Artist studios
We have three studios at Hahndorf Academy with studio artists Wendy Dixon-Whiley, Kath Inglis and Deborah Twining.
Wendy Dixon-Whiley
Wendy Dixon-Whiley has a studio space upstairs at the Hahndorf Academy, Wendy exhibits with us, has an open studio day on a regular basis and sells her art work in the Academy Shop.
Adelaide Hills based Wendy Dixon-Whiley is a Visual / Street Artist working within drawing, painting and experimental practice. Born in regional South Australia, she moved to Adelaide to complete a Bachelor of Visual Communication (Illustration Design) and afterward moved on to study a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing. After working outside of the creative industry for several years, Wendy returned to formal study and has recently finished studying a Master of Visual Art at the University of South Australia. Wendy is becoming increasingly known for her trademark playful yet mildly menacing style which incorporates experimental artistic practice with illustrative design principles.
Kath Inglis
Raised in Australia's multicultural tropical city of Darwin, Kath Inglis moved south to Adelaide to study contemporary jewellery. After graduating from the South Australian School of Art in 2000, Kath continued to develop her practice by working from a number of studios, including the renowned Gray Street Workshop, JamFactory's Metal Design Studio and soda and rhyme. Kath now lives in the beautiful Adelaide Hills with a work bench located at the Hahndorf Academy.
My passion for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) started in 2001. It’s a prosaic material in its natural state, but loaded with potentials.
Simple hand worked processes - applying colour, removing pieces from the surface with carving tools or adding heat fused layers, elevates this material into the precious.
Observations, concerns and issues inspire a self portrait of wearable pieces. This conceptual approach to making continually progresses my work.
Adding, removing, staying in motion, instinctive and flexible
Thinking of the past - looking toward the future
Reflective - responding
Deborah Twining
Deborah is a Community Artist, Educator with a background in the Visual Arts and Installation work. With a degree in the Visual Arts and a Diploma of Education, her creative career has spanned three states (South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland) over 20 years. Exhibiting in numerous institutions, including a large group exhibition, "Art, Medicine and the Body" at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, as well as teaching in many schools in S.A. and W.A.. Deborah established many collaborative art projects between community organisations and Youth at Risk. Her work with marginalised youth became her focus and she received much recognition for her achievements in this field, including the Queens Trust of Australia Award.
Being the mother of two glorious boys who keep life real and busy, she lives with her partner and little family on their own rural patch in the Adelaide hills. Life is full, with a menagerie of creatures, an obsession with growing things and an immersion in the bush that surrounds. Creativity has always been a daily pursuit since she was a little girl, always with a strong infinity with the natural world. Deborah has passionately become a world wanderer, with a curiosity for experience and adventure. Travelling to many remote locations and far away cultures she has gathered many happenings that serve her imagination well.
Emerging now on the other side of life with young children she passionately continues her interest in art for the community by running a small art school, many workshops for young and old and the occasional community commission. With a solid background in the arts and an energy for life, things can only be fun.
