Normana Wight was born in Melbourne and is one of three women artists to have work included in The Field, at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1968. She originally trained as a painter before studying printmaking and making textiles.
She first studied painting at RMIT, and after short time as a fabric designer, worked as a high school art teacher. In 1962 she travelled to Europe where she studied printmaking at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts.
She was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to make 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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- Writers:
- Staff Writer
- Date written:
- 1999
- Last updated:
- 2011
