Lorraine Austin is a Palawa (Tasmanian) women who was born in Euroa and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. In 1999, at the age of 44, she began her art studies at the Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne; she completed her Bachelor, Honours and Masters of Fine Arts. Whilst at unversity, Austin was successful in gaining an exchange study year at Pratt University in Brooklyn, New York in the United States of America. Since graduating she has exhibited and travelled to India, Spain and Morocco. In the Wilin Centre’s (Aboriginal unit at the Victorian College of the Arts) 2007 publication, Illuminate, she states that she is inspired by Rebecca Horn, Kiki Smith, Bruce Nauman and Phillip Guston.
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- Writers:
- Allas, Tess
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
