Anita von Bibra Biography

Born        United Kingdom migrated to New Zealand arriving Australia, 1950's.                                                

1950s      Studied privately with English and Yugoslav artists.  

1956       RMIT Design and NGV Life Classes
               Worked with Barry Kaye theatre designer for Moomba Festival inaugural launch.
1957       Exhibited works at Joshua McClelland Gallery
1959       Studied life drawing with Max Middleton
1974       Heatherley Art School – London
               Study Tour Florence – Fresco techniques   
1978       Camden Art School – London
               Art History – ICA, London
               ICA study Tour to Scotland Museum Modern Art Edinburgh & Burrell Collection
1979       Attended Sculpture Masterclass VCA 
1990       Study tour St. Petersburg, Berlin and Amsterdam  
1992       Studied with Geoff Lowe and exhibited with ‘A Constructed World’ Group Exhibition at Victorian Ministry of Arts
1993       ‘Next Wave’  Group Exhibition Monash Studios, Collingwood
1999       ‘On the Shelves of Memory’,  Solo Exhibition - Span Galleries
1999        Solo exhibition Sofitel Foyer Gallery
2000        Lectured Botanical Art School Melbourne
2000       ‘Spectacle of Desire’, Solo Exhibition – Span Galleries
2003       ‘Desire of the Spectacle’, Solo Exhibition – Span Galleries
2004-07  Private Commissions of Sculpture and Paintings

Collections

National Australia Bank
Western Mining
Private Collectors in Australia and United Kingdom
      
1974        Inaugural Member VCA Friends Association
1990/92  Chaired National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association