Karen Ridley Textile Artist

Karen Ridley Textile Artist Textile and mixed media artist. Karen Ridley is a textile and mixed media artist who lives in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.
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Workshops available in Mindful slow stitch, botanical heatpress printing, mixed media and up-cycling and trainer in Powertex mediums Through the mediums of textiles, Powertex Products, mixed media, and the inspiration of nature; she loves to explore the relationship between creativity, nature, and the emotions. For Karen, textile and mixed media art have always been an inspiration in her life. Fro

m family that sewed and painted, to studying art throughout school. Karen has studied with many painting and textile artists; and is always researching and learning new techniques and skills. Previously, Karen has created, exhibited, and sold ceramic sculpture, and owned a bridal and vintage bag business. Professionally Karen was a Nurse and Case Manager for many years, and this has impacted the development of her art, which often reflects the fragility of life, both for people and nature. This can be seen in her images of nature, reflecting the feelings and emotions that nature can evoke in people; inspiring the belief that, as nature cycles through the seasons, so do our lives. Karen teaches workshops in Powertex and Mindful Slow Stitch and loves to upcycle and repurpose found treasures into art works, where they are reimagined into something new. Karen’s art works are owned in private collections in Australia and Europe. Karen is an Artist Member of Yarra Valley Arts in Healesville, and ATASDA, The Australian Textile and Mixed Media Association in Victoria.

11/07/2025
This amazing exhibition Art Beyond Waste, is closing soon, visit it at Millers Homestead before it closes this coming we...
11/07/2025

This amazing exhibition Art Beyond Waste, is closing soon, visit it at Millers Homestead before it closes this coming week 😀

Thank you to the wonderful couple that purchased my artwork The Fragility of Life at the opening of our group exhibition...
01/07/2025

Thank you to the wonderful couple that purchased my artwork The Fragility of Life at the opening of our group exhibition Naturescape, at St Arnaud’s this weekend.

Naturescapes - Newspaper article about our joint exhibition 😀
26/06/2025

Naturescapes - Newspaper article about our joint exhibition 😀

I have been lucky enough to be invited to exhibit in the six artist exhibition called Naturescapes to be held in the old...
19/06/2025

I have been lucky enough to be invited to exhibit in the six artist exhibition called Naturescapes to be held in the old Railway Station Gallery in St Arnaud, Victoria, one of our Cyclo Art towns. I will be exhibiting and selling a large collection of my artworks 😀. Come along and visit this wonderful joint exhibition “Celebrating the beauty of nature and the personal benefits of art making”.

Finally finished my stitched portrait from a Textileartist.org workshop I did earlier this year. I love Frieda so it was...
16/06/2025

Finally finished my stitched portrait from a Textileartist.org workshop I did earlier this year. I love Frieda so it was easy picking a subject to use 😀 collage, stitched and painted

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