ABOUT
Kathy Sarpi is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, animator and educator based in Naarm. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Animation Kathy has worked on cartoon shows for Disney Europe and Netflix whilst also expanding her visual art practice in painting, comics and collage. Approaching art in a vivid, playful style, Kathy like to explores the performative nature of the human experience and drawing attention to awkward and humorous gestures. Passionate about celebrating life’s abundance and the beauty in our icky, embarrassing and visceral human experiences.
For all inquiries contact at kathy.sarpi@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Honey Bones Gallery “Portal” Book launch and group show curated by Luna Tunes, July 2023
Platform Arts Geelong “Thas Mento Illness Luv” group show curated by Kathy Sarpi, Aaron Billings and Aoife Billings. January 2023
Honey Bones Gallery “Community Care” group show curated by Mossfolk, November 2022
Honey Bones Gallery “You like Fire” group show curated by Talk Talk Die,
October 2022
School House Studios “Best Dressed” curated by Pink Ember Studio,
September 2022
Pink Ember Studio “The Hardest things to draw, horses, automobiles and bicycles” group show, August 2022
Backwoords Gallery “Chahar Bagh” solo show by Leili, made an animation of their work, July 2022
Seventh Gallery “Singing Praises” group show, July 2022
Satellite Gallery “Trash Baby” Group show curated by Luna Tunes. April 2022
Trocadeo Art Space “Wyd! (What U Doin!)” Group show curated by Kathy Sarpi feauturing artists Kathy Sarpi. Chelsea Arnott, Juliet Phraser and Glynn Urquhart. January 2021
Noir Darkroom “Artist Drop in Drop Out” residency. By the end of the residency we organised a group exhibition titled “All that Remains”, Noir Darkroom, Coburg, August 2019
First Site Gallery, “Softly Redefined” Soft sculpture group art exhibition curated by Hannah Dunn, May 2019
Chin Chin’s “Wall of Art” , video piece “Super Fun Love Dance Party” exhibited through the window of Chin Chin’s restaurant for the month of June for their monthly exhibition, June 2019
Satellite Gallery, “ART IRL” Group show curated by Kathy Sarpi with artists Kathy Sarpi, Glynn Urqhart and Andrew Onorato, March 2019
No Vancancy Gallery, “Love me love me say that you love me” Group exhibition curated by Tegan Iversan, February 2019
The Artists Guild, Doclands, “Efforescence” Group exhibtion curated by Brook Van Der Linden, January 2019
Testing Grounds, “Soft Trash” Group exhibition curated by 2nd year RMIT Fine Art Students, October 2018
Rubicon ARI, “Soft Toy City” Group exhibition curated by Tegan Iversen , June 2018
Brunswick Street Gallery “Feeling Into” Group exhibition curated by Alice Fenessy, September 2017
Grace Darling Hotel “Art Vs Music” Group exhibition / gig curated by Benita Sullivan and Liam Milner,
May 2017
“Self-made: zines and artist books” exhibition tour with a short comic zine called ‘Ye Thas Right”, the exhibition toured in Bunjil Place Gallery, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, Tweed Regional Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and Latrobe Regional Gallery throughout 2017