CURRICULUM VITAE FOR DIANE SANT

EDUCATION:

2006 Education workshop in Fiji

2006 Certificate III in Visual Art Craft and Design (current)

2006 Certificate III in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft and Health and Safety (current)

2005 Environment workshop Cairns City Council

2004 Environment workshop Cairns City Council

2004 Education workshop financial ass. Grants C.C.C Cairns

2003 Education Workshop in Art & Mural - New Guinea

2002 Visual Arts Diploma I – Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

2002 Visual Arts Diploma II – Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

2001 Certificate III in Arts – Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE

1992 Statement of Attainment – Cairns College of TAFE (Tablelands Campus)

1972 Scott’s Art College (Commercial Art) – Melbourne
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Appendix 1: Academic history report.

DIPLOMA OF VISUAL ARTS:

1st March 2004 The business of art
28th February 2003 Professionalism in practice
31st January 2003 Major studio practice

1st July 2002 Professional practice – concept development
Extended picture making – media studies
Experiment drawing techniques
Painting – concept and context
25th September 2002 Culture and context: reading texts 2
Painting – mixed media
13th December 2002 Generic studio practice – minor

20th April 2001 Occupational Health and Safety in the Visual Arts
18th May 2001 Drawing Principles
Introductory Painting
1st June 2001 Computer Systems, Peripherals and Hardware
Deconstructive Drawing
28th September 2001 Drawing Devices – symbolism
Painting – resources and research
19th October 2001 Culture and Context: Reading Texts 1
30th November 2001 Image in, Image out
1st December 2001 Culture and Context: Modernism
19th December 2001 Culture and Context: Postmodernism
The Visual Arts Industry
Interpretive Drawing
Painting – series and sequences

CERTIFICATE III IN ARTS:

6th February 2001 Major Project
2nd March 2001 Law and Copyright for Artworkers
17th May 2001 Markmaking
20th April 2000 Arts Practices: Established discourses in Arts, Media and Design
Painting in Oil
28th April 2000 Introduction to Digital Technologies
8th May 2000 Design Basics
Introduction to Painting
16th June 2000 Introductory Health and Safety for Artworkers
Introduction to Sculpture – moving away from the wall
17th November 2000 Industry Awareness
19th December 2000 Arts in Contexts
Introduction to Business Skills for Artworkers
Communication for Artworkers
Communication for self-promotion in the Arts
Introduction to Computer Image Production
Introduction to Desktop Publishing
Desktop Publishing – web design
Observing the body in drawing
Contemporary Painting

COURSE IN LEARNING SUPPORT:

23rd November 2000 Developing Learning Skills

EXHIBITIONS:

June 13 2007 Gallery 53 (53 Spence St.) Solo Cairns

May 12 2007 Sonia’s By the Sea Restaurant Machans Beach

Current 2007 Gallery 53 Cairns
Current 2007 Powerhouse Gallery Cooktown

2006 – Oct Newcastle Gallery (John Paynter) SOLO Newcastle NSW
2006 Linden Postcard Show [St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts] Melbourne
2006 Cairns Regional Gallery (cas 56th Annual) Cairns
2006 Kick Arts (COCA) Gallery Cairns
2006 Hidden Gallery Port Douglas
2006 - Dubai Emirates
2006 – March Archibald (entered only) Sydney
2006 – March Wynn Sydney
2005 – April Kick Arts (COCA) Gallery Cairns
2005 – Aug Cairns Regional Gallery (Cas 58th Annual) Cairns
2005 – Nov Members Exhibition [CAS] Tanks Cairns
2005 – April Dugongs of Hinchinbrook [Kick Arts Gallery] Cairns
2005 – Mar Courier Mail Art Show (awarded 1st) Brisbane
2004 – Dec Gallery 53 (Mayor’s Christmas Appeal) Cairns
2004 – Nov C.A.A.F (Affordable Art Fair) Cairns
2004 – Oct Kickarts (Glare Exhibition) Cairns
2004 - June JCU University Community Centre Cairns
2004 - May Cas Studio Gallery Cairns
2004 – May Tanks Art Centre ( Raw Exhibition ) Cairns
2004 – May Tanks Art Centre ( Dr convention ) Cairns
2003 – June Birdmill Gallery (Gravenhurst) Canada
2003 – Sept. “There to Now” Tanks Art Centre Cairns
2002 – Oct. 56th Annual Open Art Awards –
Cairns Regional Gallery 1st. Cairns
2002 – Aug. Art on Alpine (Dr Edward Koch Historical Exhibition ) Cairns
2002 – June Tanks (Cas) Members Exhibition 1st Cairns
2002 – June Tanks Members Exhibition Cairns
2002 – May Spirit of the Outback (The Waltzing Matilda Centre) Winton
2001 – Nov Concept Context TNQT Gallery Cairns
2001 – Oct Cairns Inside Out TNQT Gallery Cairns
2001 – June 55th Annual (Cas Cairns Regional Gallery) Cairns
2001 – June Dr Edward Koch (Casino) Cairns
2001 – Mar Inaugural Art Canberra
2000 – Nov Beyond the Brush TNQT Gallery Cairns
2000 – Sept 54th Annual (Cas Cairns Regional Gallery)1st Cairns
2000 – June Dr Edward Koch (Tanks) Cairns
2000 – June Outback (Mareeba Shire) Mareeba
2000 – May Australia Landscapes (Homestead) Kuranda
1999 – Aug Portraits of Women (Thobb’s) Cairns
1999 – Sept Sunsets of Australia (Paradise Palms) Cairns
1999 – July Scent of a Woman (Café Culture) Atherton
1999 – June Portrait (Atherton Show) Atherton

WORKSHOPS:

Graft in Arts – Walk for Life (Cancer) Esplanade
Graft in Arts - Relay for Life (Face Painting)
Graft in Arts - Opening of Lagoon (Artist in Residence)
Art on Aplin - Artist in Residence
Vice President for Cairns Art Society 2001 and 2003

Designed invites and catalogues for Cairns Art Society and brochures for Cairns TAFE Visual Art Gallery.

ORGANISATIONS RETAIL OUTLETS

Graft in Arts Cas Studio Orchid Plaza
Tanks Art Gallery Gallery 53, Spence Street
Tanks Art Gallery Cairns Discount Framing,
Spence Street

REFEREES:

Danke Fisher – President of Art Society ( Cairns )

Steven Laurensen – Westpac Bank (manager) Cairns

Warren Entch – Federal Minister for Leichardt ( Far North Queensland )

Margaret Gill – Deputy Mayor of Cairns ( Far North Queensland )

ASSOCIATE ACTIVITIES:

Q.U.A.C. – Qld United Aids Council (Fundraising)

Terry Fox – “Run for Life” (Fundraising)

Arts, Culture & Reference Council – Cairns City Council – Ms Olive Tau Davis

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