About the Artist

Curriculum Vitae

Leanne May Thomas Atkins

Born:  NSW  1969

Lives: Dungog, NSW Australia

2015: Full Time Student CATC Graphic Design School currently studying Illustration , Advertising , Publishing , Design Industry .

2014 : Entered paintings in Wallaby Art & All The Jazz Exhibition Wallabadah N,S,W, Gresford Show, 3 Village Art Festival , Singleton Art prize, Art In The Vines Broke N,S,W.

Full Time Student CATC Graphic Design School

Solo Exhibition Desert Flowers Dungog Arts Society Sept 2014

Art Edit (Show me off editorial ) Issue 03 July /Sept 2014.

Member of Dungog Arts Society

2010 –2013  Member of Dungog Arts Society, exhibiting at Tocal Agricultural Show, D.A.S annual exhibition. Dungog Show. Walcha Creative Arts Centre, NSW.  Exhibiting at Gorgeous Hair 4 U, Clarence Town NSW.

2009: Donation of art work for fundraising event to DungogPrimary School

2007- 2008 Member of Dungog Arts Society, Exhibited Tocal agricultural show. Exhibited at Dungog Arts society D.S.A annual arts exhibition and Dungog Show.

2003-2006. self employed Artist contract Painting exhibiting for Rustic wood work Stroud Road Buckets Way & North Street Walcha, Walcha Creative Arts Centre.

1994 – 1996 Contractor Painter to the House of Pots Tuggerah Painting Australiana and contemporary hand painted pottery.

1993: “Chrysalis” exhibition of works by Elly Gregory Wilson, Robyn Lecky, Jill Simpson, Leanne Thomas. Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, NSW

1990-1991: Bachelor of Arts (Visual). Major Photography. The University of Newcastle,

Exhibition of Graduating Students

1988-1989: Associate Diploma of Fine Art. Hornsby Tafe.

1987: High School Certificate. With art as elective.