Mealie

Visual Artist,Design & Creative, Photography, Art Galleries, Crafts-Amelia Batchelor

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At A Glance

Job Title Visual Artist - Gallery Owner
Industry Visual Arts, Design & Creative, Photography, Art Galleries, Crafts
Profession View More Visual Artist
Expertise Art Therapy, Ceramics, Craft, Drawing, Glass Design, Graffiti, Indigenous Art, Other, Painting, Printmaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Wood Design, Stencil Art, Fine Art, Multi-Media Artist, Social & Environment, Digital Artist, Live Projections, Screen Printing
Level Director
Availability Looking for Work
Location North Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Will relocate No, Staying Put
Residency / Visa Australia / New Zealand
Website http://www.mealieart.com

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About Me

With over 2 decades of collective experience in a variety of Queensland based advertising agencies and design studios has given me a wide range of skills in variety of creative fields, including managing a graphic design team in a global consulting/engineering firm. My role there included technical expertise, team leadership, project management and client liaison, providing innovative and exceptional graphic solutions for clients. - skills, which have followed through with my own contractual business.

In the most recent years, I have taken on a more innovative approach to working with clients and community groups with visual arts in mind, networking and working with creatively inspired artists and artisans. I have a continued a creative relationship with Brisbane's dynamic art scene with many shared artistic initiatives and community art projects.

As well as producing my own works I have developed solo and group exhibitions, facilitated regular art workshops and managed public art opportunities for both myself and other local artists. A multi-platform artist my skills were founded in the mediums of paint, collage, paper and recycle based sculpture and photography. Community art projects enable me to have an ever enlarging project based Portfolio. An exhibiting visual artist, gallery curator, community arts facilitator with a professional and creative approach to all aspects of art and design my aim is to execute my works with both integrity and flair achieving very high standards of professionalism.

Specialities: Visual arts, public arts projects and workshops, fostering partnerships and artist networks, gallery and business management

Education

3 years part time

CATC - Brisbane

Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Multimedia

2 years part time

Diploma of Interior Design

ICS

Employment History

15 years-present

Graphic Designer

MealieArt Australia Pty Ltd

Contract graphic designer, servicing up to 25 clients nationally

15 years-present

Graphic Designer

MealieArt Australia Pty Ltd

Contract graphic designer, servicing up to 25 clients nationally

15 years-present

Graphic Designer

MealieArt Australia Pty Ltd

Contract graphic designer, servicing up to 25 clients nationally

May-1986-May-2008

Graphic Designer

SKM Consulting

Studio manager, graphic designer

Awards & Achievements

1994

Overall winner

Spicer's Paper Sculpture Competition

2009

Best Technical

Chalk the Walk 2009, Surfers Paradise

2010

Peoples Choice

Gold Coast Body Painting Expo

2011

Best Newcomer Award

Chalk Urban Art Festival, Sydney

Favorite Websites & Blogs

Software

Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
SketchBook Pro
Sketch-up
Excel
PowerPoint
Word
Final Cut Pro
Premiere
Dreamweaver

Off the record...

Listening to:Fly My Pretties
Watching:Colour in your life
Reading:Georgia O'Keefe
Doing:Working for 'Colour in your Life', a TV show about artists. Creating for new exhibition.