Heather Hunt
Interests:
Family, people, language, art, travel, vegan cooking, yoga, meditation,
walking, gardening, reading.
As an artist pursuing enlightenment, I'm still struggling to find my way and fit into society: so many interests, ideas, potential directions, mediums, so many choices, so much to learn, so many shattered beliefs, so little time.
Formal academic art study has forced growth in previously unexplored areas. I believe it's a part of my spiritual development which accelerated exponentially during my stay in Italy and formed the central focus of my Honours exegesis 'Noetics'. This involved the intuitive exploration of consciousness from the matrix of philosophy, art, quantum physics and traditions. It informed my practice wherein fractal (crystal) and eye photographic images, imbued with a spectral wash, signify transcendence.
My work varies from relatively realistic paintings in oils, acrylics, and silicone through gouache incorporating metals, to symbolically layered installations.
I'm interested in freeing-up my style, working on more psi stories, in painting subject matter from my Italian experience, and in developing the spectral wash photographs. Ideally a light engineer would help with the latter as part of Masters' study.
2008 - Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, La Trobe University, Mildura
2003-2006 - Bachelor of Visual Arts, La Trobe University, Mildura
2005-2006 - Academic Drawing: Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2005 - Figure Painting Workshop: Martinho Corriera, Tenebrist Painting Workshop: Jered Wosneki, Portrait Painting Workshop: John Angel, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2003-2005 - Graduate Certificate TESOL, Deakin University, Geelong
2004 - Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE, Mildura
2000 - Certificate II in Arts (Interactive Multimedia), Sunraysia Institute of TAFE, Mildura
1998 - 1999 - Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Methodology, Royal Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Melbourne
1994 -1998 - Graduate Diploma Humanities and Social Sciences (Italian), La Trobe University, Melbourne
1978-1970 - Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Art and Crafts), Melbourne Teachers College, Melbourne
2009
Wangumma Artists Exhibition, Mildura
2008
Honours Year Group Exhibition, Melbourne
Honours Year Group Exhibition, Bendigo
Honours Year Group Exhibition, Mildura
Honours Year Solo Exhibition, Mildura
Wangumma Artists Exhibition, Wentworth
2007
Mildura Show Society Exhibition, Mildura (1st Prize: Drawing)
2006
Student 3rd year Exhibition, La Trobe, Mildura
Student Exhibition, Angel Academy, Florence
2004
Student 2nd year Exhibition, La Trobe, Mildura
2003
Student Exhibition
2008 - current - Art Vault Committee & volunteer
2006 - current - Organic Shop volunteer
1993 - 2003 - Host mother to 13 exchange students
1997- 2002 - Secretary for the Mildura District Dante Alighieri Society
2001 - Wrote a unit of work for the Department of Education
1980 - Foundation member of Red Cliffs Toy Library
1980's - Nursing Mothers' Association Counsellor and Group Leader
1965 - Designed Nat Barkley Memorial, Red Cliffs