“Drawing on the landscape's sublime and picturesque qualities, my paintings deal with the natural environment, the mystery within the landscape, the spirit concealed in matter. “ David Kas Born in Australia in 1964, David Kas has been committed to a landscape aesthetic for over thirty years. David grew up in Sydney, and studied art at the National Art School in 1984-1985. Since the mid 1990’s he has been based near Brunswick Heads in northern NSW. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows for over 30 years, his paintings have been recognised across various art awards and prizes. His work has been a finalist in many prizes including the Fleurieu Art Prize (Highly Commended), the Lethbridge Landscape prize (highly Commended), Hurford Portrait Prize, Border Art Prize and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize. In 2011 he won the Countryscapes art prize and in 2013 the Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award. A dedicated painter of landscapes, David works instinctively and experimentally. His fictional surreal landscapes are derived from experience and invention. His work is represented in public, corporate and private collections in Australia, the US and Europe.
Solo Shows 2016 Wavering Radiance, Lone Goat Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
2014 East meets West, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2010 Landscape & Memory. Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW Mysterium Magnum. Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2008 Nature Studies. In Good Company Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW
1998 Recent paintings. Kas Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
1997 Space - sculptures. Kas Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
1996 Arts Balmainia Festival. Artist’s Studios Exhibition, Balmain, Sydney
1994 Shelf-life and Old Favourites. Kas Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
1993 Recent Works. Mori Gallery, Annex, Leichhardt, Sydney
1990 Myth - Logic. Ten Taylor St Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
1991 Antipodean. Quotall Art, WTC, Amsterdam
1987 Marked Visions. Artlook Gallery, Glebe, Sydney
1986 Asimov. Arthaus Gallery, Darlinghurst Sydney
Selected Group Shows 2022 Lethbridge Landscape Prize 2022, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane 2019 Flesh & Bones, Forest Art Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW 2015 Hurford Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW 2014 Stanthorpe Art Festival Awards, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld 2013 Fleurieu Art Prize, Finalist, Hardys Tintara, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane Border Art Prize. Finalist, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD 2012 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize Touring Show, Regional Galleries of NSW & QLD 2011 Countryscapes 2011, Finalists exhibition, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW Caldera Art Prize- Finalists exhibition, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, NSW New Ground. Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW 2010 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize, Finalist, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW Rivers of Life. Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW Pathways Foundation Art Auction, Montecollum, NSW Grounded. ArtPiece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW 2009 Caldera Art 09, Tweed Shire Council Civic Centre, Murwillumbah, NSW Border Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD Caldera Art Awards, Finalist, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Beaudesert About a Tree. Artpiece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW FEHVA art auction. A&I Hall, Bangalow, NSW 2008 Border Art Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwullimbah, NSW Small and Precious. Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW Tweed Naturally Art Awards. Finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillimbah, 2007 Group Show. In Good Company Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW 2005 Pathways Foundation Art Auction, The Buttery, Bangalow, NSW 2004 Japan. Factory 3 Artspace, Byron Bay, NSW 1998 300 to Zero. ARTD Gallery, Leichhardt, Sydney 1990 David Kas & Locust Jones, Ten Taylor St Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney 1989 Lithium. William St Space, East Sydney 1988 Mindscape. Rondeau Gallery, Newtown, Sydney 1987 Threshold, Studio Gallery, William St Space, East Sydney 1986 Alumni Show. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Sydney En Plein Air. Arthaus, Darlinghurst, Sydney 1985 Sydney Morning Herald Art Award, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney
