About

Cara Sanders is a self-taught abstract artist raised in the Kimberley, now based on the Gold Coast/Bundjalung Country. Inspired by her environment, she creates unique art that feels familiar. Always evolving, her practice is a way of deepening her understanding of herself and the world around her.

In 2023 Cara made her gallery debut with a solo exhibition with Gallery Alchemy. Since then she has released four sold out collections with her works now owned by collectors around the world. Cara works from her Burleigh Heads studio Mint Art House which she paints at full time. Cara is represented by Wentworth Galleries.

CV: Cara Sanders (B. 1992, Kununurra, WA)

Gold Coast, QLD
Email: info@carasanders.com.au
Instagram: caraasanderss                                        

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025 - Present: Mentor for the Level Up Residency Program at Mint Art House
2020 - 2026: Co-Director, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
2021 - 2022: Youth Advisory Group, HOTA – Gold Coast

EDUCATION & TRAINING

2025: Amber Rose Wallis Oil Painting Course - Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby
2025: Amber Creswell Bell Mentorship - Gold Coast
2025: Amber Rose Wallis Mentorship - Gold Coast
2024: Creative Art Therapy, College of Conscious Living - Gold Coast
2023 - 2025: Pennylane Shen Consulting - Gold Coast
2021: Swell Sculpture and City of Gold Coast, Site and Situation - Gold Coast
2013: Bachelor of New Media Art, James Cook University - Townsville

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & ART RESIDENCIES

2026: Wentworth Galleries - Brisbane
2024: Merge Creative Art Residency - New Brighton
2023 - 2025: Gallery Alchemy - Sydney

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025: Here and Now, WENTWORTH GALLERIES - Brisbane
- Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House - Brisbane and Sydney
- Papercuts, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
2024: Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House - Brisbane
- Paradise Gloss, group exhibition, Side Gallery - Brisbane
- Papercuts, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
- Dreamers, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
2023: SOLO EXHIBITION Internal Landscapes, Gallery Alchemy - Sydney
- Affordable Art Fair, Mint Art House - Sydney
- Echo’s, Side Gallery - Brisbane
- Ancarna, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
2022: Smalls, Side Gallery - Brisbane
2021: SOLO EXHIBITION Physical Meets Digital, NFT Launch and Activation - Gold Coast
- Released a large physical artwork as an NFT, destroyed it in front of a live audience.
- SOLO EXHIBITION The Untamed, Mint Art House - Gold Coast
- This Is Art, group exhibition and live painting – Gold Coast
2020: SOLO EXHIBITION This Is Art, Vacant Assembly - Brisbane
2019: Group Exhibition, Level Up Gallery - Gold Coast
2018: SOLO EXHIBITION, Dust Temple - Gold Coast

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2024: Surface Festival Mural - Gold Coast
- Burleigh Brewing Mural - Gold Coast
- Live Painting for LSKD Event - Brisbane
2022: Mural collaboration, with Brad Turner, The Local Burleigh - Gold Coast
2022: Big City Lights Program, developed and facilitated 3 workshops with a public art outcome - Gold Coast
- Brisbane Street Art Festival - Brisbane
- Live Painting at the F1, Mr Consistent - Melbourne
2021: Live Painting at the Gabba, Woolloongabba - Brisbane
- City of Gold Coast Level Up Arty Bites Program - Gold Coast
2021: Mackay Base Hospital - Mackay
2020: Bleach Festival Installation with Mint Art House, Placemakers - Gold Coast
2019: Mackay City Council, 20m High Water Tower Public Mural Project - Mackay
2019: Exmouth Mural, Broome Mural, Margaret River Mural - Western Australia