Karlee Rawkins was born in 1977 and lives in Bellingen NSW. In 2019 she received the Margaret Olley Commendation Award for her painting ‘Tiger Tribe’. In 2003 she was the winner of The Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship and held a five-month residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. Rawkins has been a finalist in the Clayton Utz, Now Shoalhaven, KAAF Art Prize, Fishers Ghost Art Award and twice finalist in the Prometheus.
Rawkins’ is recognised nationally for her bold and vibrant paintings. Her poignant imagery of wildlife and flora examine the symbolic and totemic meanings nature holds within the human psyche.
