Ken Gailer

Completing his studies in Sydney in 1971, Ken's artistic style has always depicted a magnetic and opposing tension and reckoning with the traditions of realism and that of abstraction. 

"I attempt to handle these conflicting languages of painting with equal potency to create post-modern montages rich with possibilities."

Ken's early works paid homage to the Renaissance masters of the portrait, and a creative clash of history and the contemporary appeared on every canvas. His more recent collections have collaged an expression of intensity of such opposing forces, whether the subject matter is tradition, technique, spirituality, material or landscape. 

"This method of montage creates conflict where new ideas emerge from the collision of images and I always find it fascinating to see what will happen."

A love for pop art has had a strong influence on Ken's newest series Visual Discourse. He seeks to present narratives in his work, proposing questions only for one to discover there are no definitive answers.  A sensuousness in colour and richness in imagery permeate all of Ken's canvases.

"In the end a painting is not only what is depicted within the work, but a physical thing made of paint and canvas. But it is also physical evidence of the creative process of the human mind."   

Honored with his first Australian art award in 1978, Ken has collected numerous accolades in his painting career. Ken's work has been exhibited in Australian solo exhibitions since 1980 and featured in group exhibitions across Australia as well as the United States. Corporate and private collections are showcased in Australia, USA, Germany and New Zealand, and there is an increasing amount of international interest in Ken's work.