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Augustus Firestone
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Augustus Firestone is a classically trained painter who won an
Olsen scholarship to study art in Florence, Italy in 1995.
Firestone has an instinctual sense of colour and form, and painting
is obviously a medium in which he communicates without the pressure
of preconceived norms or opinion. His interpretation of landscapes,
whether it be here at home or visual records of his international
travels, captures the mood, scale and interrelationships of elements
that make up his surroundings.
Over the years he has expressed his art through a range of media
and techniques. Most recently Augustus has found that he is most
comfortable with painting sculptured relief.
Augustus Firestone commitment to the skilful use of paint and sculpture
has lead him to co-found with Aaron Frater the Finalism movement.
Education
1991 Julian Ashton’s Art School, the Rocks Sydney
1992-94 National Art School, Australia Sydney
1995 Olsen Scholarship one year scholarship to fortman Studios,
Florence italy.
Shows
1994 National Art School, Australia group show
1996 Cyberspace Gallery group show
1999 Mojo’s Gallery solo show
2000 Anastasia's Gallery solo show
2002 Lota Gallery group show
2004 Vincents Art Workshop group show
2005 Vincents Art Workshop group show
2006 Solo Show Vincents Gallery
2006 1st Finalism Group Show
2007 2nd Finalism Group Show
2008 3rd Finalism Group Show
2008 Queen Victoria Project
2009 Fatal Shore Paintings
Projects
1998 Mural for Reconciliation Derwent Lane Sydney
1998 Volunteer Art Teacher at Glebe Youth Services
2002 Lota Gallery owner
2005 The start of the ‘Finalism’ art movement
2006 Web site for the ‘Finalism’ art movement
2007 Children's book “Where Does Santa Come from” www.santaliveshere.net
2008Queen Victoria Project Wellington City Grant
2010 The‘Finalism’ art movement book and group show St
James Threatre Wellington
Employment
2004/2006 Studio Co-ordinator/ Art Tutor at Vincents Art Workshop
Wellington New Zealand www.vincents.co.nz
2008 Vice Chairperson of Vincents Art Workshop
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| Aaron
Frater (New Zealand) |
Aaron Frater, stone, bone,& wood carver, & painter (of
pictures & murals). I am primarily a carver, a maker
of 3-D objects. I have always carved , when I was
young I carved soap & pumice.Now I work with bone &
shell (I completed a craft design certificate about 20
years ago), stone, & wood. I have always drawn, when I
was young I used felt pens & student acrylic. Now I
work in pen, pencil, pastel, & oil & acrylic paints.
I have always been interested in depicting an iconic,
symbolic view of life. My art has always been about
creating a personal mythology.My carving & painting
allows me to create a world of magic & intrigue, of
sparkling images, of motion in static materials, of
peace & order, & an ever growing body of work
that
is a celebration of life.
I am a product of an upbringing steeped in the arts.
My step father was an art lecturer & painter.
My
father was in live theatre. From this I acquired a
love of the arts & crafts.
I grew up in Wellington, always being around
musicians, artist & academics. I have always created
my self, & most of my qualifications & job experience
is in creative disciplines. I am 38 now & am still
committed to a life of creativity & self expression.
Given my desire to express my vision of life & my
belief that art is the way to do this, I am commited
to the creative proccess & the creative way of life.
This is as much who I am , as what I do. Aaron
Frater. 04)972-9718, 0274-987-792,
Saacthi
Gallery
www.aaronfrater.co.nz
afraternz@yahoo.com
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| Harry
Watson (New Zealand)
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Born 1965. Lives in theWairarapa.Two years, worked
making furniture , 1985 - 1987.
Two years, owned furniture business, 1988 - 1990.
Four years, woodcarving from home, 1992 - 1996. From about 1996 Harrys’
work took on a New Zealand historical focus and this has remained
as a core of his work. 2004 - October 5 Dowse Art Museum, Fund
raising auction.
2004 - September, inclusion in Gregory O’Brien’s book ‘Welcome
To The South Seas’.
2004 - 5-17 September. Muka print studio. Drawing and painting onto
lithographic stone.
2004 - August, Object Space Auckland, ‘Left At the Members lounge’,
Group show.
2004 - April FHE G2, solo show, with assistance from Creative New
Zealand.
2001 - Anderson Fernyhough Gallery, gallery-opening show.
2001 - Wairarapa Arts and History Museum, Wairarapa Arts Review (biannial)
1st prize.
2003 - Aratoi Arts Museum, Exhibition, ‘The Ante room’.
1999 - Wairarapa Arts review 3rd prize.
1998 - Golden C’art National Art Award, merit prize.
1998 - Commission, Governor Sir George Grey sculpture. Greytown.
1997 - Golden C’art National Art Award, 1st prize.
Harry has been in a number of group shows around New Zealand
and his work is in a number of private collections also in New Zealand.
He currently shows with FHEG2 in Auckland.
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| Davey
McGhie (New Zealand) |
PG Dip FA (Elam), Dip Teaching,
Cert Art & Design (Whitireia)
Full of warm and robust humour Titahi Bay artist & art educator
Davey McGhie sculptures in wood, stone and mixed media have appeared
at many of the country’s major symposia.
His visual language has emerged bold and chunky, elegant and sensitive,
acknowledging a respect for the materials. With a certain amount
of liberty and intuition visions arise and the artworks constantly
evolve. Davey has developed a style of his own that has roots from
living in the diverse, colourful Porirua community over the past
25 years.
Davey established a successful workshop in Wellington creating original
screen-printed and hand painted fabrics. Song writing, performance
and recording in ska rock bands and work in horticulture has been
a valuable experience in the continual reinvention and exploration
of his artworks.
Significantly self-taught Davey also completed a Post Graduate Diploma
in Fine Arts at Elam, University of Auckland in 1998. Davey was
tutored at Te Toi Hou by Selwyn Muru and Brett Graham. He gained
a Diploma of Teaching and Certificate of Art and Design at Whitireia.
Davey has since taught at Whitireia Community Polytechnic various
Wellington colleges and schools, Vincent’s Art Workshop, special
needs groups and Adult Community Education.
Davey values the notion of there being no right or wrong in contemporary
art making. His working process is a balance of various approaches
and techniques, enthusiastic burst of drawing, working out ideas
with the use of small maquettes.
Davey loves family, friends and fun, the sea, land, clouds, flowers,
trees, birds and animals a self confessed earthy dreamer. His great
pleasure is to glimpse the beauty of small everyday events, simple
things of life as they unfold. The joy and hope of their existence
inspires and challenges him to create a visible narrative a willingness
to invest in the full production of art making a mode of survival
to establish an identify and continuity in a fast changing world.
A recipient of 1st prize “Festival of the Elements” Recycled
Sculpture Competition 2005. His work is included in the Public Collection
at Pataka Porirua and private collections nationally. With solo
exhibitions and many group shows to his credit Davey has recently
worked at the Mac’s Nelson Sculpture Symposium, Wood Alive,
Takapuna and the Wellington International Arts Festival.
Davey McGhie
PG Dip FA (Elam), Dip Teaching, Cert Art & Design (Whitireia)
15 View Rd, Titahi Bay, Porirua
(04) 236 8727
daveymcghie@slingshot.co.nz
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| Robert
Rapson (New Zealand) |
Robert Rapson is mostly known for his ceramics though he originally
had a painting background. He is currently trying to make clay move
and transport has been the main focus e.g. ships, cars and planes.
Robert has participated in exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand.
Robert won first prize in the Molly Morpeth 3D award in Whakatane,
a merit in the Norsewear Award and prizes in The Manukau Sculpture
and Vessel exhibition in Auckland.
Robert has worked in various parts of the world. Robert's work appeals
to a wide variety of people and not just the artistic elite.
vincentsartworkshop@xtra.co.nz
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| Gamal
Abd El Nasser (Egypt) |
About me
* Born in 1957.
* Graduated from the faculty of fine arts 1981, Department of Sculpture.
Solo Exhibition
* Spanish Cultural Center 1983
* Cairo Atelier 1985
* Cairo Atelier 1986
* Abdel Moneam El Sawy Gallery 1986
* Cairo Atelier 1990
* Center of Arts (Akhnaton Gallery) 1990
* Arles Heim House-Basel-Switzerland 1991
* Mashrabia Gallery 1992
* Liestal Gallery-Switzerland 1992
* The Egyptian Academy in Rome 1992
* Center of Arts (Akhnaton Gallery) 1993
* American University, Ewart Gallery, Cairo 1994
* Nante, France 1994
* Mashrabia Gallery 1995
* Africa 95 Sculpture Workshop Exhibition, Yorkshire, England 1995
* Delfina Studio Gallery, London Musical Sculpture Performance 1995
* Espace, Karim Francis, Cairo 1996
* The British Council Gallery-Cairo1997
* Center of Arts (Akhnaton Gallery) 1998
* Town House Gallery) 1999
* Venice Biennale 1999
* Shidoni Gallery Santa Fe, NM. USA 2000
*Alexandria Atelier Egypt 2001
*The Egyptian Academy Rome Italy 2002
*Expo Gallery Cairo 2004
*Naseer Shura Demascus Syria 2005
*Fenon Gallery Cairo 2005
*Agial Gallery Bierout Lebanon 2006.
Gamal Abd El Nasser
Web site
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Maha Al Jammas (Lebanon)
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Born in Tripoli.
Diploma of higher education in painting and draqing-Lebanese Univesity-1984.
Student of PHD in sacred art- University of Kaslik.
One of the founders of the plastic art mouvement in North Lebanon-1986.
Member of"the association of artist for droqingand sculpture"
since 1995.
Teacher of Plastic Art in University ALBA-Lebanon-2003.
Teacher of artistic education in the elementary school since 1992.
Collabored in the exibitions of 'the association of artists"
in Lebanon in more than 40 exibitions.
In the exibitions of "the artists of Norh Lebanon" in
many places.
Has been granted diplomas of merit from many symposiums.2002-2005.
Personal exibitions in the "Cultural League"in Tripoli-2002.
in Beyrouth-2002, in Kostroma-Russia-2003, in Amesterdam-Holland-2004.
E-mail: maha-fenoun@hotmail.com
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Jose Acosta (Cuban-American)
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10 Degarmo Rd
Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Tel 845-473-5904
www.mindsisland.com/members/jose
Education – Arts Students League of New York
I am a Cuban-American Artist. I was born in Cuba but have lived
most of my life in America. I live in Poughkeepsie New York and
work in New York City. My creations are representational and abstract.
I consider my work contemporary in that I try to be unique in my
ideas and approach. I do Paintings, Constructions & Sculpture
and enjoy creating. I try to show a little joy and hope in all I
create.
EXHIBITIONS
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery – New York, NY
Art Society of Kingston – Kingston, NY
Artist Space- NYC
Artexpo 2005/2006 – New York, NY
Arts Upstairs Gallery – Phoenecia, NY
Barrett Art Center – Poughkeepsie, NY
Dutchess County Fair – Rhinebeck, NY
Farfetched Gallery – Kingston, NY
Howland Arts Center- Beacon, NY
IBM Show – Poughkeepsie, NY
Lancôme – New York, NY
Lichtpause, Germany
Putnam Arts Council – Carmel, NY
Skybox Gallery – Kingston, NY
The Art Students League – New York, NY
The Times Square Lobby Gallery – New York, NY
Varga Gallery – Woodstock, NY
Ward Nasse – New York, NY
Woodstock Art Association- Woodstock NY
AFFILLIATIONS
Art Society of Kingston – Kingston, NY
Barrett Art Center – Poughkeepsie, NY
Cuban Cultural Center- New York, NY
CUE Arts Foundation – New York, NY
Hudson Valley Artisans Guild – Poughkeepsie, NY
Putnam Arts Council – Carmel, NY
The Arts Students League – New York, NY
Woodstock Art Association- Woodstock NY
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Lancôme – New York, NY
AWARDS
Dutchess County Fair – Best of Show 2004 – “At the
Fair”
Dutchess County Fair – First Place 2004 – “Protecting
the Little Ones”
Putnam Arts Council – 2nd Place Body of Work 2005 – “La
Vida Carnival” and “At the Beach”Barrett Art Center
– Honorable Mention 2005 – “Escape from Cuba 2”
Barrett Art Center – 1st Place Member’s Show 2006 –
“La Vida Carnival”
Putnam Arts Council- 1st Place Fine Art Show 2006- Body of Work
“Where Dreams Cant Go”& “3 Cats Jazz Club”
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Suzanne Blumsky (New
Zealand)
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These sculptural paintings are part of a lifetime exploration of
the chemistry between material, instinctive process and inner life.
They are a part of my development of a style as a vehicle for meaningful
honest expression and some kind of purposeful communication. Sometimes
I think there are already too many objects in the world. While we
are rich in some ways I believe it is addressing the poverty of
Relationship which is the next great endeavour for humankind. We
have been growing in a way which has left something essential behind.
Now we are awakening and bringing our powers to bear. I am a profound
optimist.
I am in the process of learning to practise the art of connection
in all its various ways and so I like to learn from a material rather
than impose too heavily on it and consciously leave the work revealing
how it’s made.
No matter what medium, my attraction to natural and manmade sculptural
elements underpins what I do.
February 2007
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| Glenda
Glayzer (USA) |
I’ve always been an artist, in spite of my social environment
and my family.
The first forty years of my life I was a performing artist, a “triple
threat” singer, dancer, and actor. I made my first vinyl record
when I was thirteen.
I’m a culinary artist (working chef to those of you who don’t
know what one is) who is also a web graphics artist and website
designer.
I’ve published short stories and articles both in print and
on the internet, as well as being a staff writer for a commemorative
book company.
Somewhere in the middle of everything, I picked up a piece of Sculpey
to calm my nerves, and I’ve been sculpting with that and other
mediums ever since. I’ve always used acrylic paints to stain
my sculptures, and that was before I knew about Finalism.
Although I’ve taken a couple of classes, I’m primarily
self taught and rarely exhibit or part with any of my “children”.
I entered a miniature contest once and had one of my pieces on display
for thirty days at the San Bernardino County Museum.
I’m presently galloping up to 62 years of age, and my goal
is to learn as much as I can in this life. I want to evoke emotion
and create things of beauty.
For further information, email me: info@whispergrass.com.Website:
http://www.glayzer.com/
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| Mollari.
D. Sederberg(USA) |
Mollari D. Sederberg is an
award winning Northwest artist, making his home in Olympia, Washington.
Mollari has worked in various art mediums for over twenty years and
now has blazed the way for “Poly-Steel Sculpture” Mollari
was awarded third place in the sculpture category at the Fall-2000,
Affaire in the Gardens fine art show in Beverly Hills, California.
He has since exhibited in shows in Palm Springs, California and New
York City.
Mollari’s self-taught, unique techniques and his use of these
special materials on his multi-faceted sculptures are unlike anything
in the world of art. His combinations of opaque and translucent colors,
plus special effect pigments that change in intensity and color used
in this process, creates a striking visual, not experienced in any
other art form. Photographs and slides do not come close to capturing
the depth and movement in these sculptures. When viewed in real life,
these pieces are commonly mistaken as glass. This is a new medium
with uncharted possibilities. Website http://www.mollariart.com/
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| Richard
Graham (New Zealand) |
I have painted for fun for some years but without suitable guidance
I found my progression was limited. I spent an enriching year at
Whitireia and am now furthering my skill base and understanding
of paint and surface. I work at home in my studio "The
Dungeon", and artists inspirational to me are early modernists,
The American School and our rich pool of New Zealand abstract artists,
past and present.
Colour relationships, luminosity and an underlying geometric structure
are of primary importance in my approach, and the work often reflects
my interest in the convergence of spiritual thought and theoretical
physics. The constant recycling of the matter that forms us and
the fact that we are primarily space fascinates me. I often reflect
this by painting on found objects.
Many of my paintings reflect the geometrical ratios that are
inherent in much of nature and the perfect balance they create.
Once a design is finalised it is transferred to board and the carving
can begin to bring a three dimensional aspect to the final product.
The regimented carving is often in stark contrast to a more whimsical
approach to the painting. I often hang my paintings in one or more
grids to emphasise the constructivist nature of my approach and
as a metaphor for the crossroads we navigate with the decisions
we make, opening some doors closing others.
An exploration of the stillness between thoughts and the layers
and filters between surface perception and truth, I imagine my paintings
having a meditative function. I particularly relate to a quote of
Wynstan Curnow's that "imagination and perception are
not distinct" and used it in the title of a piece I completed
for the Wellington City Council. I have exhibited at Pataka
as part of the Whitireia Polytechnic's Visual Arts programme selling
both pieces into private collections and also sold work through
the Affordable Art Show.
(04) 380-1119 / 021 118-0153
grasshopperjoe90@yahoo.co.nz
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| Sally
Noall (UK) |
Born in South Yorkshire in 1975, currently living in Cornwall.
Winner Midas projects Award 2006/2007
The Denis Mitchell Sculpture Award 2005
My work looks at images from childhood, and finds in these memories
those aspects which we can all relate to. By remaking, altering
and interrupting common and familiar objects I hope to expose their
idealistic structures and semiotics.
Currently studying MA Contemporary Visual Arts at Falmouth college
of Arts.
PGCert CVA 2007 -
Distinction
BA (hons) Fine Art-2006 First class honours
Diploma in Art & design - Distinction-2003
Past Exhibitions:
2002 "Final show" Falmouth Arts centre
2003 "level 2" Falmouth Arts Centre
2003 "Variable Dimensions"
2004 "Summer Fruits"
2005"SentimentalityReapplied"
2006 Degree show, Falmouth
2006 "Midas Award", Artonomy,Truro
Saatchi
Gallery
E-mail: noall1@hotmail.com
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| Harry
Spitz(USA) |
like to accept accidents
from the natural World into my work. Some times a curve can be smoothly
produced by a single gestural stroke but sometimes I like to laboriously
produce a curve in increments so I can exercise more control over
the resulting shapes. This can sometimes seem hesitant. I sometimes
like hesitancy.
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like to avoid illusion or at least use it sparingly.
...........I like the idea of color and shape on a 2D plane. ..........................................Anti-illusionism.
Resume for Harry Spitz
1969 -1973 attended the Philadelphia College of Art where I had the
privilege of studying with Rafael Ferrer and Robert Keyser.
1973 - 1976 Moved to San Francisco where I showed in The Mostly Flowers
Gallery DaDa Postcard Museum, The Lawson Gallery and The Nanny Goat
Hill Gallery.
1976 moved to Manhattan
1978 won a National Endowment for the Arts.
Co-founder (with G. H. Hovagimyan) of the 75 Warren Street Project,
New York
1979 Helped Organize and participated in "A Salute to Creative
Youth," 75 Warren Street, New York
Organized and participated in the first DUMBO open Studio show.
1980 One of the early members of ABC NoRio. I organized and participated
in the Positive Show
Played Sledge hammer on Glen Branca's Lesson #1.
Performed Pipe Music on the mega Album ÅgJust Another AssholeÅh
Click on http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1034712
to hear a clip.
Performed pipe music in the Kitchen and at Arlene SchlossÅf
AÅfs performance space.
1989- Purchased my first kayak.
1996- Built a Guillemot stripper Kayak.
1998- Took a paddling class from Derek Hutchinson (the great British
paddler)
2002- Built a Aleut Baidarka (a traditional Aleut kayak) http://www.canoeworld.org/baidarka1.html
2003- Honed my paddling skills by taking some classes and working
as a teacherÅfs assistant at the New York Kayak Company http://www.nykayak.com/
Attained my BCU (British Canoe Union) 4 Star Rating (sort of a brown
belt for kayakers)
2003- Joined Ted KnerrÅfs Walls Gallery at http://www.art-spirit.net
2004- Led a group of 28 paddlers from the Downtown Boat House to the
first legal landing of kayaks on Governors Island in recorded history.
2004- 2006 Showed in Jeffrey's Meat Market in the Essex Market at
Essex and Delancey St. in NYC and The Matzo Files on Rivington Street.
Group show in MeatSpace Gallery in Long Island City
E-mail- h.spitz@verizon.net
Web blog-
http://gravenimages.blogspot.com/
Ezair Gallery
Walls gallery
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Diamando Koutsellis
(Australian)
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Solo Exhibitions
2008 Windows of Perception, Watch House Gallery, Balmain NSW
2006 Feminine Revelations, Red Door Gallery, Summer Hill NSW
2005 Artopia, Living Artists WA, Fremantle WA
2004 Ningaloo Reef is my Muse, Bird’s Gallery, Kew, Melbourne
VIC
Group Exhibitions
2008 “Togetherness Art for Humanity” Global Gallery, Paddington,
NSW
2008 “Togetherness Art for Humanity” Artelido Gallery”
Pretty Beach, NSW
2008 Mosman Village Festival of Sculpture, Sculptors Society, Mosman,
NSW
2008 “Togetherness Art for Humanity”, NSW Parliament House,
Macquarie St, Sydney NSW
2007 Sculpture in the Vineyards small indoor exhibition, Regard
Gallery, Redfern NSW
2007 “Togetherness for Peace” with Togetherness art for
humanity, Queenscliff Pavilion, NSW
2007 Sculpture in the Vineyards, Hunter Valley, NSW
2007 Sculpture in the Vineyards small indoor exhibition, Horse Heaven
Gallery, Wollombi, NSW
2007 Fondue Designs – An expose of local craft in Sydney, Newtown
NSW
2007 Finalist, Create to Advocate 07, Parliament House, Canberra
2006 Art in the Park, Marrickville Council, Maundrell Park, Petersham
NSW
2006 Objects of Virtu, Taylor Galleries, Summer Hill NSW
2006 Art Movie Moments, Art Moment Gallery, Bondi NSW
2006 Tap Gallery’s 17th Birthday, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst
NSW
2006 Mamapalooza, Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
2005 We Love 3D Project, Avant Card, Sydney Opera House Sydney NSW
2005 Perth Concert Hall presented by Showpony WA
2005 Bird’s Gallery, Kew, Melbourne VIC
2005 Minnawarra Festival Art Award (Invitation Award) WA
2004 Fine Light Images, Fremantle WA
2004 Rivers and Parks: A Personal Perspective Western Australia’s
175th Anniversary, Constitutional Centre Perth WA
2004 Guest Sculptor for Fragments, Monart Gallery, Dalkeith WA
2004 Victoria Park Art Awards, Victoria Park, WA
2004 Guest Sculptor for Suit of Four, Monart Gallery, Dalkeith WA
2004 Ceramic Artist Association Annual Exhibition, Gallows Gallery,
Mosman Park WA
2004 Minnawarra Festival Art Award (Invitation Award) WA
2004 Mosman Moods Art Awards WA
2000 Albany Art Prize WA
1999 Victoria Park Art Society Exhibition WA
1998 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award 1998 National Art Award
NSW
1998 The City of Ryde Art Society Inc Art Society Exhibition NSW
1997 Castle Hill Art Society Exhibition NSW
1996 City of Fairfield Council Exhibition NSW
1996 The City of Ryde Art Society Inc Exhibition NSW
1995 Hornsby City Council Art Exhibition NSW
1995 Bowral Youth Art Award Exhibition NSW
Public Art/Community art
2007 “Talk Back” Horizon Theatre Co. Ltd Willey Park NSW.
Set Designer - Facilitated a group of Work for the Dole participants
to build the set NSW
2006 Gateway to the Quarter Project, Video Installation, Finkle
St, York, United Kingdom
2005 Booyembarra Park Aboriginal Storytelling and Healing Circle
in collaboration with Marie Thorne Nyungar Elder, Cnr Stevens and
Montreal Street, Fremantle WA
2005 Heritage Wall, City of Fremantle, Cnr of Brennan and Stevens
Street, Fremantle WA
2002 “Tree of Life” St Denis Primary School- Joondanna
in collaboration with Milton Cocks WA
2002 “Sex” Freudian Slip Theatre Co. Subiaco Theatre Centre,
Set Designer WA
2000 Mosaic mural at Billabong Community Childcare Centre Victoria
Park WA
1997 “Aliens in Space” mural at Castle Hill Pool Hall
NSW
Workshops and Talks
2007 Croc Festival, Kempsey, Indigenous Festival Drawing Workshops
NSW
2007 Croc Festival, Dubbo, Indigenous Festival Drawing Workshops
NSW
2007 Artist Talk, Create to Advocate 07, Parliament House, Canberra
2007 Thirning Villa artist talk, Ashfield, NSW
2006 Feminine Revelations artist talk, Red Door Gallery, Summer
Hill NSW
2006 Croc Festival, Kempsey, Indigenous Festival Drawing Workshops
NSW
2005 Booyeembara Park Aboriginal Storytelling and Healing Circle
tile workshop with Nyungar elders WA
2005 Hilton Primary School, Tile workshop for Booyeembara Park Aboriginal
Storytelling and Healing Circle, NAIDOC Week WA in collaboration
with Marie Thorne, Nyungar Elder WA
2005 Heritage Wall tile workshop with the children at Fremantle
Primary School WA
2005 Drawing workshop, Arte Moris Art School, Dili, East Timor
2004 Heritage wall presentation and talk to Fremantle city precinct
members
2004 Ceramic Demonstration, Victoria Park Art Awards WA
2002 Tree of Life tile workshop with the children at St Denis Primary
School, Joondanna WA
2000 Mosaic mural workshop with the children at Billabong community
childcare centre, East Victoria Park, WA
Academic Qualifications
2003 Environmental Art and Design – Midland Tafe (Fibre Unit)
WA
1999-2000 Studio Ceramics - Perth Tafe WA
1995 Fine Arts at East Sydney Technical College- National Art School
NSW
1994 Certificate in Fine Arts Hornsby Technical College NSW
Selected Bibliography
2007 Neos Kosmos, “Art is my driving force” 22nd October
2007
2006 Inner West Weekly, “A tribute to our feminine sides”
20th December 2006
2006 The Glebe, “Connecting with the feminine” 19th December
2006
2006 The Glebe, “Petersham Park goes wild just for one day”
26th October
2005 “Fremantle Walks” David Hutchinson, First Published,
Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2005
2005 The Sunday Times, Artopia, Living Artists WA 9th October, 2005
2005 The West Australian, Inside Story 3rd October, 2005
2004 Fremantle Herald, Rivers and Parks Exhibition “A fresh
perspective” Nov 9th 2004
2002 Elements Home and Garden Magazine Volume 1:1 June 2002
www.artwanted.com/Diamando
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| Stefan
Hall (New Zealand) |
“Many of us are visual
learners and visual communicators – we benefit greatly from visual
clues as well as (very importantly) hands on experience. Take a minute
to think about how much of what you learn is through spoken language?
How much of that spoken language is reinforced by visible body language?
When having a conversation with someone think about facial expressions,
eye contact, posture, and hand gestures. Body language is very important
for communicating with Deaf people. Visual cues can become artistic
expression as a very effective means of communication.”
“I have enjoyed a wide range of art since I was a kid. Art, visual
communication and hands-on experience is extremely important for Deaf
people. One of the reasons I’m here at The Learning Connexion
is because my parents supported and nourished my vision of helping
others discover their creativity. I have 7 years experience in the
design and visual communication industry. I am now working with deaf
students extramurally and developing more visual, Deaf-friendly material.
I love working with the vast possibilities here at TLC.”
Stefan was born profoundly deaf. Through help from his parents and
role models like Steve Waugh, a former Australian Cricketer who has
been involved in charities and lives life with determination and enjoyment,
Stefan embraces life’s challenges.
He is a graduate of both the National College of Design and Technology
in Christchurch and School of Design at Wellington Polytechnic where
he completed the Advanced Diploma of Visual Communications and Diploma
of Multimedia. He went on to work in Graphic Design, advertising,
and photography.
He is married to a wonderful woman and has 2 boys (3yr old and 6 months
old). He spends his free time creating art and playing cricket. He
was recently playing for New Zealand’s Deaf Cricket team in India.
My current mediums are printmaking, spray painting, collage, stencils
and Bone carving.
I have joined with the Finalism group to show my art work. This is
a fantastic opportunity to mix and see other artists inside the Finalism
group. This is all new beginning for me and I am looking forward to
create art work over the coming years.
Job: The Learning Connexion (Island Bay)
Location: Island Bay, Wellington
Work Exp: Currently 9 years in all kind of Design Industry
Home: Wairarapa
Exhibitions:
2007- Oct Wellington Library - Mezzanine Bridge – TLC Deaf Art
Exhibition
Thistle Hall – “Finalism 2nd Annual Art Exhibition”
2005 – Oct till now (4 times a year)
Art Exhibition at The Learning Connexion Campus
2007 – July Thornton Gallery – Hamilton
“One size fits all”
Coming up Art Exhibition:
2008 – July Thornton Gallery Hamilton “ One size fits all”
2008 – Oct Wellington – “2nd TLC Deaf Students Art
work Exhibition”
2009 – May Deaf Short Film Festival |
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Karen Collins Reinert(USA)
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Most of what I learned about being an artist came from the fact
that my Dad (international sculptor Jim Collins) was a Fine Arts
professor at the University of Chattanooga in Tennessee while I
was growing up. Challenged and critiqued everyday on my drawings,
paintings and sculpture by Dad made me thick skinned which every
Artist needs. He always insisted on not looking at anything therefore
pulling images directly from my subconscious mind. It was kind of
like having a college arts education by the age of twelve.
I did earn a degree in Advertising Art in 1988, hoping to work and
make money by creating. I quickly became bored in that field due
to the lack of raw creative expression, so I began to form a body
of work mostly on paper that was shown in 1989. My work has evolved
from simply drawing to painting and the past eight years I have
concentrated on my painted sculpture. All of these sculptures are
original as I never duplicate an image. My theme is the female form
that is inspired by books, music, pop art or nature. I love Folk
Art and try to inject a little bit of the whimsical personality
in each piece.
A locale dealer here in Chattanooga at Tanner Hill Art Gallery carries
my novel, carved and painted cedar works to various trade shows
around the country. I built Moon Bend Art Gallery in 2004 where
folks can come by and see or purchase all types of artwork I’ve
created over the years.
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Vedovato(Italy) |
Guido Vedovato
Biography
Guido Vedovato was born in 1961 in the north of Italy. Self-taught,
he progressively became, in the 1970s, a naïve painter and sculptor,
it started as a hobby then he became more and more professional. His
first exhibition was in 1986. Today, his works are exhibited widely
in Italy of course, but also in many other countries in Europe, the
United States, and Canada.
Its paints are inspired by life's scenes, peoples, animals of the
mountains where he has been living for longtime, and they are made
with oil on big-size canvas, with a very original style which cannot
be absolutely classified among any existing naive paint-school or
paint-style.
About its sculptures, he has a predilection for primitive wodden or
terracotta figures, raw or coloured too, with shapes ascribable to
the traditional and popular sculpture of the north-eastern alpine
area of Italy.
His works are acquired by the following museums:
Museum of Naive Art in Jagodina – Serbia,
National Naive Art Museum Cesare Zavattini – Italy,
Bages International Naive Art Museum – France,
Slovenian Naive Art Museum in Trebnje – Slovenia,
MAN Naive Art Museum Béraut – France,
International Naive Art Museum – Spain,
International Naive Art Museum Y. M. Daigle – Canada,
Vihorlatske Muzeum Humenné – Slovak Republic,
MIDAN International Naive Art Museum Vicq – France,
Musée d’Art Spontané, Brussels Belgium,
Naive Art Museum – Lauro – Italy.
Guido Vedovato’s works were exhibited in the following countries:
Italy, Spain, France, Swiss, Belgium, Greece, Slovenia, Serbia, Sweden,
Slovak Republic, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Holland, Germany,
Denmark, Hungary, Canada, Usa, Ukraine, Israel. |
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