Cara Sanders also known as Owlet is a painter and muralist based in Gold Coast, Australia where she works as a resident artist at the Mint Art House and as Director of The Express Yourself Project, an art and music program tailored to meet the needs of people living with a disability. Owlet’s practice is a love of process inspired by a connection to the natural world and a curiosity for life. Abstract and expressionistic, her compositions are energising and sensual landscapes translated by moods and experiences. Since completing her Bachelor of New Media Art (2013) she has undertaken public art projects across Australia, and supported by Mackay City Council to undertake mentorship in a large scale public art project in North Queensland. On the Gold Coast, Owlet has exhibited at Dust Temple (2018), Level Up Gallery (2019), Acid Test Art Show (2020), and showcased on Art Lovers Australia Online Gallery (2020). Owlet has recently joined the HOTA Gallery and Visual Arts Youth Advisory Group (2020) and seeks to actively contribute to and support the Gold Coast creative community. 

ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE
Born Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia
Lives and works in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

EDUCATION
2013 Bachelor of New Media Art, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019    -   2020: Resident Artist, Mint Art House, West Burleigh, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

2018    -   2020: Director, The Express Yourself Project, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

MENTORSHIP
2019    -   Assistant Artist, Mackay City Council and Slade Point Neighbourhood watch public art project, Mackay, Queensland, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018    -   Dust Temple, Currumbin, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

2017    -   Woodsters, Newstead, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2017    -   The Burrow Gallery, West End, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020    -   Art Lovers Australia, Online Gallery, Australia

2020    -   Acid Test Art Show, Level One Seventeen, Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

2019    -   Level Up Gallery, The Strand Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

2019    -   Mint Art House, West Burleigh, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

2018    -   Sheoak Shack Gallery, Fingal Head, New South Wales, Australia

2018    -   Artissimo Gallery, Broome, Western Australia, Australia