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Artist Statement:
OVERVIEW
Over the past 20+ years, work
has evolved and extended in
several areas regarding
subject matter, materials,
skills and concepts used,
hence the gallery listing
accordingly, with a selection
of works.
Present 'creative' work, in
abstract conceptual realms,
continues to 'fuse' or juggle
all the different skill/medium
areas ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
INDIVIDUAL Exhibitions
UPCOMING...
2009 April 24 - May 31, Main
Space, Umbrella Studio,
Contemporary Arts, Townsville,
Qld.(Selected) Touring,
Elevating the Spirit.
PAST...
2007 - Elevating The Spirit,
(Selected - Community
Exhibitions Program) Cairns
Regional Gallery, Qld;
Touring schedule to date:
2007 July-Oct, Sugarama
Gallery ASIM, Mourilyan, Qld
1994 - Figure Works, Drawings
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Artist Galleries:
Artropica Innisfail Studio
Gallery,
33 Rankin Street
Innisfail, QLD. Australia
617 40611747
http:/www.artropica.com.au
Kuranda Arts Cooperative
Kuranda, QLD. Australia...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Public Collections: Johnstone
Shire Council, Innisfail, Qld,
Australia
Good Counsel College,
Innisfail, Qld, Australia
Private Collections: Australia
Overseas: America, England &
Europe
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Galleries:
Artropica Innisfail Studio
Gallery,
33 Rankin Street
Innisfail, QLD. Australia
617 40611747
http:/www.artropica.com.au
Kuranda Arts Cooperative
Kuranda, QLD. Australia...
Further Information
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Public Collections: Johnstone
Shire Council, Innisfail, Qld,
Australia
Good Counsel College,
Innisfail, Qld, Australia
Private Collections: Australia
Overseas: America, England &
Europe
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Commissions:
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Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch Biography:
Biographical information for Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
Age
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51
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
3
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
not provided |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Fauvism - (1898 - 1908)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Ian Fairweather
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Kite Flying
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I didn't become. The artist was and is always within me, visualising, playing, shaping, forming, manifesting the inner into the outer. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
BIOGRAPHY
Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch, born 1956, Ararat, grew up on a country farm, near Hall's Gap in the Grampians, Victoria. Between formal qualifications Madsen-Pietsch worked and travelled interstate gaining life experiences. She settled in Innisfail, North Qld, 1985 to teach and raise a family with her Far North Qld indigenous husband Cliff Madsen (Kuku Yalangi Aboriginal clan).
An exemplary art role model in the community, Madsen-Pietsch has served voluntarily in her community in many art roles/positions i.e. as an administrator, steward, judge, organizer and coordinator to many professional development workshops, local exhibitions and more recent as curator and Flying Arts regional representative.
Parallel to a long art teaching career is Madsen-Pietsch's continual commitment to developing her professional art practice in several directions. She has numerous drawing, painting, fibre and sculpture awards and regional exhibition achievements behind her.
Madsen-Pietsch, self employed, is the founder, co-owner and director of Artropica Innisfail Studio Gallery, a retail art and framing business, which she has successfully run and operated since 1997.
Formal qualifications
2003 Certificate 4 in Public Art, Tropical North Queensland TAFE, Cairns, Qld.
1982 Graduate Diploma in (Secondary) Education, Bendigo CAE, Vic. Majors: Art & Craft (D)
1977 Diploma in Art & Design, Deakin University, Geelong Vic.
1974 TOP Tertiary Orientated Program (equivalent Yr 12) - 9 Subjects (8 x Art) Stawell Technical School, Vic.
1973 HSC Art, Luther College, Croydon, Melbourne.
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| Artist Statement |
OVERVIEW
Over the past 20+ years, work has evolved and extended in several areas regarding subject matter, materials, skills and concepts used, hence the gallery listing accordingly, with a selection of works.
Present 'creative' work, in abstract conceptual realms, continues to 'fuse' or juggle all the different skill/medium areas of 2D & 3D, eg. combining imagery from: the outer/inner worlds, painting, photography, drawing, printing, ceramics, fibres etc. into a 'melting pot'.
Sometimes described as eclectic, the innovative, dynamic, and creative processes and forces are continually at play in my work. Inspirational sources come from many influences in tune with my spiritual and intuitive journeys: figurative work - exploring the human body form; the organic - use of my tropical environment & imagery; developing and exploring meanings for personal symbolic imagery.
Being multi-skilled due to a long teaching career, the work is often developed and combined across multiple art forms 2D & 3D.
Areas include - life drawing, painting, mixed media, collage, ceramic/sculpture, textiles (screen printing), banana fibre basketry, print making, photography.
Selected artworks are available for a Print on Demand (POD) service at http://artropica-innisfail-studio-gallery.fineartamerica.com
Current work includes the exploration of stitches with paint, printing etc, digital manipulation of my artwork imagery and further hybrid extensions thereof.
Artist Work Statement for 'Elevating the Spirit' Exhibition
"The elevating and growth of the spirit, the stitch, colour palette and symbols in these exhibition works stemmed from detaching and extrapolating the stitch from its function (employed in my fibre receptacles) into an exploration of the metaphysical realm of ‘threads’. Often using collage processes I piece together ideas, concepts, visual elements and pieces of experience and is at the very heart of the creative process. It all acts as a vehicle for projection and exploration of self, linking and connecting to the human psyche, exposing conscious and subconscious realms, the alchemy of relationships while transcending spirit with the Divine."
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