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Education
| 1965
-1968 |
Loughborough
College of Education - Teaching Certificate
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| 1980
- 1981 |
Portsmouth
College of Art - Foundation Course
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| 1981
- 1984 |
Portsmouth
Polytechnic - Fine Art B.A. Hons.
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| 1986
- 1989 |
Wimbledon
School of Art - Printmaking M.A.
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Exhibitions
Catalyst
exhibition
"14
Stations of the Cross"
St.
Agatha's Church - Portsmouth
Group
shows, (selected) since 1990:-
| 1990 |
"Constructed
and Natural Space", Havant Arts Centre (See Below)
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| 1992 |
"Ampersand III", The Heritage Centre,
Spitalfields Centre, London
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| 1995 |
Borderlands
Exhibition, Meudon, France
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| 1995 |
Catalyst
Exhibition - St. Agatha's Church, Portsmouth (see above)
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| 1996 |
Ampersand V, Dublin Arts Centre,
Ireland
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| 1997 |
Association
des Artistes-Plasticiens (invited artist) C.R.D.S. Saint-Louis.
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| 1997 |
"Maam
Kumba Bak2,The West End Centre,
Aldershot (See international residencies work abroad)
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| 1998 |
"Maam
Kumba Bak", Centre Culturel Francais, Saint-Louis, Senegal.
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| 1998
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"Inner
Space" Brigid Chapel, Glastonbury |
| 1998 |
"Eight Plus One",The West End Centre.
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| 1999 |
"For
The Living" University of Chichester
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| 1999 |
"For
the Visually Impaired" Chichester Festival
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| 2000 |
"Territoire
8" Centre Culturel Francais, Saint-Louis, Senegal
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| 2001 |
"Talibe
de Maam Kumba Bak" Centre Culturel Francais, Senegal
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| 2001 |
Catalyst
"Make-up" Portsmouth Art Centre and the Mountbatten Gallery
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| 2001 |
Borderlands
Exhibition "Earth" TheWest End Centre - Aldershot, The Maltings
- Farnham
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| 2001 |
"Tracing
Time" - Fishbourne
Roman Palace
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| 2002 |
Catalyst
"Curves that Count"- Portsmouth Art Centre |
| 2002 |
"Territoire
9" Maison de la Culture - Douta Seck- Dakar - Senegal |
| 2002 |
"Director's Choice" Havant Arts Centre
(See Gallery) |
| 2003 |
Catalyst - "Reflections" - Havant
Arts Centre , Portsmouth Library
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| 2003 |
"Territoire"
- Centre Culturel Francais - Dakar
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| 2004 |
Catalyst
exhibition "Messenger" - Havant Arts Active |
| 2004 |
Dakar,
Senegal, Biennale, Dakart
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| 2004 |
"4x4" Portsmouth 3rd Floor
Arts Centre |
| 2005 |
“PAinT”
– Petersfield Artists in Town |
| 2005 |
“Artscape”
– The Gallery - One Tree Bookshop - Petersfield |
"Constructed
and Natural Space"
Havant
Arts Center
One Person Shows
| 1992 |
"Turning
Points", Havant Arts Centre |
| 1995 |
"Removing
the Veil" West End Centre, Aldershot (see below}
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| 1996 |
"Removing
the Veil" South Hill Park, Bracknell
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| 1996 |
"The
Sacred Hearth", C.R.D.S. Museum Saint Louis, Senegal (See
Gallery) |
| 2000 |
Installation
- Performance -" Sacred Water" - Petersfield Heated Outdoor Pool (See
Gallery)
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| 2000 |
"Sacred
Water", Exhibition - Petersfield Heated Outdoor Pool
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| 2000 |
"Work in Progress" The Taro Leisure Centre |
| 2000 |
"Changing Times" - Installation- Taro Leisure Centre
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| 2001 |
"15
Days in Aldershot"- One day show at the West End Centre - Aldershot
(See Gallery)
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| 2002 |
"Air
and Water" - Petersfield Outdoor Pool |
| 2004 |
Tikkun-Petersfield 7 days |
"Removing
the Veil"
Solo
Residencies
| 1995 |
Removing the Veil - The West End Centre- 2 months
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| 1996 |
The
Sacred Hearth - Havant Arts Centre - 1 month
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| 1997 |
"Craft
to Art" -The West End Centre, Aldershot - 1 month
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| 2000 |
"Year
of the Artist" - Taro Leisure Centre - 1 month
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| 2001 |
"15
days in Aldershot" The West End Centre - 15 days
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| 2002 |
"Air
and Water" - Petersfield Outdoor Pool - 7 days
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| 2004 |
"Tikkun"
as part of PAinT Petersfield Arts Trail
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Taro
Leisure Center Residency
Group
Residencies - U.K.
"The
Remains"
| 2000 |
Fishbourne
Roman Palace - 13 Artists in Residence - 1 month |
| 2004 |
Woodbury
Avenue, UK "4x4 " ( Four artists worked for four days making
artwork from a deconstructed 4x4}
Catherine Smenia, Nicole Vignote from France, Jane Kilford and Diane
Thiessen from U.K.) |
The Red Shed, Woodbury Avenue
| 2006
- 2007 |
"Breathing
Space" - with Lindy Brook Tweed |
| 2006
- 2007 |
"Painting
from the Source" |
| 2007 |
“Something
like dialogue” - with Angela Rogers |
For
International Residencies see Work Abroad
Awards
| 1989 |
Marler
Screenprinting Prize |
| 1989 |
The
Andrew Purchase Lithography Prize |
| 2000 |
Year
of the Artist Award - Arts Council |
| 1992
- 2004 |
My
work has been funded by:- The British Council, The Arts Council, Hampshire
County Council, Southern Arts, Havant Borough Council, Rushmoor Borough
Council, C.R.D.S.-Senegal, P.S.I C. - Senegal.
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Collections
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Work
in Private collections |
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Museum
Saint-Louis - Senegal |
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French
Cultural Centre - Saint-Louis -Senegal |
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The Taro
Leisure Centre - Petersfield U.K. |
Commissions
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Cover
Design, Wimbledon School of Art, catalogue for Postgraduate Printmaking
Show. |
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Editioned
Screenprint for "Constructivist Forum" |
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Editioned Screenprint for Ampersand |
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Book
cover design for "Measuring the Real World" by Heiner
Thiessen |
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Folder
Design for Borderlands Artists Register |
Screenprint for Constructivist
Forum
Reviews
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The Independent.
1991 |
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Local
papers:- Petersfield Post, Petersfield Herald, The Star - Aldershot.
1995 -2001 |
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Meridian
T.V. (U.K.) 1995 |
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L"Aurore,
Le Soleil, 1996 |
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Radio
Teranga and Radio Nord ( Senegal).1996 |
Publications
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Articles
for Sampler I, Ampersand and the Borderlands Broadsheet.
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Interviews
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Radio
Sud F. M. - Senegal. 1996 |
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Senegalese
Television 2001 |
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Radio
Nostalgie -Senegal 2002 |
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Le Soleil
2002 |
Teaching
| 1969
- 70 |
Primary School Teaching - Letchworth
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| 1970
- 71 |
English Language Teaching - Stratagakis
-Chalkis, Greece |
| 1971 |
Primary School Teaching - Sunbury |
| 1972 |
English Language Teaching - Hamburg
- Inlingua-Germany |
| 1972
- 73 |
Painting School -Osdorferborn - Hamburg
(self-initiated) |
| 1972
- 73 |
Kindergarten - Osdorferborn - Hamburg |
| 1972
- 73 |
Kindermalschule
- Hamburger Kunsthalle |
| 1973
- 74 |
Art and English Teacher- Julius Leber
Schule - Hamburg |
| 1985
- 90 |
Art
Teacher - The Petersfield School |
| 1990
- 2000 |
Art
Teacher - Fareham Tertiary College |
| 1984
- 94 |
Occasional
Visiting lecturer at :- Worthing and Bognor Colleges of Art, The
Institute Southampton University |
Workshops
Workshop
for Artists in Saint -Louis Workshop with Talibes and
Iba Sow
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Over
the past eight years I have held workshops on my own and in collaboration
with other artists, for:- |
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The West
End Centre |
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Havant
Arts Centre |
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Havant
Sixth Form College |
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A.T.D.
Fourth World |
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The Museum,
Saint Louis, Senegal. |
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Ecole
Ameth Fall, Saint Louis, Senegal |
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Centre
Culturel Francais, Saint - Louis, Senegal for the Ecole Francais
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The school
on the island of Bopp Thior, Senegal.
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Clair
Enfance - for children who live on the street in Saint - Louis,
Senegal |
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Centre
Culturel Francais - 5 week workshop for the talibes. |
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For Catalyst
2004 - Sensations:- Mountbatten Gallery Portsmouth Girls School.
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Talks
| 2004
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Catherine
Smenia and Diane Thiessen talk about their work in West Africa. |
| 2005 |
“An Artist in
Senegal” for the u3a. |
| 2006 |
Debate
at Dunhurst “A screwed up piece of paper belongs in the wastepaper
basket not in an art gallery” |
Since
2000
Workshop
-Gosport
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I have
run workshops for 6 schools in Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Gosport
and Oxford about Senegal . |
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2 workshops
for Catalyst:- (Women, Art and Science):-one for Portsmouth Girls
School and one for adult, women. |
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I
ran a workshop in 2002 in Dakar for women artists on Mandalas and
I introduced these artists to the work of Catalyst and invited
them to participate in the Catalyst exhibition, U.K. next
year. |
Voluntary
Committee Work
| 1984
-1985 |
Artists
Annex - Chairperson |
| 1986
-1990 |
Havant
Arts Centre - Board of Directors |
| 1987
- 2002 |
Havant
Arts Centre - Arts Panel member |
| 1995
- 2001 |
West
End Centre Management Committee |
| 1999 |
ATD
- Funding consultant |
| 2003
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"PAINT"
Petersfield Artists in Town - Fund Raiser |
| 2004
- 2007 |
Chairperson
PAinT - Petersfield Arts Trail |
| 2004
- 2007 |
Co-Founder,
Project Co- coordinator and Fundraiser – Artscape |
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Diane Thiessen