B. 1959

Karan Hayman was one of the founding members of Melbourne’s Roar Studios, an early artist-run-initiative. Between 1982 and 2000, she and artists like David Larwill, Mark Schaller and Pasquale Giardino produced work that acted as a proverbial roar against the art establishment, imagining a new model for exhibiting and sharing art.

Post Roar Studios, Hayman has found success as a contemporary artist. She is based in Kyneton, Victoria, where she finds inspiration in the region’s “endless skies”. Rather than just see the land, she feels it, producing harmonic vistas that think deeply about the land’s presence. 

Hayman is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections both in Australian and internationally, including the National Gallery of Victoria, ArtBank, New Parliament House and the National Gallery of Australia.