Heidi Karo

Artist, Teacher, Arts Facilitator & Artistic Co-Director

0452 211 816 - heidikaro@yahoo.com.au - 17 Hakea Walk Aldinga SA 5173

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Education

Cert IV Training & Assessment, Inspire Education - 2017

Master of Teaching R-7, Flinders University - 2012-2013

Bachelor of Visual Art & Applied Design, TAFE SA - 1997-2008

 

Exhibitions 2015-2026

Värav (The Gate) GoodBank gallery - 2025

Awe @ Fleurieu Arthouse - 2024

SUE (Series of Unexpected Events) live performance Port Noarlunga foreshore – 2019

Collaboration with Isadore Glockner-Karo

The Bridge II solo exhibition Sauerbier House – 2017

Paintings, local and international artist collaborations, film, objects, sculpture, live performance, community engagement and workshops

Ocular Brian O’Malley Gallery - 2016

The Bridge I Heidi Karo solo exhibition Port Noarlunga Arts Centre - 2015

Installation – sound, objects, film and paintings

 

Teaching Roles, Community Projects and Exhibition Curation

Co-Artistic Director Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale SA - 2025 - Current

Painting and Clay Teacher Years 8-12 at Willunga Waldorf School, Willunga - 2024 - Current

Aboriginal Education Teacher at Aldinga Primary School, Aldinga - 2022-2024 

Art Teacher Years 8-12 at Mount Barker Waldorf School, Mt Barker - 2018 - 2022

Community Contemporary Inc. Co-Director GoodBank Gallery – 2025 - Current

Youth Art Workshop Facilitator Studio 20 – 2017-2021

Mood: Curation for SALA youth exhibition Main St. Mount Barker – 2021

Youth Art: Curator hills schools youth exhibition Mt Barker Library – 2020

Story Poles McLaren Vale PS. Collab. with First Nations children and artist Rebecca Roberts – 2018

Connect to Country Calperum Station, Riverland. Camp for First Nations children. Co-facilitated collaborative art and music workshops on Country with Ngarrindjeri artists – 2017-2018

 

Awards

Credit Union SA Academic Excellence Award highest GPA for 2012

Winner SALA Contemporary Art Award awarded for artwork ‘Welcome Home’ 2009

Shortlisted SALA Contemporary Art Award 2008

 

Residencies

The Bridge II Sauerbier House 2017

The Bridge I Port Noarlunga Art Centre 2015

Sanna Kultuurmois Sanna Estonia 2001