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Judi Power Thomson ARTIST'S PROFILEArts career Further studies and qualifications led to a 20 year career as a commercial interior designer running my own business, while continuing painting and exhibiting. In 2002 I returned to painting as my primary occupation while also being a board member of Canberra Arts Marketing. I have been further involved with the development and promotion of the local art scene as president of the Artists Society of Canberra and editor for four years of their newsletter. My work has been published in local newspapers and Australian Artist magazines as well as produced on two Canberra tourism brochures. I have also enjoyed judging art exhibitions at Ulladulla, Goulburn, Queanbeyan and Cooma.
Achievements 2009 Finalist Cowra Regional Gallery, Calleen Art Award 2008 Winner Brindabella Art Award, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra. Winner Goulburn Annual Traditional Art Prize, Goulburn Runner Up Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards, Bega Regional Gallery, NSW. Finalist Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum. Finalist Berkelouw Self Portrait Prize, Bowral. Finalist Mortimore Art Prize (Travelling Exhibition) Dubbo-Sydney-Bungendore. 2005 Best of Show Artists Society of Canberra Annual Exhibition Finalist Walkom Manning Art Prize 2003 First Prize Bega valley Regional Gallery Art Awards for Acrylic Painting 2002 Champion Exhibit, Art Exhibition, Royal Canberra Show First Prize Oil and Acrylic Painting, Royal Canberra Show First Prize Mixed Media, Royal Canberra Show 2001 Highly Com'd Bega valley Regional Gallery Art Awards
Exhibitions 2007 Solo exhibition "The Good Life" at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery. 2005 shared exhbition at The Forest Gallery, South Durras, NSW 2003 Solo exhibition "Take Note" at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Bungendore, NSW Nine shared exhibitions and 16 selected group exhibitions. Studio Judi works from her studio at home on the family vineyard, a 40 acre property just north of Canberra, and at Merry Beach on the sparkling south coast of New South Wales, overlooking the ocean.
HISTORY Art and Design studies
2008 Lithography at Megalo Print Studios, ACT.
Awards and Prizes
Selected Group Exhibitions
Collections Canberra School of Music
Represented by Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, NSW
Brief History Judi studied art at St.George and East Sydney Technical Colleges before moving to Canberra where she continued her studies. She worked as a freelance commercial artist from 1967 to 1976 for various Canberra clients including two major department stores – JB Youngs and Rogers. Her work also included many portrait commissions and artwork for various large corporate law and accounting firms. After taking time out for her family, Judi returned to college and graduated in Interior Design in 1987. Following many years on the drawing board working with architects, she commenced her own commercial Interior Design practice in 1993. During that time she also lectured in Interior Design and Colour Theory at the Canberra Institute of Technology. In 2002, after 16 years as a commercial Interior Designer, Judi returned full time to painting with a serious commitment to producing exciting new artwork. Judi is often an invited guest speaker at art societies and community groups and is a sought after judge.
Judi was President of the Artists Society of Canberra in 2005/6 with over 300 members, having previously been secretary and newsletter editor of the Society. She was also a board member of Canberra Arts Marketing. Her work is represented in private collections in Australia, New York and England, has been reproduced in Australian Artist magazine, The Canberra Times, The Chronicle, Capital Magazine, and the 2003 and 2004 tourism brochures "Arts Around Canberra - Musical Theatre Calendar".
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Since
a very young age I have always painted and drawn. My first experience
with colour and texture was with my grandfather who, as a painter-decorator by trade, showed me as a little girl of 3yo, how to blend colours
with pastel sticks on the reverse side of embossed wallpaper which
was full of bumps and texture. Thus began my passionate journey
into a world of colour, movement, texture and experimentation with
all mediums. My formal art training was at St.George and East Sydney Techs in Sydney in the late 60's before moving to Canberra, Australia,
where I continued my studies in all mediums and forms of expression
over the next 20 years, culminating in 1985 with an exhibition at
the Hesley Gallery with other known artists such as Lloyd Rees and
Patrick Carroll. 