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Tutors

Pine Street Creative Arts Centre has a diverse panel of professional artists with substantial experience in specific art practices, as well as backgrounds in teaching and working with different communities.

Tutor Profiles

Rebecca Baird

Printmaking
rbaird@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Graduated from Sydney College of the Arts in 1989 with a BA in Visual Arts majoring in Printmaking and Painting. I pursued my teacher training in Rudolf Steiner education based on the philosophy of Anthroposophy. This is a holistic approach, which focuses on the development of ages and stages of the child and the importance of creativity in education. Whilst studying I worked at Warringah print making studio as a teacher of non-toxic and traditional printmaking techniques.

As a tutor of printmaking and painting, I encourage my students to explore their talents as artists using an experimental approach to produce their own work.

I have exhibited in group and solo shows and completed commissioned works for both corporate and private institutions.

I am currently studying ceramics working in wheel forming and glaze

Sandro Nocentini

Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media
snoncentini@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Born in Rome, Italy (1966), Sandro Nocentini started painting as a child mainly human figures, he says: - "The accurate description of physical reality is not as important to me as depicting people through their most intimate and silent moments... I paint only about feelings".

The artist lives now in Sydney where he graduated with the bachelor degree in Fine Arts at the National Art School and where his work has been greatly influenced by the new environment. It is only since emigrating from Italy (1993) that he has decided to dedicate most of his time to the continued development of his work and has participated in a great number of exhibitions in Australia and overseas.

Besides painting and drawing he dedicates his spare time to the Volunteer Task Force at the Art Gallery of NSW. More info and a selection of his works are available on his personal website : http://www.nocentini.com.

Wayne Stamp

Digital Media
wstamp@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Wayne has a multi-disciplinary practice with a recent emphasis upon computer-generated work. He received his art and design training in the Sculpture Performance and Installation School at Sydney College of the Arts (Uni. Of

Sydney) and he has completed a PhD by research at COFA (UNSW). He has

been involved in a variety of community projects that include:

• Art Injection (1992-93)—a collaborative research project between Sydney College of the Arts + The Adolescent Medical Unit (Camperdown Children’s Hospital)

• Artist-in-Residence (1997)—A collaborative and cross-disciplinary multi-media and online project with artist Amanda King + participants and workers at Deception Bay Community Youth Programs + staff at Griffith Artworks (Griffith University).

• ICEY (2003)—Intercity Cultural Exchange for Youth between Pine St. Creative Arts Centre ( Sydney ) and Palais Royale Youth Venue ( Newcastle )

Highlights from his exhibition history include:

• basiliskand a universe of dirt (a collaborative CD-rom title:1999)—a catalogue of new media art from Australia , Milia ( France ), funded by the Australian Film Commission

• mangrove and the mudflat (web site:1998)—derived from the artist-in-residence programme, Queensland Art Gallery , MAAP (Multimedia Art Asia Pacific)

• a noise of worms (a collaborative sound installation:1995)—Sound in Space, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA-Sydney)

Currently, Wayne conducts classes in digital imaging—photoimaging, web graphics and animation, desktop and website design.

Vanessa Owens

Ceramics
vowens@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

BFA (ceramics) National Art School NSW 2001
Dip (Fine Arts) Claremont School of Art WA 1997
Cert (Studio Ceramics) Randwick TAFE NSW 1993

Vanessa Owens has been working as a community and practising artist for over 8 years. Fields of expertise include tutoring adults, children and community outreach programs.

With a strong interest in site-specific art works, Vanessa has also taken part in many community art events including the Art Traffic Signal Box Project, Love your Lane, and Harmony day exhibitions.

As a Ceramist she continues her practice and has participated in various exhibitions within Sydney and abroad. She is experienced in both hand building and wheel throwing ceramics. Primarily working in porcelain Vanessa enjoys using the “historical and traditional material in a contemporary context”. Drawing is another interest in Vanessa art making and she enjoys the challenge of integrating the two disciplines.

Tina Kao

Design, Publishing
tkao@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Tina began her design career in 1998 with Jon Hawley Design in East Sydney. From there she progressed to studying design in Germany and returned in 2001 to work in design for architecture for several years. Tina completed her Bachelor Honours in Visual Communications in 2002.

Since then, she has worked a range of design disciplines from advertising to exhibition design where she was appointed as senior designer to work on stands at the Sydney Motor Show.

Tina also has a Certificate III in Advertising Media and Promotion. She is passionate about providing events and activities to the community and using her language skills to enhance her work.

Jane Caveney

Painting, Scultpture, mixed media
jcaveney@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

What defines reality as we understand it is the physical presence of an object, its height, its breadth, and width. The object also is defined by where it isn’t. In other words it’s the space around reality, which grants to reality its validity. When one looks at a tree one sees the branches and leaves. So as one concentrates on the sky around the tree, it is the place where the tree is not that allows one to define precisely where the tree is.

I have a BVA from Newcastle College of Advance Education in 1986 and Master of Art from the College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 1993. I have also been an exhibiting artist for 15 years in Sydney and NSW. I have created and run youth workshops, art classes and community educational projects, using art, environmental sustainability and recycling as the major themes. For many years I have enjoyed working with the Mascon festival from running workshops to designing posters.

WART

Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media jwaterhouse@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Tangents moments………mark makers; stories; compulsion to change the dynamic…..

sounds emerge as paint…

paint changes shape then still

People experiencing extraordinary realities …peers..

Timing …time….. relationships…. minds in motion….talking….untamed belly

Movement passed.. looking.making thinking..think.

Scraping pushing meaning….time timing….when is it your daytime…timing…time

Lets keep the fridge full !

Express…feel ….

Thoughts create …go deep and larf !

Peter Dwyer

Fashion, Cermaics, Mixed Media
pdwyer@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Born in Queensland in 1965, Peter is a truly flamboyant Artist and Designer.

After completing a Diploma of Fine Art 1986, his personal art making and University teaching disciplines consisted mainly of Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, and Mixed Media Sculpture. He was appointed the Costume and set designer for the Southern Ballet Company New Zealand for the contemporary Season in 1996. Peter has a certificate in Garment Construction and Manufacture, and in 2000 was awarded the Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design from the Design Studio East Sydney Institute of Technology. Following this he presented his first collection of designer garments at Sydney 2000 Fashion Week. He has worked as a design assistant for Nicola Finetti and Carla Zampatti. In 2001 Peter became head of the Fashion Design and Art and Design Departments at the KvB Institue of Technology. He has taught Drawing, Painting and Ceramics at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre and currently teaches Ceramics.

Leonard Matkevich

Printmaking
lmatkevich@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

A practising artist and teacher since 1967.

Trained both in Australia and UK. First solo exhibition of Prints and Photography in Melbourne in 1967. Since then active in solo and group exhibitions mainly in Sydney. A specialist Printmaker working in Intaglio, Relief, and Screen Print. A particular interest in the application of Photo Transfer techniques. An advocate of “Solar Plate” techniques as well as traditional methods. Publisher of articles and manuals on Printmaking methodologies. Currently a freelance lecturer, printmaker and training material author. Works out of “Studio Intaglio” Gladesville, Sydney.