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| 1965 |
born
in hamburg, germany |
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| 1984-'85 |
ecole
martenot, private art school, paris ~ specialising in life drawing
and portraits "at
ecole martinet I was encouraged to consider a career as an artist.
one particular sentence of my teacher remains with me: 'a piece
of art should always convey a soul' " |
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| 1985-'86 |
victoria
and albert museum, london ~ diploma course, fine and decorative arts.
"before taking
up painting full time I wanted to gain a background in the history
of art" |
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| 1986-'89 |
byam
shaw school of art, london ~ diploma course in fine arts. "we
had a very successful end of year show in which I sold my first
painting: 'carry me along oh roads' "
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| summer
'89 |
hamburg
~ teacher of intuitive painting, yoga and meditation.
"after
my training I moved back to hamburg to earn money for my long dreamed
of trip to india"
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| 1990 |
india,
shri lanka & thailand ~ a journey of meditation and inspiration.
"after 7 hours
of meditation each day paintings were flowing out of my hands effortlessly"
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| 1994 |
hamburg
~ Priya met Shan Fan, a chinese artist who had an important influence
on her work. "Shan
Fan taught me about assymmetrical compositions and the value of
emptiness alongside strong activity. Recently when he saw my work
he was very pleased to see how I had incorporated his teachings
of reduction"
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| may
1996 |
birth
of daughter lisabel. "
when lisabel was born both my sense of direction and the depth of
my work increased "
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| 1997-'98 |
moves
to byron bay, australia. "in
byron bay I have found an environment where my creativity and my soul
feel fully nourished. This is the culmination of a search of eight
years"
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| march
'99 |
opens
the 'Dancing Brush Studio' in mullumbimby industrial estate. "my
dream of having a large enough studio to share with other artists
has become reality " |
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