Events and news from the studio

Upcoming events

“Let colour speak” - duo art exhibition with Jennie Bell
1-12 October 2025
Robina Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Australia

SURFACE Fence Line Exhibition
29 June - 13 July 2025
Miami, Gold Coast, Australia

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Features and media

2024 edition, La Raiz Magazine - Painting on page 34 “Treehouse”

March 2023, Redwood City Pulse, “Redwood City artist showcasing California-inspired art exhibit”: https://tinyurl.com/2ftvh49n

December 2022, Voyage Denver interview, “Karen McPhail-Bell’s Story”: https://tinyurl.com/2s5x4res

June 2022, Shoutout Colorado interview, “Meet Karen McPhail-Bell”: https://tinyurl.com/w28arptv

2022 edition, La Raiz Magazine - Painting on page 7 “You Gave Me the World”

2015, Doctorate Magazine - poem on page 14-15 “Endless Nameless”

Previous events

Solo and feature shows

Solo exhibition (View here)
3 March - 20 April 2023
San Mateo County Cafe Art Gallery
400 County Center, Redwood City, CA

Group shows

SWELL Art Prize
14-23 March 2025
Broadbeach Community Space, Gold Coast

SWELL Smalls Art Prize
1-17 March 2024
Broadbeach Community Space, Gold Coast

SKY
18 February - 26 March 2023
Drawing Room SF, San Francisco

SEA
3 December 2022 - 15 January 2023
Drawing Room SF, San Francisco, California

MOOD
November 2022
Art Fluent

Petit Moyen
8 July - 28 August 2022
Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco, California

May Day Art Show
1 May 2022
Santa Barbara, California

Public workshops

Collage your way to clarity - arts-based coaching workshop (Read more)
22 March 2025
Burleigh Heads Library, Gold Coast, Australia

SWELL waterlines workshop: Make an expressionist artist book (Read more)
28 April 2024
The View Cafe, Hinze Dam, Australia

Background photo by Vanessa Fitzgerald Scott (Instagram: @OrangeButterflyNess @VanessaFitzgeraldScott)