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DAAO URL

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/annette-vincent

Birth Place

Christchurch, NZ

Biography

Annette Vincent is a scientist and artist, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1946. Vincent learnt to draw during her Biological Sciences degree at Canterbury University. She moved to Canada and then to Australia in 1970, working as a research assistant at the University of Adelaide. In 1986 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts and set up her etching studio in Adelaide, SA. In 1986, while still a student, she was awarded First Prize in the Burnside Jubilee 150 Art Competition, (judge Kim Bonython), and had work selected for the Space Group Korea, 4th International Miniature Print Exhibition. Two years later she was awarded the Special Prize Grand Prix Awards of Space, 5th International Miniature Exhibition, Seoul, Korea. In 1991 as coordinator and exhibitor in the Adelaide Festival Fringe Exhibition “Ends on the Fourth”, she was awarded the “Advertisers Art Critic’s Award for Excellence”. In Boulder, Colorado, 1993 Vincent undertook postgraduate studies – Advanced Intaglio Etching, at the University of Colorado, as well as completing many drawings in the Colorado Mountains. In 1997 she finished the Central School of Art “Drawing Marathon” with Graham Nickson, Director of the New York School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture. When she had the opportunity to meet him in 1998 at his New York School, Vincent was invited to give a seminar to his students about the drawings she had completed in Colorado. Vincent’s work has been selected for many exhibition including the Jacaranda Drawing competition, The Broken Hill Works on Paper, The Swan Hill Prints & Drawing Awards and the Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape. Vincent’s work Our Disappearing Icons (76 × 106 cm, two colours, comprising 20 plates) was the only print selected for the inaugural Fleurieu Art Prize in 2000 (judges: John Olsen, John McDonald & Lou Klepac). Her work was one of only two prints selected for the Waterhouse Natural History inaugural Art Prize in 2003. In 2005 she was overall winner of the “River Murray Art Prize, the culture of the River” and one of five finalists for the Print Council of Australia Commissioned Prints. Vincent was also one of 16 finalist in the 2006 Fleurieu Biennale Water Prize. Vincent has had 15 solo exhibitions: nine in Adelaide, three interstate, (Canberra, Wagga Wagga & Brisbane) and three in the USA (Lincoln Boston, Boulder Colorado). In 1996/7 she was the voluntary coordinator of the SA Print Workshop. Vincent has also been involved with the SALA Festival, (South Australian Living Artists) since 1999. She is an Accredited Member of Craftsouth and has attended six Print Symposiums in Canberra. In 2006 Vincent was invited to give a lecture entitled “Drawing from Science to Art” on the first day of the “International Drawing Conference -Drawing is Everything” in Adelaide. Vincent has travelled widely in Europe, North & South America, India & Japan, and is never without her pen and sketchbook. She is passionate about drawing, etching and being observant. She has had several exhibitions about the stressed River Red gums along the drying up River Murray. She is presently working on a series of Daintree Rainforest drawings and asks herself the question, “Will they be the next big environmental tragedy that we could have avoided?” Vincent is a professional artist and works from her studio in Adelaide, South Australia, having an open studio and exhibiting during the SALA Festival since 1999. She continues with her theme of our disappearing environment and combines her scientific knowledge with her artistic talent to considerable effect. Annette Vincent’s work is in a numbre of collections including the South Australian Art Museum. In 2006 Vincent took “The Art of the Ant “ to Glennburnie Primary School R-7, and Port Lincoln Junior Primary school where her enthusiasm and passion for observation and drawing was very well received. Vincent’s beginner’s book for identifying ants is called “The Art of the Ant” and during Science Week in August it will be at the SA Museum booksho Writers: Vincent, Annette Date written: 2008 Last updated: 2011

Born

b. 1946

Summary

As both scientist and artist Vincent is a keen sketcher and etcher who takes every opportunity to draw what see sees, especially the degradation of the River Murray.

Gender

Female

Died

None listed

Age at death

None listed