Portrait von Janis Somerville

Janis Somerville

Geboren am 4. Dezember 1947 in Melbourne, Australien
Gestorben am 30. August 2004 in Australien

A work in progress at Australien Art Stories

Ausbildung:

  • 1965 – 66
    Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Certificate of Education
  • 1966 – 86
    University of Queensland, Faculty of Arts
  • 1971 – 76
    Australian Flying Arts School

Lehrtätigkeit & professionelle Praxis:

  • 1967 – 70
    Queensland Department of Education, Primary Teacher
  • 1975 – 76
    Australian Flying Arts School, Board Member
  • 1975 – 77
    Queensland Department of Education, Advisory Art Teacher
  • 1978 – 87
    Toowoomba Preparatory School, Art Teacher
  • 1985
    Author of Boss of Toowoomba Prep, ISBN 0589396 0 B
  • 1986 – 87
    University of Southern Queensland, School of Art, Part-time Lecturer
  • 1987
    Chairperson Toowoomba Festival of Arts
  • 1988 – 90
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Education Officer
  • 1991 – 95
    Artright, Artists For Human Rights, Founding Member & Project Coordinator
  • 1993
    Established The Ovens Art Work Site, Brisbane, Australia
  • 1994
    Art Coordinator, St. Vincent¦s de Paul Shelter For The Homeless, Brisbane
  • 1994 – 95
    Artist-in-Residence, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • 1995
    Offical Observer for Indonesia, Asean Art Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 1995 – 96
    Artist-in-Residence, V.A.C.B. Studio, Besozzo, Italy
  • 1996
    Artist`s Talks: La Salle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore: Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan; Queensland University of Technology; University of Tasmania, Australia; National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan. Speaker: Asialink Forum, Institute of Modern Art, Australia Artist-in-Residence: University of Tasmania Participating Artist: Lahore International Arts Workshop, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1997
    Artist-in-Residence: Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld, Germany Speaker: Panel ephemere Kunst und Relikte, ein Paradox? Performatrix, Die Performance Konferenz, Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany Established ART at WORK together with Pip Cozens