Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

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BIOGRAPHY
Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch, born 1956, Ararat, VIctoria, Australia, grew up on a country mixed-farm near Hall's Gap in the Grampians of western Victoria. Between formal qualifications Madsen-Pietsch worked and travelled interstate gaining life experiences. She settled in Innisfail, Far North Queensland 1985 to teach and married Cliff Madsen an Indigenous artist from Kuku Yalangi language group, Bloomfield RIver, FNQ. They have three children and two grandchildren.
Parallel to a long art teaching career and raising a family, is Madsen-Pietsch's continual commitment to developing her professional art practice. She has numerous drawing, painting, fibre and sculpture awards and regional exhibition achievements behind her.
EDUCATION
2009 - 1989 Professional Art Development - Numerous regional art workshops with many professional art tutors
2003 - Certificate 4 in Public Art, Cairns TAFE, FNQ
1982 - Graduate Diploma in (Secondary) Education, Bendigo CAE, Vic. Majors: Art & Craft (D)
1977 - 1975 Diploma in Art & Design, Deakin University Geelong Vic.
1974 - TOP Tertiary Orientated Program (equivalent Yr 12) - 8 x Art Subjects; Stawell Technical School, Vic.
1973 - HSC Art, Luther College, Croydon, Melbourne, Vic.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 - 'Tablelands, Perimeters and Parameters', Kuranda Arts Cooperative members, Atherton Regional Gallery, Feb.
2009 - Touring of 'Elevating the Spirit'; Umbrella Studio, Townsville, QLD, April 24 - May 31, 2009 (selected for Main Space)
2007 - 2008 Light, Time & Facade, Sugarama Gallery, Mourilyan (Curated IAS Group Show)
2007 - Touring of 'Elevating the Spirit'; Sugarama Gallery ASIM, Mourilyan (just south of Innisfaill) QLD, July-October 2007;
2007 - Solo Exhibition 'Elevating the Spirit', Cairns Regional Gallery (selected)

WRITTEN REVIEW (Extract) by Karen van Harskamp, The Cairns Post 07
About Madsen-Pietsch's latest solo exhibition work, Elevating the Spirit:

'In seeking and making meaning people draw on patterns - of form, action and feeling - to define the indescribable and seemingly random nature of life into recognisable, manageable truths. 'Elevating the Spirit' seeks to transform this process into a tangible presence.
The media chosen by the artist is often as fascinating as the end result - 'Tokens, 3 x 7 = 21' is a collage work of acrylic, linen thread, rice paper and cotton fabric patterns from favourite old clothing, fused on to a grid pattern across canvas. An exploration of how fragments can constitute the whole but the whole transcends the fragments; this is the art of association. Madsen-Pietsch's primary derived palette is evocative but subtly manifested, enhanced by the primal humanity of her execution...The mark of the artist imbues the works with unique appeal, a quality attractive to many in a mass-produced age. With her complex, many layered works Madsen-Pietsch dignifies the challenges of meaning-making in life by honouring the grandeur of the puzzle and the pursuit.'

CURRENT PRACTICE:
1. Practicing Professional Visual Artist/Designer/ Manufacturer/Curator/Solo and Group Exhibitor, of multiple mediums 2D and 3D. Specialty areas are: drawing, painting, sculpture, figure drawing, creative fibre/basketry, ceramics, printmaking and digital media/giclee printing, photography and documentation.
2. Registered teacher, QLD - Currently 'unattached'. Taught at Secondary, TAFE, Primary levels and tutor privately, adult group workshops and individually.
3. Manager/Director/Operator/Framer/Founder/Co owner of the retail art and framing business, Artropica Innisfail Studio Gallery, servicing the local community & region, providing art materials, custom framing, artwork and unique handmade giftware by local NQ artists, art restoration and art consultation services.
4. Voluntary management positions within the local Arts Community: Art Steward, Exhibition/Workshop Coordinator, Organizer, Consultant, Advisor, Flying Arts Regional Workshop Representative.
5. A Motivator, Visionary, Philosopher and Sage

MyARTSPACE: View some of my selected works in slide/music mode at MyArtSpace Gallery Page.



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