ARTIST CV – Virginia McKenzie

I was born two centuries to late, l have a long standing love of traditional portraiture. As an art student last century, all my tutors were disciples of abstract expressionism. So over the intervening years l have attended numerous classes/ tutorials and workshops to obtain the skills I wanted. Namely to paint like John Singer Sargent or Joshua Reynolds or sculpt like Rodin or Camille Claudel.

I have sold many still life’s in local shops over the past years. Whilst living in Kyneton l focused on producing appropriately 30 busts of children and animals, using vintage daguerreotype and tintype photographs as my resource. Since moving up to Bendigo l have produced a number of oil painted portraits of children again using these 19th century photographs as my inspiration.

During Covid my son and l took the opportunity to do a number of landscape paintings whilst exploring the Macedon Ranges area. He has gone on to be a very gifted landscape painter.

My exhibition experience is very limited. I would love the opportunity to show my work alongside others.

EDUCATION

 2011 - DIPLOMA OF LIBRARY/INFORMATION SERVICES - Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, Australia

 2008 - CERTIFICATE III. LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES - Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, Australia

 1991 - POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, APPLIED SCIENCE MUSEUM STUDIES - Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

 1986 - GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FINE ART PAINTING - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

 1984 - BACHELOR OF ARTS IN FINE ART PAINTING - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

 1981 - TERTIARY ORIENTATION PROGRAM - ART & DESIGN - Box Hill Institute, Melbourne Australia

 EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

 2007-2024 - LIBRARY SERVICES OFFICER (CHILDRENS PROGRAMS) - Goldfields Library Corporation, Bendigo

 2000-2006 - HOME DUTIES/CHILDREN

 2000-2001 - EXHIBITIONS CURATOR/MUSEUM WORKER - Kyneton Musuem, Pipers Street, Kyneton

 1993-1999 - LOCATIONS OFFICER - National Gallery of Victoria, Registration Department, Melbourne

 1992 - CUSTOMER SERVICES OFFICER - Museum of Victoria, Melbourne

 1989-1992 - STOCKTAKER/CLERICAL OFFICER - Natioanl Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 1988 - GUEST CURATOR - 'ALICE BALE ART AWARD' - McClelland Gallery & Studio Park, McClelland 

1985-1987 - PUBLICITY AND PROMOTIONS OFFICER - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia