About Kudos
6 Napier Street
Paddington NSW 2021
Phone: 02 9326 0034
Email: kudos@arc.unsw.edu.au Open: Wednesday to Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm
The Gallery
Kudos Gallery is located in the heritage-listed St Sophia Hall, at 6 Napier St, Paddington, just a 2 minute walk from the College of Fine Arts campus.
The gallery was established in 1998 by the COFA Students’ Association to provide COFA students with an accessible gallery space off-campus to develop an exhibition profile whilst still at university. Post-VSU, Kudos is still run by COFA students, now supported and funded by Arc @ UNSW.
The history of our student-run student gallery
- Our first exhibition was in 1985 in the Hyatt Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Kings Cross with a show called 'Cross Hatchings'.
- In 1985 it was officially named Arthaus - a student initiative of visionary students including Steve Fasan, Gill Mooney and Ian Jackson.
- With the introduction of Kudos Gallery in 1998, Arthaus' final location at Enmore was closed and energies and finances were directed into the new gallery space in Napier St.