Curriculum Vitae
b. 1992, Kununurra, WA · Gold Coast, QLD
Meet The Artist
ABOUT
Cara Sanders is a self-taught abstract artist raised in the Kimberley, now based on the Gold Coast/Bundjalung Country.
Inspired by her environment, she creates unique art that feels familiar. Always evolving, her practice is a way of deepening her understanding of herself and the world around her.
In 2023 Cara made her gallery debut with a solo exhibition with Gallery Alchemy. Since then she has released four sold out collections with her works now owned by collectors around the world.
Cara works from her Burleigh Heads studio Mint Art House which she paints at full time. She is represented by Wentworth Galleries.
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Here and Now, Wentworth Galleries — Brisbane
Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House — Brisbane and Sydney
Papercuts, Mint Art House — Gold Coast
2024
Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House — Brisbane
Paradise Gloss, group exhibition, Side Gallery — Brisbane
Papercuts, Mint Art House — Gold Coast
Dreamers, Mint Art House — Gold Coast
2023
Internal Landscapes, solo exhibition, Gallery Alchemy — Sydney
Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House — Sydney
Echo’s, Side Gallery — Brisbane
2022
Smalls, Side Gallery — Brisbane
2021
Physical Meets Digital, solo NFT launch and activation — Gold Coast
The Untamed, solo exhibition, Mint Art House — Gold Coast
This Is Art, group exhibition and live painting — Gold Coast
2020
This Is Art, solo exhibition, Vacant Assembly — Brisbane
2019
Group Exhibition, Level Up Gallery — Gold Coast
2018
Solo exhibition, Dust Temple — Gold Coast
Gallery Representation & Art Residencies
2025 – Present
Wentworth Galleries — Brisbane
2024
Merge Creative Art Residency — New Brighton
2023 – 2025
Gallery Alchemy — Sydney
Public Art Commissions
2024
Surface Festival Mural — Gold Coast
Burleigh Brewing Mural — Gold Coast
Live Painting for LSKD Event — Brisbane
2022
Mural collaboration with Brad Turner, The Local Burleigh — Gold Coast
Big City Lights Program — developed and facilitated 3 workshops with a public art outcome, Gold Coast
Brisbane Street Art Festival — Brisbane
Live Painting at the F1, Mr Consistent — Melbourne
2021
Live Painting at the Gabba, Woolloongabba — Brisbane
City of Gold Coast Level Up Arty Bites Program — Gold Coast
Mackay Base Hospital — Mackay
2020
Bleach Festival Installation with Mint Art House, Placemakers — Gold Coast
2019
Mackay City Council, 20m High Water Tower Public Mural Project — Mackay
Exmouth Mural, Broome Mural, Margaret River Mural — Western Australia
Education & Training
2026
Sylvie Kettle Creative Coaching — Gold Coast
2025
Amber Rose Wallis Oil Painting Course — Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby
Amber Creswell Bell Mentorship — Gold Coast
Amber Rose Wallis Mentorship — Gold Coast
2024
Creative Art Therapy, College of Conscious Living — Gold Coast
2023 – 2025
Pennylane Shen Consulting — Gold Coast
2021
Swell Sculpture and City of Gold Coast, Site and Situation — Gold Coast
2013
Bachelor of New Media Art, James Cook University — Townsville
Professional Experience
2025 – Present
Mentor, Level Up Residency Program at Mint Art House
2020 – 2026
Co-Director, Mint Art House — Gold Coast
2021 – 2022
Youth Advisory Group, HOTA — Gold Coast