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

STRAY VOLTAGE Video Program Coordinators: Aaron Rees, Katie Paine, Julien Comer-Kleine, and Oliver Hull

DRIVEWAY Performance Program Coordinators: Lucy Gordon and Bea Rubio-Gabriel

POP-UP Exhibition Program Coordinators: Bea Rubio-Gabriel and Mia Bell

Photography: Aaron Rees, Sebastian Kainey, and Kenneth Suico

Programming Committee: Aaron Rees, Amy May Stuart, Bea Rubio-Gabriel, Joel Tito, Julien Comer-Kleine, Katie Paine, Kenneth Suico, Lucy Gordon, Nicholas Currie, Oliver Hull, Sebastian Kainey, Sophie Cassar, and Rachel Greswell

Volunteers: Alex Laszlo, Beatriz Airah Yu, Ella Carney Fisher, Erin Barwood, George Peters, Henrik Haukeland, Jessica You, Kaitlin Pignataro, Katelyn Ferencz, Lan Anh Truong, Simone Scandrett

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