Finalist: 10th GreenWay Art Prize 2019

I’m excited that my tryptich, ‘three days after we said goodbye #5-7’, has been selected as a finalist for the GreenWay Art Prize. ‘This...

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3 days after we said goodbye

The Messen Kunstnarhuset (Art House Messen) artist residency is the brainchild of a collective of a group of generous and hard working artists from...

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Helsinki visit – May 26 to May 31, 2019

Visiting Helsinki, Carol Archer was impressed by the city’s strong art and and design culture and people-friendly streetscape. Finland has topped...

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2019 brings a new arrival

Ever had a truly inspiring teacher? At 21, having completed a largely theoretical Arts degree in Fine Arts and Philosophy at Sydney University, I did...

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April 14, 2018: Studio warming!

Around forty-five people came to the warming of Carol Archer’s new art studio. The event doubled as Carol’s first studio exhibition – a...

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Finalist: Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2018

Carol Archer is a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, 2018, with her nine-panel work, Drawing Breath (Markwell, 2017). Archer writes of...

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Exhibition opens: Drawing Breath / Desenhar. Respirar SNBA, Lisboa, June 5 – July 14, 2017.

Carol Archer’s current exhibition, Drawing Breath – through branches / Desenhar. Respirar – por entre árvores opened in Lisbon on June 5, 2017...

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Exhibition highlights, May 2017: Kópavogur, Reykjavik, Hafnarborg

May is a great time to see new art in Iceland. In most places, graduation exhibitions are tucked away in art schools and universities. Not so in...

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Residency at Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

Carol Archer was granted a month-long residency in May 2017 in Iceland. The residency is located at Hafnarborg – Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture...

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Artist’s talk and workshop: Malmö University, April 25 2017

Carol Archer presented a talk about her current ink drawing series, Drawing Breath, for art education students at Malmö University. A practical class...

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A working holiday in Macao

Carol Archer returned to Macao for the first six weeks of 2017, seeing in the Year of the Rooster with old friends and colleagues. The trip also gave...

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Return to Sender – collaborative postcard exhibition (July 1-7, 2016)

‘Return to Sender’ is an exhibition that celebrates six years of extraordinary postcards, each of which was made by a pair of artists who...

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