STAR ARTIST - Carmel O'Connor

Academic Qualifications
2001 Graduate Diploma of Education
1997 Honours Degree of Bachelor of Art [Fine Arts] Monash University
Teaching Experience 2000 to 2008
Adults – Darling Studio, Ashburton.
Art Classes:- Painting, Linocut Design and Printing
Lecture Series - Australian Women Artists of the 20th Century
Facilitator – The Incinerator Art Complex, Arts Week 2007, 2008 & 2009
Portraiture Workshop. Moonee Valley Shire Council.
Secondary School Teacher (Registered with VIT) (separate C.V. on request)
Scotch College, Lauriston, Shelford Girls’ Grammar, Salesian College,

Awards
Archibald Prize Exhibition - Finalist 2002.
Golden Key, Monash Uni., Cicely and Collin Rigg Cont. Design Award (short listed) N.G.V.
Memberships
Women’s Art Register., NGV Library., Vic. Ins. Teaching.
Exhibitions 1995 to 2009
Annual Exhibitions throughout Melbourne (separate C.V. on request)
Collections Monash University, Caulfield., P.R.O.V.,
Sunshine Hospital, St. Albans Vic., Richmond Health Centre, Richmond Vic.,
Public Commissions
P.R.O.V. Portrait Mr Harry Nunn 2003
Richmond Community Centre – Dentistry Staff – Group Portrait

Publications 2002 to 2007
Art + Australia – Patricia Anderson.
Herald Sun Weekend Magazine, Article& image.
Herald “the eye”. article & image.
Leader, article & image and “Star” Western Subs.,, article & image
Film Australia, Australian Story of Bernard Smith
Sunday Age, Melbourne, Today Show GTV 9
Sunday Sun / Herald, Sydney
Art Monthly – Drawing, and Canberra Times
Monash Art and Design Issue no. 1.,
The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald

Selected portraits painted by Carmel O’Connor 2002 to 2008
Sir Zelman Cowen, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, the Hon John Button,
George Gittoes-artist, Prof. Bernard Smith, Dr Gerard Vaughan, Harry Nunn OA
John Castles A.M., Julian Burnside QC, Ron Barassi, Carmel Bird, David Mann,3AW.
And many more.