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BETTY COLLIER (THEGE)

DATE OF BIRTH: 12TH July 1942, Ballarat.
1959 – 1962
Trained Secondary Teachers Certificate Arts and Crafts, Melbourne Teachers Collage, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and Melbourne University.
1975 – 1977
Diploma of Fine Arts with a major in Sculpture, minor Painting, Ballarat College of Advanced Education. (Now the equivalent of a Bachelor of Fine Arts).
2003
Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training, University of Ballarat.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
1963 – 1968
Taught Art at Ballarat East High School. – Full time.
1973 – 1977
Taught Aquinas Teachers College Part – time.
1979 - 2005
Joined Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, later called the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat, teaching Sculpture, Drawing & Art History. Full time. Retired February 2005.
2006 - 2009
Teaching painting, drawing and sculpture privately.

BIOGRAPHY

THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
1980 – 2010
Association of Sculptors of Victoria Annual Exhibition. Montsalvat, Melbourne from 1996 – 2008 & Manningham Gallery 2009. The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
1999 – 2000
Central Goldfields Sculptured Exhibition at the Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex, Maryborough, Vic.
2003 – 2010
Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc. Members Exhibitions, & The Collectors Exhibitions, Melbourne venues.
2006
Symbiotics, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2006 - 2010
Victorian Contemporary Sculptors Association Inc, Annual Exhibition.
2008
Toorakvillage Festival of Sculpture
1980-2010
Several Ballarat and district group exhibitions.
2008-2009
Tesselaar Tulip Festival Sculpture Exhibition.
2008-2009
Glenlyon Sculpture Exhibition.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1996
"The Gallery" at the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries Ltd.,
Lydiard St. Sth., Ballarat – 4/9/1998 – 27/9/1998. Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
2001
"Looking Through My Eyes" Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, at Willabaa, Main Road Ballarat 21/1/2001 – 15/2/2001.
2005
The Journey, the last ten years. Sculpture, Drawing, Painting and Photography. At the Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. 4/4/2005 – 1/5/2005
2007
The Canberra Gallery, At The Vine Café Bar, Ballarat. Painting, Sculpture & Photography.22/1/2007 - 5/2/2007.

AWARDS
1999
Second in the William Hoggan Thomas Memorial Award and Mabel Pryde Memorial Sculptural Prize, ran by the Association of Sculptors of Victoria Inc. August – September.
2000
Sculpture award by "Solid Solutions" for innovative use of material in the annual exhibition of the Association of Sculptors of Victoria Inc. 28/8/2000 – 8/9/2000.
2003
Special Prize “for most innovative use of materials” in the Contemporary Art Society of
Victoria Inc. Annual Exhibition 2003.
2006
Association of Sculptors of Victoria Inc. Stone Carving Award . Annual Exhibition.
2007
First Prize in the Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria.
2009
First Prize, Annual & Awards Exhibition, The Margaret Gunnerson & William Hoggan Thomas Memorial Award. Association of Sculptors of Victoria Inc. Click here to view the award...

REPRESENTED In private collections in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.

Public Sculpture - University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria.

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