Janis Somerville
Born 4 December 1947 in Melbourne, Australia
Died 30 August 2004 in Australia
A work in progress at Australien Art Stories
Education:
- 1965 - 66
Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Certificate of Education
- 1966 - 86
University of Queensland, Faculty of Arts
- 1971 - 76
Australian Flying Arts School
Teaching & professional experiences
- 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
Since this time worked as ART at WORK
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