Gretchen Kaye is an artist living in Melbourne. Mystery, narrative and movement are the main themes of her work. Her main medium is oil on canvas and her style is described as abstract realism.
In her first solo exhibition, titled The Portable Park, at Fortyfive Downstairs Art Gallery Melbourne, Kaye, who lives inner city, focussed on the far reaching effect of tranquility, which the local park offers to the community. She believes that everything we see is viewed through our personal layers of memory and what the artist creates reminds us of what we already know.
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Visual Artist
b. 1944 Melbourne, Australia
Currently lives and works in Melbourne
solo exhibition
The Portable Park | 2023 | fortyfive downstairs Melbourne
A collection of 55 Oil on canvas paintings of inner city parks
Opened by Tim Entwistle, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
group exhibitions
Linden Post Card Show | Paintings & sculpture | 2025
‘Spring Salon’ | Hawthorn Artists Society | Paintings | 2025 (Painting chosen as promotional image for flyer/ social media)
Aickin Chambers Public Viewing | Paintings | 2025
Linden Post Card Show | Paintings | 2024 – 2015
Art at Burnley Harbour | Paintings | Richmond | 2016 & 2015
‘Recent Paintings’ | Paintings | Cato Gallery VAS | 2016
Pink Lady Art Show | Paintings | Brighton | 2010 & 2008
Carlton Rotary Art Show | Paintings | Royal Society of Vic | 2009
‘Artful’ Show | Paintings | fortyfive downstairs | 2009
private collections
Melbourne | Perth | Ballarat
Berlin | Munich | Hamburg | Hanover
commissions & collaborations
Production Designer | Film | Listen | 2024 | Winner AACTA SONY Pitch Focus
Art Director | Film | Violet & Sparkles | 2024 | Runner Up Village Cinemas Short Film Challenge
Visual Artist | TV Series | Buying Blind | Channel 9 | 2018 | ‘The Secret’ Oil canvas selected by Shaynna Blaze, celebrity interior designer
Scenic Artist & Production Design | Stage | Tango’s Violin | 2010 | Toured City Recital Hall NSW, His Majesty’s WA, Spiegeltent VIC
Visual Artist | Advertising | Various clients | 2010 – current | Hand-drawn animation frames, title sequence, poster artwork
education
Schule für Bildende Kunst und Gestaltung | Berlin | 2013
International Summer Academy for Art & Design | Hamburg | 2013
Diploma of Visual Arts | CAE | Melbourne | 2007 – 2011