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    qualifications

  • 2006 Certificate IV, Drawing the Human Figure, Tafe NSW, Illawarra Institute, Bega Campus.
  • 2005 Visual Arts, Certificate III. Tafe NSW, Illawarra Institute, Bega Campus.
  • 1999 Graduate 'School of The Nude'. Academia Di Belle Arti, Pietro Vannucci, Scoula Libero del Nudo, Perugia, Italy.
  • 1996 Graduate 'Art in Contemporary Israeli Society (Painting) Ulpan. Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi, Israel.
  • 1985 Diploma of Teaching (Primary), Art Major. Deakin University, Victoria.

  • employment history

  • Current Bega Valley Regional Gallery. Public Program Presenter, 'Wine, Cheese and Film Night' (monthly), featuring the work of selected artists.
  • Current Bega Valley Regional Gallery. Art Education Coordinator for SSASSEy 02 (Senior Secondary Art Students' Survey Exhibition 2008) program. February 2008 – March 2009.
  • 2008 Bega Valley Regional Gallery March Weekend Portraiture Workshop Convener.
  • 2007 Didaskalia Cultural Association. Perugia, Italy. Convener, Summer School 4 day Portraiture Intensive.
  • 2006 – 2008 Far South Coast Community College, Teacher, Portraiture.
  • 2002 - 2003 Art in Motion. Melbourne, Victoria. Art Consultant, Framing, Retail Sales.
  • 1998 - 1999 Didaskalia Cultural Association. Perugia, Italy. Teacher of Painting and Drawing
  • 1998 - 1999 Adults and Children's Classes. Facilitator of children's summer art program.
  • 1998 - 1999 Life Model Academia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy.
  • 1996 Little People Preschool Mural Commission won. Westerly, Rhode Island, USA
  • 1996 Willpower Productions. Feature Film Production 'Against the Tide'. Art Coordinator, Artist, Props.
  • 1996 Private Art Teacher. Boston, United States.
  • 1988 - 1995 Qantas Airways. Retail Travel Consultant, Supervisor.
  • 1987 - 1988 Fine Art Living. Melbourne, Victoria. Art Consultant, Framing, Retail Sales.
  • 1986 Camp Diana Dalmaqua Fine Arts Teacher and Counsellor. Upstate New York, USA
  • 1985 'Gazetta' Magazine, Coeditor, Deakin University, Melbourne.

  • events during 2008 – 2009

  • May Applicant, The Far South Coast Living Artist Project, Visual Artist Professional Development Scholarship. Bega, New South Wales
  • June Talk on Portraiture at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery to coincide with the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards BVRG
  • July Summer School 4 day Portraiture Intensive. Didaskalia Cultural Association Perugia, Italy.
  • February 2009 Solo Show Ivy Hill Gallery Tanja NSW.

  • group exhibitions

  • 2008 BEGA VALLEY REGIONAL GALLERY, Finalist 'Shirley Hannan National Portraiture Award’.
  • 2007 Bega Valley Regional Gallery, 'Making Faces', Curated by Richard Maude.
  • 2007 Ivy Hill Gallery Tanja, NSW.
  • 2006 Ivy Hill Gallery Tanja, NSW.
  • 2005 Bega Valley Regional Gallery ‘Palette and Pot’ Graduate Exhibition Visual Arts and Ceramics Certificate III
  • 2003 Moorabbin Town Hall. Moorabbin Council Art Awards Victoria.
  • 1999 Didaskalia Cultural Association. Graduate Exhibition Perugia, Italy.
  • 1999 Macadam Group Exhibition Perugia, Italy.
  • 1998 'Primavera' Art in the Streets Exhibition Perugia, Italy.
  • 1996 Scoula Lorenzo de Medici Graduate Exhibition Sienna, Italy.
  • 1995 Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi Graduate Exhibition, Israel.
  • 1985 Stonnington House Deakin University. Graduate Exhibition Diploma of Teaching Art Major.

  • professional associations

  • 2008 National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
  • Portrait Artists Australia (PAA)
  • National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Circle of Friends
  • Bega Valley Art and Craft Society Inc
  • 2002 - 2003 Member. The Glen Eire and Mentone Art Societies, Victoria, Australia.
  • 1998 - 2008 Member. Didaskalia Cultural Association, Perugia, Italy.
  • 1997 - 1998 Member. The Brighton Art Society, Victoria, Australia.

  • awards

  • 2008 BEGA VALLEY REGIONAL GALLERY, Finalist 'Shirley Hannan National Portraiture Award’.
  • 2004 Semi-Finalist Tafe NSW Art Awards Sydney Australia.
  • 1999 Student Category. 'Primavera. Art in the Streets' Perugia, Italy.

  • collections

    Danielle has received many commissions of portraits of children and adults since 1980, with works now in private collections in Australia London, Italy and the United States.  Her work has been represented by the Art in Motion group of Retail Art Stores in Melbourne since 1996, and the Ivy Hill Gallery, Tanja, NSW since February 2006.


    publications

  • 2008 'Bottycelli' oil on canvas. 152 x 102 cm 'Art of the South East', Resource book and Diary 2008.
  • 2007  'Red Heads' series nine oil on canvas.  125 x 155 cm 'Art of the South East', Resource book and Diary 2007.
  • 2007 'Red Heads' featured in the article 'Spotlight on Bega – The South Coast Alternative' May-June issue of 'South Coast Style' magazine.

 

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