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69 SMITH STREET GALLERY - In 2007 the gallery required video and sound equipment which is free to use by the artists exhibiting. > View Gallery Equipment
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Merle Parker |
Merle has been involved with 69 Smith St, since 1998 and as a Committee member since 2000. After graduating from Swinburne University, she worked for many years as a graphic artist and assisted with the running of an offset printing business. Merle also worked as a Puppeteer making the puppets, props and performing for preschool children. In her spare time Merle also assists students in producing folios for entrance to Tertiary education. |
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| Janice Gobey Gallery Coordinator |
Janice joined the 69 Smith Street committee late in 2008 as Gallery Coordinator. By day, she funds her art practice by working as a corporate headhunter and devotes all her free time to the arts. With a background in psychology and sociology, Janice’s art practice explores human relationships, in particular the dynamics between men and women. She uses painting, installation and text as her preferred mediums. |
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Michèle Meister |
Michèle has been a member since 2007 and joined the committee as the exhibition co-coordinator in 2008. She studied fine art in Hamburg, Germany and had her own gallery for 10 years in Santorini, Greece. Her first solo exhibition in Melbourne, since she arrived in 2004, was at 69 Smith Street Gallery in 2008. As a painter, she likes to explore different mediums like encaustic and she also makes her own colours. |
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Veronica Hodgkinson |
Veronica has been a member of 69 Smith Street since 2005 and joined the committee as Treasurer in 2007. Since graduating with an advance Diploma of Photography from the Photography Studies College she has exhibited in many group shows. Her passion is in alternative and traditional photographic process. |
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Michael Cuthbert |
Michael is a retired Art and Craft teacher who majored in painting. He has been painting most of his life and had his first solo exhibition in 2004 at the 69 Smith Street Gallery. Michael applied for the position of secretary after reading about the vacancy in the gallery’s newsletter. |
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Emma Blee |
Emma joined the 69 Smith Street Gallery in May 2008 and is the editor of the quarterly gallery newsletter. Emma's art practice is in oil paining mixed media where she explores the colours and textures that are contained in our memories of places and experiences. She is a regular exhibitor in both solo and group exhibitions. |
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Ulrika Holmlund |
Ulrika has been a member of 69 Smith Street since October 2005 and acted as Exhibition Coordinator for 12 months during 2006-07. Her main focus in her art practice is video installation, but she also works with photography and sculpture. Born in Sweden, she studied Fine Art-painting and later continued her studies at RMIT University in Australia, where she received her BA Honours in Media Arts 2005. She has exhibit work in Australia, Europe and USA. In 2006 Ulrika founded VOYEUR-International Video Collective, a Melbourne-based artist run information bureau dedicated to the worldwide distribution of contemporary video art via the internet reporting on emerging and established video artists. > voyeurcollective.com > ulrikaholmlund.com |
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Gabrielle Bates |
Gabrielle joined the 69 Smith St committee in December 2004. She has been working with painting, sound and video installation for fifteen years and has taught art at the universities of Sydney and Newcastle in NSW. Gabrielle curated The Ellen Mileo Art Prize in 2006 and a number successful group exhibitions at 69 Smith Street Gallery, one of which raised funds for cancer research. > gabriellebates.com |
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Marianne Little |
Marianne’s art training in the 60’s included painting, sculpture and textiles. Her work as an art/craft high school teacher continued to widen her skills. Marianne is now focusing her attention on papermaking, some painting and sculptural book arts. |
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