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Margaret Gurney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Jane Gurney 1943 (age 80–81) Melbourne, Australia |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse |
Alan Charles Weatherley
(m. 1967; died 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Alexander George Gurney |
Margaret Jane Gurney (born 1943) is an Australian artist who lives and works in Melbourne and is an advocate for Australian arts.
Born into an artistic family, Margaret represented Australia at the 2009 Florence Biennale. She has won numerous awards, was one of the first women to work as a graphic artist in Australian television and, also, was one of the first women to work in Australia as an art director in advertising.
She worked extensively as both an educator and as an administrator in Community Arts, and as a Program Manager in Arts Adult Education long before the creation of Creative Victoria in 2015.[1]
She established her own studio in Melbourne, and has painted full time for many years.[2]
- ^ In 2015, Arts Victoria was replaced by Creative Victoria, an entirely new organization with a far wider range of functions: see, for example, Creative State: Victoria's First Creative Industries Strategy 2016-2020, (Melbourne), Creative Victoria, 2016. ISBN 978-1-925466-72-0
- ^ Miller, C., "Art Trail Proves a Shore Draw", The Age, (Sunday, 2 January 2005).