Artist: Tina Trudgen
Mediums: recycled paper and cardboard collage
Dimension: 43cm x 9.8cm x 1cm
Artist Statement:
Tina Trudgen, has been a practicing artist since she could pick up a crayon or make sculptures with sticks and vines. Her first exhibition was at her primary school fete with a squash and carrot ballerina, winning the converted prize of a mug. Since this time she has explored almost every art form she possibly could from drawing to sculpture, woodwork to crochet. Tina studied and completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and then a Graduate Diploma of education. After completing her education qualification, Tina has worked as a classroom teacher and specialist teacher, teaching mainly the Arts. She currently is working at Millner Primary School as a NCT teacher.
Tina has exhibited in several group exhibitions including shows at Monash University where she studied and with community Art prizes, but also a solo photography exhibition in Perth WA. Her practice has evolved to blur the lines between Art and Craft, now only using Recycled materials to create Art pieces. The body of work entered into “out of the ART ROOM” show insights into Tina’s recent exploration of a Visualisation Practice and are representations of her ‘Happy Place’s.