Annette Abolins
My artworks are centred on the figurative and emotional aspects of life, which I explore through painting and drawing. To me, art is as much about understanding life and the world around me, as it is about telling stories and making connections.
Qualifications
- Diploma of Fine Arts (Distinction) – National Art School, Sydney, Australia
- Diploma of Industrial Ceramics & Design – Keramikskolan – Designhuset, Sweden
- Fine Arts Certificate Course Screen printing & Photography – Hellidens Folkhögskola, Sweden
- Fine Arts Studies Visual Arts, Film & Photography – De la Gardiegymnasiet, Sweden
- Certificate Courses Graphic Design & Adobe Suite – Ourimbah Campus, Australia
Professional, Commissioned and Published
- Art – works in private & public collections
- Teaching – (10 years) Drawing, Design & Ceramics: Newcastle Art School, Australia & Designhuset, Sweden
- Illustrated Publications
- Elementary & Intermediate Ceramics Course Handbooks – published by PKI-Skolan – Designhuset, Sweden (1991-1997)
- Industrial Ceramics – Materials, Chemistry & Quality Control – published by PKI-Skolan – Designhuset, Sweden (1996)
- Illustrated course material & hand-outs: Newcastle Art School (Ceramics)
- Graphic Design – logos, branding, publications, advertising & newsletters
- Web Design – custom layout, styling, branding & ongoing site management
- Self Published – Custom designed & illustrated tarot & playing cards available on Nine Lives Art
- Collaborative – Web & graphic design work with silvertrees web development (2007 – 2014)
- Commissioned works – book illustrations, murals, private portraits, cartoons & ceramic works.
Design & Software skills
Graphic & Web-design / development work since 2007
- HTML & XHTML | CSS | WordPress
- Digital Design & Illustration: Adobe® Creative Suite [Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro, Dreamweaver]
- Traditional Drawing: Pen & ink, paint, mixed media, photography
- Developing tools: Notepad++ | WordPress | W3C | Browser tools
Selected exhibitions
Read more on the Exhibitions page.
- As in a Mirror – The Art House, Wyong (2018)
- Water Lines II – CStudios Gallery, Newcastle (2016)
- Water Lines I – The Studio Gallery, Gosford Regional Gallery (2015)
- Ebb and Glow – The Studio Gallery, Gosford Regional Gallery (2013)
- Being Human – John Paynter Gallery, The Lock-Up, Newcastle (2012)
- 5 Lands Connections – Copacabana (2012)
- The Sketchbook Project – Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY (2012, 2013)
- The Limited Edition Sketchbook Project – Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY
- Music From a Farther Room – Gosford Regional Gallery (2009)
- Launch – Staff Exhibition – Newcastle Art School (2007)
- Exhibiting with teachers from Newcastle Art School – Wallsend (2007)
- Clay, Canvas & Paper – Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle (2006)
- Dröm & Saga – Fridas Hem, Sweden (2004)
- Gosford Art Prize – Gosford Regional Gallery (2004)
- Kaleidoscope – Gallery Café, Surry Hills, Sydney (2003)
- Walls & Floors – Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle (2003)