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Lucinda
Bartram
Visual Artist
(Sydney,
NSW)
Lucinda was trained as an art teacher
at UNSW COFA having already been selected for inclusion in the prestigious government
William Wilkins Collection. Originally from the Shoalhaven farming and bushland
region, two decades ago Lucinda was drawn to Sydney's coastal and harbour vistas,
and has since remained in this water skirted area. Identified
for her painting ability while a teenager, Lucinda regularly won regional art
prizes. Her work also attracted the interest of the late artist Arthur Boyd. While
her latest work features emotive landscapes in oil Lucinda has also painted abstracts,
still life and portraiture and has been displayed within the Portia Geache Memorial
Art Award. Lucinda held a successful solo exhibition 'Waves of Green and Gold'
(Bondi Beach Pavillion, 2000), and at 'Plisse' Surry Hills opening 6pm 11th November
2004. Additionally a published photographer (Earthwatch), Lucinda
has also extensively explored ceramics, with further interest in graphics and
drawing, she additionally has an aptitude for sculpture, and architectural and
interior design. Lucinda taught Visual and Industrial Arts
for thirteen years, Visual Design, and Design and Technology, across both state
and private schools including a Master of Art contract at Sydney Grammar. Within
this career, delivering Art K-HSC, she was instrumental in achieving wider curriumulum
reform across various key learning areas. Lucinda has reviewed, designed, written
and steered teaching delivery and educational reform in various schools. With
a creative, applied, progressive and very conceptual teaching style, supporting
her students to achieve learning excellence and multiple exhibitions, she strove
to encourage and develop each student equally. Lucinda has held two photography/curriculum
development fellowships, the second international capacity leading her to project
manage a travelling show of Indonesiona student artworks commencing with her initiative
to arrange the travelling exhibition space at the Sydney Childrens' Hospital,
Randwick, as part of a national travelling exhibition. Lucinda
has held an executive position on the NSW Art Education Society, and consulted
to the NSW Board of Studies for HSC Syllabus Renewal. She has marked across most
artforms, for HSC examinations, and has aided the training of many dozen teachers,
both the UNSW College of Fine Arts and Sydney University. Lucinda has displayed
additional skills in dance production and choreography. Lucinda
views art production as a journey reflecting vision, awareness, interaction with
one's environment, and entwined with personal growth and skills dedication. Lucinda
has used her art endeavours to explore her personal life interests and technical
challenges - and is endeavouring to invest a new burst of energy into this field,
within clearly focused new parameters. With an outgoing and participative attitude
she thoroughly enjoys conceptual challenges, gregarious social interactions, and
a fostering of opportunities for enjoying natural outdoor spaces. Her attunement
to natural forms, colour, sunlight and need to seek relaxing reflective spaces
is evident in her work. Lucinda continues to balance her energies between art
production, educational design and consultancy, and fitness. In
2000 Lucinda held a solo retrospective exhibitions across a range of artforms
at the Bondi Beach Pavilion. Gallery spaces where Lucinda exhibits include: 'Gould
Street Gallery' - Bondi Beach, 'Raglan Gallery' - Manly, 'Plisse Cafe' - Surry
Hills and 'ArtsConnect' - Manly.
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