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Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken Artist Manyung Gallery Sorrento
Empty Chairs #35
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Black Cat Cafe _3
Black Cat Cafe #3
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Empty Chairs Allsorts _6
Empty Chairs Allsorts #6
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Spring Street Gelati _3
Spring Street Gelati #3
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken City European _1
City European #1
acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Empty Chairs Portrait _8
Empty Chairs Portrait #8
acrylic on canvas
100 x 66 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken City Wine Shop _1
City Wine Shop #1
acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
unframed
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Conversation Pieces #10
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Potts Point _1
Potts Point #1
acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 cm
unframed
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Setting Sun Collins Street #10
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
unframed
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Collins Street Cafe #25
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Royal Arcade _21
Royal Arcade #21
acrylic on canvas
90 x 180 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken City Shadows (Martin Place) _1
City Shadows (Martin Place) #1
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Melbourne Espresso _2
Melbourne Espresso #2
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Shadow Theatre _19
Shadow Theatre #19
acrylic on canvas
90 x 180 cm
unframed
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European #16
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken Artist Manyung Gallery Sorrento
European Wine Shop #7
acrylic on canvas
100 x 180 cm
unframed
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Big Empty Chairs #2
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
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NGV Reflective outdoor painting #4
enamel on aluminium composite
120 x 80 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Single Espresso _10
Single Espresso #10
acrylic on canvas
75 x 75 cm
unframed
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100 Collins St Mirror
acrylic on canvas
120 x 110 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Collins Street Cafe outdoor _26
Collins Street Cafe outdoor #26
enamel on aluminium composite
120 x 80 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken artist
Blue Pellegrinis #28
alt title: Espresso Bar #28 – 2006
acrylic on canvas
82 x 56 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Alice _ Peter _1 (Wonderland and Neverland)
Alice & Peter #1 (Wonderland and Neverland)
acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken artist
Cafe Culture Collins Street #9
acrylic on canvas
120 x 95 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken European _21
European #21
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Melbourne Espresso _3
Melbourne Espresso #3
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
unframed
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Single Espresso #14
acrylic on canvas
90 x 137 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken The Beginning _2
The Beginning #2
acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Harry_s Cafe Woolloomooloo _3
Harry's Cafe Woolloomooloo #3
acrylic on canvas
100 x 66 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken ICI House and Parliament _1
ICI House and Parliament #1
acrylic on canvas
82 x 56 cm
unframed
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Every Chair a Story #5
acrylic on canvas
100 x 180 cm
unframed
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Red Brunswick St Café (Black Cat) #35
acrylic on canvas
82 x 56 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Alice _ Peter _2 (Wonderland and Neverland)
Alice & Peter #2 (Wonderland and Neverland)
acrylic on canvas
60 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken artist
Empty Chairs Allsorts #4
acrylic on canvas
100 x 66 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Futures
Futures
hand cut paper
100 x 70 cm
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Lygon Street (University Cafe) #2
acrylic on canvas
75 x 75 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken NGV Reflective Mirror _1
NGV Reflective Mirror #1
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Rhyme and Rhythm _3
Rhyme and Rhythm #3
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Sepia Brunswick St Café (Black Cat) _37
Sepia Brunswick St Café (Black Cat) #37
acrylic on canvas
82 x 56 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Shady Cafe _14
Shady Cafe #14
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Small Empty Chairs _5
Small Empty Chairs #5
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken Artist
Spring Street Gelati #2
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Ralf Kempken Artist
St Kilda Road #11
acrylic on canvas
90 x 180 cm
framed
Ralf Kempken The Beginning
The Beginning
acrylic on canvas
90 x 137 cm
unframed
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The River #5
acrylic on canvas
90 x 180 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken
Arabian Coffee #1
acrylic on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
Ralf Kempken Harry_s Cafe Woolloomooloo _2
Harry's Cafe Woolloomooloo #2
acrylic on canvas
100 x 66 cm
unframed
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Ralf Kempken

Ralf Kempken

Ralf Kempken Biography

Born in Germany, 1961
Living in Melbourne’s inner city for 25 years
Painting full time and exhibiting since 2001
Completed Diploma of visual arts at RMIT in 2005

Ralf Kempken Description

Ralf Kempken has been cutting and spraying multi layered stencils for years. From portraiture, iconic Melbourne cafes and modernist architecture, the stencil is used to spray images in countless variations. The underlying concept has always been that we filter all we see through past experiences and memories. Thus followed the evolution of the stencil which, up until now has been used as the tool to produce the painting, into the artwork itself. We all screen and frame our personal view of the world and with this in mind the stencils have turned into screens. Artwork that can be seen through and create optical illusions. The screens are intended as daily reminders that we have a conscious choice in how to look at the world around us.
All work is hand cut into paper, acetate, canvas or timber. With some outside help they can also be cut into steel. Ralf has been exhibiting continuously since 2001.

Ralf Kempken Resumé

SOLO
2020- Pattern Recognition, Manyung Gallery Malvern
2020- Melbourne Patterns, Studio Gallery Hawthorn
2020- Facades, St Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford Convent
2019- Confluence, Abbotsford Convent
2019- Melbourne Perspective, Manyung Gallery Malvern
2019- City Shadows, Studio Gallery Hawthorn
2018- South Yarra Art House
2018- Urban Art, Manyung Gallery Malvern
2018- Shadows and Memories, Studio Gallery Hawthorn
2017- South Yarra Art House
2017- Into The Distance, Manyung Gallery Malvern
2017- Shadow Theatre, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn East
2016- On Reflection, South Yarra Art House
2016- Urban Art, Manyung Gallery, Malvern
2016- Optique. Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn East
2015- Depends on how you look at it, St. Heliers St. Gallery, Abbotford Convent
2015- Perspectives, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn East
2014- Screening, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn East
2013- Stencils to Screens, Hawthorn Studio Gallery, Hawthorn East
2012- Unknown, c3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford Convent
2011- Lines, Sticks & Leaves, St. Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford Convent
2010- Filter, Ochre gallery, Collingwood
2009- Now Screening.., famouswhendead gallery, Nth. Melb.
2008- c3 contemporary art space launch, Abbotsford Convent
2008- Interface, Powerhouse Arts Centre, Brisbane
2008- Interface, gallery launch, famouswhendead gallery, Melbourne

GROUP
2021- 'Inside, Outside', Manyung Gallery Malvern
2019- St Kevins, Toorak
2018- Scotch College
2018- St Kevins, Toorak
2017- Flanegan Art Prize, Ballarat
2017- winner, St. Kevins Art Show
2017- finalist, Wyndham Art Prize
2017- Stencil Art Prize, Adelaide
2016- Stencil Art Prize, Sydney
2015- finalist, Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Ivanhoe
2015- YKCDT, aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney
2015- finalist, highly commended, Hazelhurst Works on paper award, Sydney
2013- winner, Australian Stencil art Prize, Sydney
2013- winner - people’s choice award, Banyule Works on paper, Melbourne
2013- finalist, Flanegan Art Prize, Ballarat
2012- winner, Australian stencil art prize, Crissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2012- finalist, National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2012- the art of photographic expression, Gallery One, Gold Coast
2011- finalist, Australian stencil art prize, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
2010- finalist, Australian stencil art prize, Sydney
2010- Paperworks, c3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford
2010- artist residency Scotch College
2009- Australian stencil art prize, Sydney
2008- off the wall finalist – Art Sydney
2008- Macarthur Cook art awards finalist, 45 downstairs gallery, Melbourne
2008- Melbourne stencil festival, featured artist representing Australia & Asia
2008- off the wall finalist – Art Melbourne
2007- Stencil festival, Perth
2007- Urban art agenda, Perth
2007- Stencil festival, Sydney and Brisbane
2007- Fine cuts, Ballarat art gallery
2007- Melbourne Stencil Festival
2007- Selected cuts, Fringe festival Adelaide
2006- Stencil Festival, Melbourne & Sydney
2005- Melbourne stencil festival

 

PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS

2022              Petersham RSL Development
                      Aluminium Screen Facade

2021             Royal Cildrens Hospital 150th Birthday Art Trail,

2019             Brickyards Night School
                     Aluminium stencil installation, Marrickville Public Library, Sydney

2017             Past Futures
                     City of Yarra Public Art Lightbox Project, North Carlton Library South Wall

2015             Richmond Fence
                     Dimmeys Development, Richmond Railway Line

2014            Fair Work, Fair Pay, Fair Play
                    HV McKay Bridge Mural, Sunshine, Regional Rail Link Development

2014           Changing Face
                   Perforated aluminium screen installation, West Footscray Railway Station
 

2012           Mali in the city (Swanston and Collins Street)
                   for Melbourne Zoo 150th Birthday Art Trail

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