Angela Bettess is an Australian artist, illustrator and web designer. Angela lives at Uralba in the Northern Rivers area of NSW close to Byron Bay. Diversity is important to her and reflects her interests in oil painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media and computer graphics. Colour and texture feature in the works, stemming from her childhood love of fabrics, wools and embroidery cottons. The colours and lustre of oil paints, use of silk threads and application of coloured papers are all important to allow expression of ideas through her art works. She plans to extend these interests, combining them with computer graphics, to develop 3D interactive children's books.

Curriculum vitae

Education

2010   Certificate IV Multimedia, North Coast Institute (Lismore)

2009   Certificate IV Web design, North Coast Institute (Wollongbar)

2008   Web design for Small Business, North Coast Institute (Kingscliff)

2008   Printmaking, North Coast Institute (Lismore)

2005-2007  Diploma of Fine Art, North Coast Institute (Lismore)

2004   Certificate 2 Fine Art, North Coast Institute ( Lismore), 2004


Solo exhibitions:

2007   “The Decorated Cat”, Armisteads Gallery , Wyrallah Road, Lismore


Special exhibitions:

2008   “The hybrid connection”, Armisteads Gallery, Wyrallah Road, Lismore


Select group exhibitions:

2008   Café Trail, Luv a Coffee, Carrington Street, Lismore

2006   Café Latte walk, Henri’s Bakery, Keen Street, Lismore

2006   Lismore Business Awards, Lismore Workers Club, Lismore

2005   “#3541”, Armisteads Gallery, Wyrallah Road, Lismore

2004   “The Ochre Palette” , Armisteads Gallery, Wyrallah Road, Lismore


Exhibitions:

2009   Eltham Art Prize

 Coraki Tea Tree Art Exhibition

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo

2008   Bentley Art Prize

 Coraki Tea Tree Art Exhibition

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo

 Lismore TAFE print exhibition

2007   Coraki Tea Tree Art Exhibition

 Southern Cross Art Festival

 North Coast ( Lismore) Diploma Class Exhibition

2006   Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo

 Bentley Art prize

 Southern Cross Art Festival

2005   CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah

 Coraki Tea Tree Exhibition

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo

 North Coast Institute (Lismore) end-of-year exhibition

2004   North Coast Institute (Lismore) end-of-year exhibition

 North Coast Institute (Lismore) mid-year exhibition


Awards

2009   Eltham Art Prize: first prize open section

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo 2009, highly commended mixed media

2006   Bentley Art prize; Second prize in ‘Art Other Than Painting’ Section

2005   Rous Water poster competition, First prize

 Rous Water sticker competition, First prize

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo 2005, First prize Drawing section

 Ocean Shores Arts and History Expo 2005, Highly commended Mixed media section


Professional Development

2001-2007

 Art workshops with the following artists: Michael Taylor, Renee Bolton, Ian Pearson, Pamela Tippett, Rose McKinlay, Elizabeth Cummings, James Guppy, Christine Willcocks

2004

 Public art: pole painting in Keen Street, Lismore

 c. 2000

 ACE drawing class

 ACE Life drawing


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