https://www.richardknafelc.com/portraits daily 0.75 2022-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1399164426326-COYDDB55A3GB44HNTFLD/Knafelc_Richard_Meow_Meow.jpg Portraits Meow Meow 2013 oil on linen 41 x 51 cm Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1399164426326-COYDDB55A3GB44HNTFLD/Knafelc_Richard_Meow_Meow.jpg Portraits Meow Meow 2013 oil on linen 41 x 51 cm Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1385761200595-887CYEFDV3CYIFOGL7KB/Prof+McGorry.jpg Portraits Professor Patrick McGorry AO 2011 oil on linen 122 x 137 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1527126500777-R685FFUUG5KPJ4R0WKG4/Knafelc_Richard_It_was_not_a_hypnagogic_state_%28self_portrait%29_400KB.jpg Portraits It was not a hypnagogic state (self portrait) 2018 oil on linen 92 x 137.5 cm Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1643347135196-BELLY8DSQ3QTN7ST3IG3/PA070310.jpeg Portraits Her soul was touched by the beautiful 2021 oil on linen 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1591147923273-G4XPEJHAYFXLPFRS3PX4/Knafelc_Richard_Sonia_Henry_portrait_2020_200KB.jpg Portraits Dr Sonia Henry - She strove for justice and kindness 2020 oil on linen 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1554593505542-EU0LGWZ8G17ZGHWRLTR6/Knafelc_Richard_Nicole_Nabout_2019.jpg Portraits Nicole Nabout 2019 oil on linen 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1467282402815-D4OBE30ALCRU4CURJB6X/Knafelc_Sam_Leach_BRIGHTER.jpg Portraits Sam Leach 2016 oil on linen 91.5 x 86.5 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/52990930e4b0a2f0141565c4/5ed6fc81f421fc43f1b75504/1591147911928/Knafelc_Richard_Sonia_Henry_portrait_2020_200KB.jpg Portraits Sonia Henry 2020 oil on linen 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1437697750050-LSTHRAAD5RW6O8HRB1PF/image-asset.jpeg Portraits Deborah Cheetham AO 2015 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2015 — Semi-finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1404803196331-WVHR2X3YK0V5YG5FZUBO/Knafelc_Richard_Lior.jpg Portraits Lior 2014 oil on linen 107 x 107 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1591142503784-NASV5XF5IIN7Z2DQURY0/Knafelc_Richard_Sonia_Henry_portrait_2020_200KB.jpg Portraits Sonia Henry 2020 oil on linen 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1385761665319-N4DITTEPQKN3V7R9UYI8/Andrew.jpg Portraits Andrew 2010 oil on linen on board 61 x 46 cm A.M.E. Bale Art Prize, oils/ acrylic 2010— Finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1591142231234-DEW1EA3ND77XJN2U0AI8/Knafelc_Richard_Sonia_Henry_portrait_2020_200KB.jpg Portraits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1467281647350-DJQ5GQNIK5MD33KBQTXI/Knafelc_Richard_Sam_Leach.jpg Portraits Richard Knafelc Sam Leach 2016 oil on linen 91.5 x 86.5 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/52990930e4b0a2f0141565c4/5774f285d2b85754d8e4c0d8/1467282061266/ Portraits https://www.richardknafelc.com/exhibitions-richard-knafelc-contemporary-australian-artist-painter daily 1.0 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1565753887544-8JF66A3QAN0UA8PW9PZ3/Knafelc_9.jpg Exhibitions Deep was the sleep of the dreamless. Was he to arrive among the radiant? (Detail) 2019 oil on linen, 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1538526992229-124LH3Q0TCB7AQMZF1L7/Richard_Knafelc_Eclipse.jpg Exhibitions Eclipse 2016 oil on linen, 122 x 183 cm John Leslie Art Prize 2016 — Finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1538526524447-JU7AQDIOYSYK1BCGK9RD/Knafelc_Echo+de+la+pense%CC%81e.jpg Exhibitions Echo de la pensée 2018 oil on linen, 91.5 x 122 cm John Leslie Art Prize 2020 — Finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1667953496370-Y1XZXAQV8ZPUTUD07VW4/IMG_1067.jpg Exhibitions Exuberances 2022 Catalogue If you are interested in purchasing paintings from Richard Knafelc’s current exhibition Exuberances, please feel free to email him directly on: email: rknafelc@iinet.net.au The paintings may be previewed at the gallery from 12 noon Wednesday 9 November, before the opening reception at 6 - 8 pm. Image: Installation view at Rubicon ARI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1679870918468-ZEJJCMTZ9M469NKA4OFM/Knafelc_Richard_1_740KB.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1663634618217-K1I19UGJF43KUKYMQPN3/P9201052.jpeg Exhibitions You are divine 2022 oil on linen 71 x 56 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1538528494166-3N930UZLXC488PTSG5GK/Knafelc_Richard_Running_on_empty+copy.jpg Exhibitions Running on empty 2014 oil on linen, 102 x 153 cm Sulman Prize 2014 — Finalist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1721196319650-TI4G3IBM1ICZRPQ2WBT1/Knafelc_Richard_By+the+Yarra+2024.jpeg Exhibitions A very special day down by the Yarra 2024 oil on linen 101.5 cm x 137 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1722927742671-AG7QBJX1G87B54KB3XH3/P7221038_1+point+4MB.jpeg Exhibitions John Leslie Art Prize 2024 — Finalist An endless fountain of immortal drink, pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink 2022, oil on linen, 91.5 x 137 cm I am very pleased that my painting has been selected as a Finalist work in the John Leslie Art Prize 2024 at the Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, Victoria. The winners ($30,000 First Prize and $1,000 Best Gippsland Work) will be announced at the Gallery as part of their Spring Season Launch on Friday 6 September at 6.30pm. The exhibition runs until Sunday 24 November 2024. The Finalist paintings may be viewed on the Gippsland Art Gallery website by clicking here: https://www.gippslandartgallery.com/exhibitions/2024-john-leslie-art-prize https://www.richardknafelc.com/news-richard-knafelc-artist-contemporary-painter-melbourne-australia daily 0.75 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1565756797352-N5B33S0WN92Z0TTBSH4I/Knafelc_9_600KB.jpg News Deep was the sleep of the dreamless. Was he to arrive among the radiant? 2019, oil on linen, 76 x 61 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1468973928174-N6KJGQM2NG2MOCIFNTFE/image-asset.jpeg News Installation view 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1531700259125-BO6UDSPYKXPN4PO310PZ/Knafelc_Richard_Reimagining_Plato%27s_+Cave_700KB+copy.jpg News Reimagining Plato’s Cave, 2018, oil on linen, 92 x 137.5 cm Group Exhibition: Subterranean Subterranean: Exploring ideas of the unseen, the hidden, and that which exists under the surface, physically, imagined, and metaphorically. Curated by Leanne Waterhouse for Coalesce -- a collective of past and present MFA students at RMIT. Coalesce is supported by RMIT Link Arts and Culture. Artists: Sarah Austin, Pie Bolton, Rolando Garay-Matziaris, Louise Gresswell, Richard Knafelc, Dom Krapski, Garry Moore, Lizzy Simpson, Amber Stokie, Kat Teede, Leanne Waterhouse, and Jude Worters. The exhibition runs from 18 July to 23 August in Campbell Arcade -- the subway between Degraves Street and Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/b5b19155-8049-419d-94e1-2c7737c1e17d/An+endless+fountain_923KB+copy.jpg News - Make it stand out An endless fountain of immortal drink, pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink 2022 oil on linen 91 x 137 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1525681251998-H0VK910AN4QDZCWAG4AK/3_Knafelc_Richard_It_was_not_a_hypnagogic_state.jpg News Selected for the 2018 Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés Richard is very pleased that his self-portrait: It was not a hypnagogic state 2018 (oil on linen 92 x 137.5 cm) was selected to hang in the Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés this year. This is the second time Richard has been selected for this important exhibition. The exhibition is at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney from 12 May to 29 July 2018. www.shervingallery.com.au/current-exhibition/ About the painting: This self-portrait is from my Visions before Midnight series – exploring strangeness, mystery, the unexplained, and dream-like states. I utilise depictions of lights or stars, which appear to float through highly coloured, unreal landscapes. These highly-charged environments are often inhabited by people trying to make sense of them. ‘Hypnagogic’ refers to the state just before falling asleep, in which we can experience strange phenomena, including hallucinations. I create painted collages from digital photographic sources to effect a combination of multiple times and places to explore the idea of simultaneity, the subconscious, and non-linear narratives. In so doing, I investigate the rational versus the irrational. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1468973801924-N9ABQ995Z71NG1S1ONCM/image-asset.jpeg News Installation view 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1444105498036-O2P9YPJ8A48S2W5FC8GD/image-asset.jpeg News Richard Knafelc Deborah Cheetham 2015 oil on linen 51 x 41 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1427502143009-5L6V0L74KH0MC5M5V8W0/image-asset.jpeg News Richard Knafelc Flight into Egypt 2014 oil on linen 61 x 91.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1405030883139-GNSUX6AQTYON5RHY3FVY/image-asset.jpeg News Richard Knafelc Running on empty 2014 oil on linen 102 x 152.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466991849871-DKB8ZZIG463GXDCPHG77/Knafelc_Richard_Ozymanidas.jpg News Ozymandias 2016 oil on linen 162.5 x 226 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466991880431-FJDSXJ4JS2GBHKOUH0YY/Knafelc_Richard_Oh+my+God+-+It%27s+full+of+stars.jpg News Oh my God - It's full of stars! 2015 oil on linen 81.5 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992198886-KOES4RDG9ZQJOL939I8Z/Knafelc_Richard_Explorers%27+fields+%28after+Catherwood%29.jpg News Explorers' Fields (after Catherwood) 2015 oil on linen 71 x 56 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992288979-8EGV5CBDZTPEZ5ML6YBB/Knafelc_Richard_In+search+of+the+Great+Architect.jpg News In search of the Great Architect 2016 oil on linen 66 x 91.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992381184-27IJ7B4ECAPH6S0WS76O/Knafelc_Richard_Liminal+state.jpg News Liminal state 2015 oil on linen 66 x 91.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992423940-L5I7WS8Z5LF795H5AXH8/Knafelc_Richard_The+answer+is+in+the+stars.jpg News The answer is in the stars 2015 oil on linen 91.5 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992464802-YALT1VVDMTAID06AG3MD/Knafelc_Richard_The+wanderer.jpg News The wanderer 2016 oil on linen 91.5 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992552215-V1ZVR5ELXWGA8FUPN80X/Knafelc_Richard_Castor+and+Pollux.jpg News Castor and Pollux 2016 oil on linen 91.5 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1466992596680-EWCE678RALZI1Z52WIHC/Knafelc_Richard_Eclipse.jpg News Eclipse 2016 oil on linen 122 x 183 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1468974176319-ZS60ASCJ0A86BY4MUXB8/image-asset.jpeg News Installation view 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1591144157487-OVYI4QZBSE8YUZ18X53O/Knafelc_Richard_Echo+de+la+pense%CC%81e+2018.jpg News Richard Knafelc Echo de la pensée 2018 oil on linen 91.5 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1468973841634-U9E6HZIC7WFWQHZ2YW4Y/image-asset.jpeg News Installation view 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1470115778247-G166W43V024HZIJV4QXF/image-asset.jpeg News Richard Knafelc Eclipse 2016 oil on linen 122 x 183 cm Finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize 2016 John Leslie Art Prize - for landscape painting. Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria. Saturday 3 September to Sunday 20 November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1468973886192-VN4BK9I9QWV1DS7J0FYT/image-asset.jpeg News Installation view 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1415745359052-D2ME1RY20AVXY6YNSZKE/image-asset.jpeg News Richard Knafelc Mystic portals 2014 oil on linen 84 x 122 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1538522087625-MK5GD0TQ5HPH4LX4L06X/Knafelc_Plato%27s+Cave.jpg News Reimagining Plato’s Cave, 2018, oil on linen, 92 x 137.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/1512522336091-N09N1LCNNSILYDS3RMJS/P6100343.jpg News Richard Knafelc Eclipse 2016 oil on linen 122 x 183 cm RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition Opens 6pm Thursday 7 December 2017 and runs until Saturday 16 December. RMIT Melbourne City Campus, Building 2, Level 3. La Trobe St Melbourne. Hours: 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday. 12pm - 4pm Saturdays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/521b0ae9e4b03aa034de27b1/806a72fb-7e55-49f0-958b-eacfe8162d16/P7221038_1+point+4MB.jpeg News - Make it stand out An endless fountain of immortal drink, pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink 2022, oil on linen, 91.5 x 137 cm https://www.richardknafelc.com/contact-richard-knafelc-artist-contemporary-painter-melbourne-australia daily 0.75 2022-11-07 https://www.richardknafelc.com/bio-cv-richard-knafelc-artist-contemporary-painter-melbourne-australia daily 0.75 2025-01-30 https://www.richardknafelc.com/about-richard-knafelc-artist-contemporary-painter-melbourne-australia daily 0.75 2020-06-03