Rochelle Patten

  • Artist (Painter)
Rochelle Patten is a respected Yorta Yorta woman based in Shepparton, Victoria. She has featured in the "Mum Shirl Tribute Exhibition" and the "5th National Indigenous Heritage Art Award".
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Rochelle Patten is from the Yorta Yorta people of Victoria. She has a Graduate Diploma of Natural and Cultural Heritage Interpretation (2001) and a Masters of Applied Science (2005) from the Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University, Victoria. She is a community advisor for the Shepparton based Koori Court system. Patten is a painter of synthetic polymer on cavas and in was a finalist in the 5th Indigenous Heritage Art Award with her painting (a collaboration with Louise Fowler-Smith), In search of the Rainbow Serpent – a collaboration. In 2000 she exhibited at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in the “Mum Shirl Tribute Exhibition”. In 1992 author Nan Gallagher featured Patten in her book, A Story to Tell: The Working Lives of Ten Aboriginal Australians, published by Cambridge University Press.

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Allas, Tess
Date written:
2008
Last updated:
2011

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  • Community Advisor (Elder) (ANZSIC code: 6962) (Community Advisor (Elder) Shepparton Koori Court)
  • Community Advisor (Elder) (Community Advisor (Elder) Shepparton Koori Court)