About the
Artist
Abstract art work for sale, original oil paintings on
canvas, modern and comtemporary
Outsider Art by Dawn
Lim
Born in England, 1949, a baby boomer, I did
as my parents bid, by getting a safe career and forgo my desire to be an artist.
I didn’t give up my painting and drawing though and continued on and off
throughout my years.
I followed my
mother to Australia in 1976
where I eventually got my chance to fulfill my dreams and with my husband’s
support studied painting at the University of Ballarat, in 1993, graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts and great joy in 1996 with a whole new perspective on art and
the art world.
"I always loved my
recreational activities but now I have studied art in the form of painting, I
have a personal way to express myself that I only dreamed of
before."
"I discovered a
unique style to develop my expression, taken from the surrealist automatic
drawing technique of making marks on the support and communicating with what is
found. The marks just about talk back to me and let me know what I should do
next and the ideas just grow."
I had a bit of a
rough ride in my youth and young adult years and fell sick in the late sixties
and becoming schizophrenic by my early twenties, losing about ten years to sheer
hell but through it all I have found my Zen, thanks to Jesus Christ for the
journey and his atonement.
I now have a happy
home life with my husband Chai and my mum who lives nearby and my two dogs that
I refer to as the grandchildren we will never have and who accompany me in my
studio sitting on their own couch as you can see.
I’m not much with
words and prefer visuals so I hope you can enjoy my artworks as much as I have
enjoyed creating them."
Educational
Background
University
of Ballarat
1993 - 1995
Bachelor of Arts (visual arts-painting)
2008
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Awards
2008
Commonwealth scholarship for Honours course
Solo
Exhibitions
2009
Arthur Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria,
Australia
The Studio, Melbourne Art Show
2009
2008
Fresh
Abstractions
Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia
2007
Retrospective
Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia
2005
"Soul Journeys",
Grainery Lane Theatre,
Ballarat
2003
"Linear
Works"
Grainery Lane Theatre,
Ballarat
2001
The Front, Doveton St,
Ballarat.
1999
The Front, Doveton St,
Ballarat.
1998
Anachronism, Sturt St,
Ballarat.
Group Exhibitions
2010
Gallery on Sturt
Sturt St, Ballarat.
2000
The Uniting Church
Dawson St, Ballarat.
1997
"Roar" Gallery, Melbourne.
Members
Exhibition.
Icons, Angels and free
spirits
Butter Factory,
Clunes.
1996
International Women's
Day
Visual and Performing Arts
Exhibition.
1995
Final year student
exhibition
University of
Ballarat.
"Unique Advent"
Painting and drawing
Student
exhibition.
"Art in Public
Places"
Sponsored by the Ararat
Fine Art Gallery.
"Flinders Ranges and
Beyond"
Student exhibition
Founders Hall, University of Ballarat.
George Patton
Gallery
University of
Melbourne.
Private
Collections:
Australia, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Malaysia
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