catch Settled/Unsettled at @magamnsw

This is Naw Esther
Naw Esther 2019
oil on linen, 180 x 180cm

Naw Esther arrived in Australia in 1997 as humanitarian migrant from Sri Lanka, after having spent 7 years living in the refugee camps on the Burma/Thailand border. Naw Esther is a self-taught sewer and was unemployed for 17 years before being able to secure her first job as a part-time sewer with @thesocialoutfit in 2014.

Thanks to her incredible natural talent, passion and eye for detail, Esther quickly graduated to the position of senior sewing technician at The Social Outfit, working there full time until July 2020. Everyone absolutely adored her wonderful character and soft manners. Naw Esther is now busy looking after her seven children and her husband and is anticipating the birth of her 8th grandchild.

Naw Esther’s dream is to one day see peace and democracy between the people of Burma and their government. She is grateful for the opportunities she has been given in Australia.

This is Rebecca. Rebecca 2019 oil on linen, 180

Library is currently showing at @espacoexibicionis

Library is currently showing at @espacoexibicionista_gallery in Lisbon Portugal.
Contact gallery for enquiries
“Rage Becomes her” 91x91cm, oil on linen
#kathrinlonghurst #contemporaryart #contemporaryfigurative #oilpainting #modernart #figurativepainting #artcollector #artcollecting #artlover #artcurator #femaleartist

One of my fave photos from yesterday’s artist ta

One of my fave photos from yesterday’s artist talk at @magamnsw
Mariama and I in front of her portrait.
#settledunsettled #portraitsofwomen #portraitpainting #refugees #womensstories #manlyartgalleryandmuseum

Adore this young lady @hacosmicdust so lucky to ha

Adore this young lady @hacosmicdust so lucky to have you in my life
This is Haya. Painting is part of Settled/Unsettled showing at @magamnsw

Haya 2021
oil on linen, 180 x 180cm

Haya arrived in Australia in 2019 from Saudi Arabia. It wasn't an easy journey; it took her a lot of traveling. A lot of waiting. A lot of running. A lot of hiding. At some point, it felt like coming to Australia was something rather impossible.

“I don’t want to go into details, but it was horrible, it was the two of us, me and my sister, against stronger powers. I still have nightmares of being sent back, where it's either death or a living hell that awaits me. But I'm happy to say that I fought patriarchy. Starting from a strict abusive family to a very corrupted system. I'm happy to say that I survived. I'm not just a victim. I'm a survivor. A fighter. And my fight will never end. I will still fight with my writings, hoping that my story will change something, and show the truth".

Haya came to Australia with her younger sister, both only 18 and 20 years old. They had a hard time settling in at first, exhausted from the journey and the wounds that it left. They had a lot to overcome, until they find their community and chosen family. Now after two years, Haya is working on her poetry and the book that she's writing about their story. She does ‘live poetry’ from time to time in various venues including at The Social outfit where she was part of the retail training program.

Haya is passionate about human rights, mental health, and social justice, and tries to convey that in her poetry by focusing on refugees and migrant issues.

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Don’t miss this talk at @magamnsw on Sunday 2-3p

Don’t miss this talk at @magamnsw on Sunday 2-3pm and hear directly from some of my incredible sitters, on what inspires and drives them and the lives they’re creating for themselves in Australia. Can’t wait to share these beautiful people with you.
Part of Settled/Unsettled a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring personal and profound issues around war and cultural displacement through the lease of asylum-seeker, refugee and migrant experiences.
#manlyartgalleryandmuseum #kathrinlonghurst #settledunsettled #portraitpainting #portraiture #womensstories #painting #refugees

Posted @withregram • @artgalleryofnsw Tonight, j

Posted @withregram • @artgalleryofnsw Tonight, join us for Art After Hours from 5–10pm and enjoy a packed evening program!

5.30pm – Free guided tour of the collection, meeting at the information desk.

6pm – Free Auslan-interpreted ReCollection talk by multidisciplinary artist Ebony Wightman, meeting at the info desk.

6–8pm – Free Drop in and Draw workshop, all materials provided. Meet at the info desk, no bookings required.

7pm – Free, Auslan-interpreted Archibald Prize talk in the Entrance Court featuring Kathrin Longhurst, Midori Goto and Angie Goto exploring the connection between artists, sitters, friends and family, in a conversation facilitated by Liam Benson.

7.15pm – Free showing of Lucrecia Martel’s ‘The Holy Girl’ in the Domain Theatre, lower level 3. (Tickets at the door or online through our bio.)

There are free exhibitions like 'Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island' and 'Local Rhythms & Actions' to explore, and the ever-popular Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes to visit.

And don’t forget – our Cafe, Restaurant @craftedbymattmoran, @artgallerynswshop and Members Lounge are all open til late, to ensure your #ArtAfterHours evening shines with options.

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Images: Kathrin Longhurst, Midori Goto (photo by Tahi Williams, styled by Tania Wursig) Angie Goto, photo by Sue Jo Wright

Something I am working on. #bikergirl #helmet #fi

Something I am working on.
#bikergirl #helmet #figurativepainting #livmirvac #melbourneart #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #groundbreaking #commission #artlovers #artcollectors

Now showing at @espacoexibicionista_gallery Rage

Now showing at @espacoexibicionista_gallery

Rage Becomes Her, 2022, oil on linen, 91x91cm
This painting draws its inspiration from the 2019 book by Soraya Chemaly (@sorayachemaly @ragebecomesher) by the same title. In the wake of the #MeToo movement Chemaly urges women to embrace their anger to harness it for lasting societal and personal change. Replacing sadness, shame and fear with directional anger can be an extremely positive and powerful tool to better the world, eradicate injustice and as a catalyst for change. Instead of resisting rage and being punished for expressing it I am in this painting encouraging the viewer to use this valuable emotion to fuel extraordinary achievements that otherwise would never get off the ground.
#womensrage #paintingsofwomen #strongwomen #kathrinlonghurst #figurativepainting #contemporaryart #portraiture #womensstories #art #artcollecting #artlover

This is Naz @ninazan.jeb an incredible human who I

Recent commission for a really really lovely clien

Recent commission for a really really lovely client through @galleryone_art. Strong determined young ladies who have such a supportive dad.
#paintingcommission #artcollector #artcollecting #loveart #portraitpainting #artstudio #largepainting

“Library” now showing at @espacoexibicionista_

“Library” now showing at @espacoexibicionista_gallery in Lisbon Portugal. 26 artist from around the world on the theme of “a book that inspired you”. Mine was of course by @sorayachemaly “Rage Becomes her”
If you haven’t read it yet please do!
#artwork #kathrinlonghurst #inspiredart #themedexhibition #fineart #contemporaryart #figurativepainting

This is beautiful Shiva (@shiva_dress_designer ) w

This is beautiful Shiva (@shiva_dress_designer ) who I met theough the @thesocialoutfit, one of the amazing sitters in Settled/Unsettled currently showing at the @magamnsw

Shiva 2019
oil on linen, 180 x 180cm

Shiva, originally from Iran, arrived in Australia with her husband in 2013. She does not wish to talk about the past.

Since arriving in Australia Shiva started studying fashion technology at TAFE in late 2013. Her studies were interrupted by the birth of her beautiful son in 2015. Shiva's first employment was as a sewing technician with The Social Outfit. From there, she went on to teaching sewing classes in Western Sydney to women of new migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Shiva is very ambitious and courageous. She always comes up with ideas and dreams big. Now that she has finally completed her studies at TAFE and done some work experience, Shiva believes she has gained enough knowledge to open her own business.

Shiva aspires to be a fashion entrepreneur and create jobs for talented women who might face barriers to employment but want to become independent and confident. She wants to support mothers who spend their whole lives caring for their families but are left with little to do once their children grow up. She believes that keeping busy making beautiful designs makes people happy.

Shiva is grateful to Australia for accepting her into this paradise.

#settledunsettled #manlyartgalleryandmuseum #kathrinlonghurst #womensstories #refugees #strongwomen #portraitpainting #portraitsofwomen

Keep your eyes open for an interview about Settled

Keep your eyes open for an interview about Settled/Unsettled on SBS German radio. I will post a podcast link once it’s up. OMG didn’t realise how rusty my German is.
The show runs at the @magamnsw until 31st July
#manlyartgalleryandmuseum #kathrinlonghurst #portraitpainting #refugees #womensstories #storiesworthtelling #contemporaryfigurativeart #paintingsofrefugees

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