Karley Feaver Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Strange and marvellous things, flushed beaks, flamboyant plumes and elaborate displays. Karley Feaver’s art transports you into a world of exotic creatures filled with odd familiarities and strangeness. Using the animal form as a symbol of escape, freedom and migration, her works are not a creation of total imagination, but a projection of reality in an absurd form. Karley’s work challenges the common aversion towards taxidermy in the home by introducing abstract forms that blur the lines between traditional taxidermy and modern sculpture. The works intend to break morbid perceptions of taxidermy and replace them with more life-affirming connections.Feaver’s works exist in states of perpetual transformation, showing nature’s ability to survive by adapting, mutating and adjusting to their current environment. The causes of behaviour and human experience are complex and include elements that are biological, psychological, social, contextual, and even spiritual. Environmental and emotional flexibility gives humans and animals the opportunity to adjust to changes during their own lifetime.Her works are simultaneously poetic and vexing, they express the ambivalence of life and take you on a profound journey of self-discovery by tapping in to your emotions.In April 2015 Karley exhibited works at Dudok in Arnhem, in conjunction with the Arnhem Museum for the Beauty of the Beast exhibition, and a group exhibition curated by Nancy Gifford titled Flock, in California. In 2013 Karley was invited to exhibit at solo show at Saatchi & Saatchi gallery in Auckland. And in 2011 Karley was one of 14 artists chosen to exhibit at the United States Ambassador’s Residence in Wellington, as part of the Art in Embassies Program curated by Nathan Huff and James Brown. Karley's works are held in the James Wallace Arts Trust collection, Westpac New Zealand's corporate collection and in private collections in the UK, USA, Australia, Russia, Switzerland and New Zealand.

In April 2015 Karley exhibited works at Dudok in Arnhem, in conjunction with the Arnhem Museum for the Beauty of the Beast exhibition, and a group exhibition curated by Nancy Gifford titled Flock, in California. In 2013 Karley was invited as a guest artist for Remake: Emerging Artists at The Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. Also in 2013, she was invited to exhibit at solo show at Saatchi & Saatchi gallery in Auckland. And in 2011 Karley was one of 14 artists chosen to exhibit at the United States Ambassador’s Residence in Wellington, as part of the Art in Embassies Program curated by Nathan Huff and James Brown.Karley’s works transports you into a world of exotic creatures filled with odd familiarities and strangeness. She works across a range of disciplines including painting, sculpture and taxidermy.Karley's works are held in the James Wallace Arts Trust collection, Westpac New Zealand's corporate collection and in private collections in the UK, USA, Australia, Russia, Switzerland and New Zealand.You can view my portfolio at www.karleyfeaver.com

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland

Auckland