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Ceramicist. Born in 1962 in Sydney, Lynda Draper lives and works on the South Coast of New South Wales. Between 1980-83 Draper studied a Bachelor of Art Education at the City Art Institute, Sydney. In 1985 she received a Ceramics Certificate from the East Sydney Technical College and in 1987 she received her Post Graduate Certificate in Ceramics. In 1991 Draper received a Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts from the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW and in 2007 she graduated with a Masters of Fine Art also from the College of Fine Arts.

Draper works with stoneware and hand builds small-scale imaginative scenes based on personal memory and experience. Draper has taught at the Ecole des Arts Decorative in Switzerland, Sydney TAFE, the University of NSW and with the NSW Department of Education.

Draper began exhibiting in 1986 and has received a number of awards, including the Sass and Bide Art Prize (2006), Australian Council VAFC Grant (2005 & 1998), Winner of D’art International Museum of Ceramics, Italy (2005), Gold Coast Ceramic Award (2002 & 1997), Port-Hacking National Pottery Award (1997-2001), Fishers Ghost Art Award (1997-1999) and the Young Ceramic Artist Residency at the Canberra School of Art (1986).

Draper’s work is represented in the collections of the International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria; Renwick Alliance Gallery, Smithsonian Institute Washington, USA; FAGrue Collection Castelli, Teramo, Italy; Collection of the Dutch Royal Family; Myer Foundation; Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW; Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD; and University of Wollongong, NSW.

Writers:

Stella Downer

Date written:

2011

Last updated:

2011