About

KINGS Artist-Run is a contemporary arts organisation supporting a range of artists, writers and performers in the early stages of their careers. KINGS was originally formed as a gallery to exhibit experimental video work on King Street in Melbourne in 2003 by Annie Wilson, Frank Guarino, Marcel Cousins, Brendan Lee and Brie Trennery, and continues to be communally driven by a collective of artists, writers, curators and academics. The KINGS program evolved to encompass a range of distinct experimental performances, publishing initiatives and exhibitions.

In early 2020, KINGS vacated our multi-level premises in Melbourne’s CBD. The organisation operated a mobile model for the following year commissioning writing, digital works, and public projects. In 2021, KINGS established a new wheelchair-accessible gallery space in West Melbourne. This venue opened to the public in May 2021.

KINGS Artist-Run Committee

Organisation Coordinator (Director): Bea Rubio-Gabriel
Gallery Manager (Secretary): Kim Feng Cheong
For any general gallery enquiries please email info@kingsartistrun.org.au

Emerging Writers’ Program Coordinators: Amy May Stuart and Rachel Greswell
For any enquiries about our Emerging Writers Program please email amy@kingsartistrun.org.au or rachel@kingsartistrun.org.au

Emerging Curators’ Program Coordinator: Bea Rubio-Gabriel, Sebastian Kainey and Naimo Omar
For any enquiries about our Emerging Curators Program please email beatrice@kingsartistrun.org.au or sebastian@kingsartistrun.org.au

DRIVEWAY Performance Program Coordinator: Bea Rubio-Gabriel

POP-UP Exhibition Program Coordinators: Andi Chu and Bea Rubio-Gabriel

Photographers: Sebastian Kainey, Kenneth Suico, Kim Feng Cheong and Panisa Ongwat

Marketing and Social Media Coordinators: Katelyn Ferencz and Kim Feng Cheong

Studio Artists and Volunteer Coordinator: Kim Feng Cheong

Treasurer: Lily Holmes

Legal: Joel Tito

Audio Technician: Jim Monaghan Duong

Programming Committee: Amy May Stuart, Andi Chu, Bea Rubio-Gabriel, Beth Sometimes, Ebony Maurice-Wilmott, Joel Tito, Julien Comer-Kleine, Katelyn Ferencz, Katie Paine, Kenneth Suico, Kim Feng Cheong, Naimo Omar, Oliver Hull, Panisa Ongwat, Rachel Greswell and Sebastian Kainey.

Volunteers: George Peters, Henrik Haukeland, Ingrid Hollis, Katelyn Ferencz, Malie Muir, Maya Kirk, Simone Scandrett, and Texas Nixon-Kain.

KINGS x MADA 2025 Intern: Mia Bell

1. Jennifer Mathews: The Sun Ceases to Give without Receiving and Victoria Pham: Domestic Venus and Esther Carlin: Mothers’ Mothers

2.Chris Hill: A Do Ocean

3. Thea Jones: She let her body sway with the movement of the train

4. Christina May Carey: Hypnagogia

5.Accumulates in the throat, emerges from the mouth: Abbra Kotlarczyk, Alice McIntosh, Briony Galligan, Cameron Gresswell, Grace Culley, Jazz Money, Michelle Kong, Nunzio Madden, Sarah Ujmaia, Soroush Abbasi nejad haghigh

6. Endless, Sightless: Nhà Sàn Collective: Do Van Hoang, Le Xuan Tien, Nguyen Duc Huy, Nguyen Phuong Linh, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Ta Minh Duc, Truong Que Chi, Tuan Mami

7. Living in a mirrored sphere, Anatol Pitt, Ariane Jaccarini, Mia Middleton, Joseph Flynn, curated by Jeremy Eaton, 2019