Normana Wight b. 1936

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Painter, printmaker and weaver whose diverse practice includes portraits with flowers and combining tapestry with digital media.
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weaver, is a Queensland-based artist who was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to do a tapestry portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (with flowers). Completed in 2000, it immediately became one of the most popular works in the gallery. In 2001 she undertook a 3-month residency at the Victoria Tapestry Workshop to explore the potential of tapestry/digital media ( Imprint winter 2001).

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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Periods active
  • c.1954 -
  • c.1954 - c.2001
Residences
  • 1962 - 1963 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
  • 1965 - 1966 Mittagong, New South Wales
  • 1964 - 1965 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1936 - 1964 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.2001 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1975 - c.2001 Queensland
  • 1986 - 1987 Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • 2001 - Queensland
  • 1962 - 1963 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
  • 1965 - 1966 Mittagong, New South Wales
  • 1964 - 1965 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1936 - 1964 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.2001 Victoria
  • c.1975 - c.2001 Queensland
Other occupations
  • Fabric designer (ANZSIC code: 1312) 1958 Melbourne, Victoria
Trainings
  • Diploma in painting, 1954 - 1957 Melbourne Technical College (RMIT), Melbourne, VIC
  • Etching, 1962 - 1963 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
  • Short course in Renaissance Art History, 1963 Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
  • 1962 - 1963 London, England, UK
  • 1954 - 1957 Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria
Related people
  • Murdoch, Elisabeth (associate of)
  • Murdoch, Elisabeth (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Central Street Gallery (associate of)
  • Victoria Tapestry Workshop (associate of)
  • Central Street Gallery (associate of)
  • Victoria Tapestry Workshop (associate of)
Related works
  • Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (creator of)
  • Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (creator of)
Related collections
  • Monash University, Mebourne (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Monash University, Mebourne (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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