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. KINGS program evolved to encompasses a range of distinct experimental performances, publishing initiatives and exhibitions.

In early 2020, KINGS vacated our multi-level premises in Melbourne’s CDB. 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

Gallery Coordinator: Katie Ryan
Emerging Writers’ Program Coordinator: Olga Bennett
Emerging Writers’ Program Liaison: Phoebe Beard
Video Program Coordinators: Aaron Claringbold and Rebecca McCauley
Grants and Fundraising: Nikki van der Horst
Programming Committee: Ashley Perry, Beatrice Gabriel, Chelsea Farquhar, Marcela Gómez Escudero, Zainab Hikmet, George Criddle, James Nguyen

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

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