About
Cara Sanders (born 1992) lives and works on Bundjalung Country in Queensland's Gold Coast. A self taught painter, Cara completed a Bachelor of New Media Art at James Cook University in 2013. Cara’s rural upbringing in the Kimberley and her connection to the natural world is reflected in her work, having grown up studying and playing in the light of the North-West sun and the red dirt of the land out West of Yawuru country.
Cara has undertaken large-scale commissions across Queensland for the Brisbane Lions AFL Team, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Mackay Regional Council, and Gold Coast Surface Festival. She has collaborated with artist Brad Turner, City of Gold Coast Level Up and the Mint Art House Collective for Bleach Festival and Big City Lights. Cara has exhibited at Dust Temple (2018), Vacant Assembly (2020), Level Up (2021). In 2022 her work appeared on season eighteen of The Block on Channel Nine nationally, and exclusively on the label of boutique gin distillery Granddad Jacks Gin. She has exhibited interstate with Gallery Alchemy (2023) and the Affordable Art Fair (2023 & 2024). She has been involved with the HOTA (Home of the Arts) Youth Advisory Group and is currently mentoring Gold Coast emerging artists (Level Up). Her alter ego ‘Owlet’ produces limited edition prints and murals. Cara is represented by Gallery Alchemy.
Instagram: owlet.art // caraasanderss
CV
www.owletart.com.au | hello@owletart.com.au | 0400757241 B. 1992, Kununurra, Western Australia | Lives and works in Bundjalung Country Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House, Brisbane.
2023 - Dual Exhibition, Internal Landscapes, Gallery Alchemy, Sydney.
2023 - Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House, Sydney.
2022 - Back To Earth, dual exhibition, Gold Coast.
2021 - Physical Meets Digital, NFT Launch and Activation, Gold Coast.
Released a large physical artwork as an NFT, and destroyed it in front of a live audience.
Using AI technology this artwork could be viewed as an animation.
2021 - Solo Exhibition, The Untamed, Mint Art House, Gold Coast.
2020 - Solo Exhibition, This Is Art, Vacant Assembly, Brisbane.
2018 - Solo Exhibition, Connection, Dust Temple, Gold Coast.
2017 - Solo Exhibition, The First Taste, Woodsters, Brisbane.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2024 - Public Mural, Surface Festival, Gold Coast.
2022 - Public Mural, Local Burleigh, Gold Coast.
2022 - Big City Lights Program, Gold Coast.
2022 - Public Mural, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Brisbane.
2021 - Public Mural during a live football game, The Gabba, Brisbane.
2021 - City of Gold Coast Level Up Arty Bites Program, Gold Coast.
2021 - Public Mural, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Queensland.
2020 - Public Mural, Bleach Festival Installation, Placemakers, Gold Coast.
2019 - Public Mural, Exmouth IGA, Exmouth.
2019 - Public Mural, Mackay Water Tower, Mackay.