Growing up and being from an artist family, for Karynne, has meant working with mark making tools and paper from a very young age.

Art, and creative thinking was a way of life for our family.

Much of her recent works are illustrations, inks, paints and graphite.

Between being a chef and visual creative allows a flow of ideas between the two worlds.

Karynne creates in many mediums.

Commissions are available.

HISTORY:

1983- East Sydney TAFE- Fine art Certificate

1995- Studied printmaking Caltech Long Beach L.A

1992- East Sydney TAFE-Advanced Diploma-Fine Art-major printmaking

1993- Sydney College of the Arts B.A Fine art

2011- Internship with Food Designers Arabeschi Di Latte- Florence, Italy- Including pieces in Milan Design week for "Inflight Meals"

2014- Photo spread- "Real Living" Magazine-Included one of my Owl images

EXHIBITIONS:

1992-Graduating exhibition East Sydney TAFE

1992 - Group exhibition- Printmakers- Mish Mash

2009- Work on display - Cafe- Darlinghurst

2010 - Milian Design week- Food themed Art Works for airline food, in conjunciton with Arabesque Di latte- Milan

2013- Sydney Botanic Gardens- Slow Food Sydney "THE INTERACTIVE TABLE" exhibition as part of a food event

2014- Sydney Botanic Gardens- Slow Food Sydney "THE INTERACTIVE TABLE" exhibition as part of a food event

2015 - Solo Exhibition - The readers Cafe and larder, Maitland- "Edible Views"

2015- Work on Display- Pasta Emilia

2017- "HEART FOR ART" exhibition- Truely Madly Deeply gallery, Melbourne

2017- 220 Group Exhibition - Christmas exhibition

2018- Guide Dogs Australia and Sydney Council- Guide dogs painted exhibition for Chinese New Year at Circular Quay Sydney.

2018 - April- "ORTHONIC RECALL"- Solo exhibition - Blank Space Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney

2018 - Tabula Rasa - "Food Play" - Joint exhibtion with Rita Bila at 220 Creative Space Gallery, Wooloomooloo, Sydney

2019 - Art workshops for "Art and About" Department of Education - Beinit Beinit - Wee Jasper

2019- Auction and art exhibition Wee Jasper primary school for "Art and About"

2020 - COVID cancelled my 3 exhibitions for the year

2021- COLONY meets COLONY - Exhibition-M16 Gallery Artspace- Canberra

Karynne studied fine art at East Sydney TAFE (now the National Art School) and Sydney College of the Arts, as well as training as a chef, she has worked closely with Slow Food Sydney and leader for a time.

Karynne studied printmaking and still creates Goco and lino cut prints as cards.

This creative journey has been through food and nature.

Living and studying a masters on food culture and art has had profound influence on her work ideas.

Again working with Arabesque Di Latte and seeing ways of creating art with food had additional influences.

https://arabeschidilatte.org

Nature, and native birds being another key influence.

Our birds are noisy and have spirit. Our animals are unusual and unique, our native foods (bush tukker) nutritious, unusual.

Many works are food and nature related.

Karynne enjoys exploring ways to be the mark maker and to capture images with a sense of design and fun, as well as detail.

Colony meets Colony Exhibition:

A link to it.

https://www.livingartscanberra.com.au/karynne-ledger-colony-meets-colony/