WORTMAN, Sharyn
Born in Melbourne, Australia Sharyn completed an Honours Degree in Visual Communication at Melbourne University in 1991. She then worked as an Art Director in Advertising for the next 10 years before launching her own luxury tea brand that won numerous food and design awards worldwide. (www.todaywasfun.com) She is now living in Hong Kong and has returned to her passion of painting, photography and capturing the soul of a city caught between two worlds. She completed a full time Fine Art degree at HKAS majoring in Ceramics. " Everything I do has to be conceptually sound. The starting point is the idea, the medium follows."
EDUCATION
2019 - BA Fine Arts (Ceramics)
Hong Kong Art School in association with RMIT University
1991 BA HONS Visual Communication Degree - Melbourne University, RMIT Melbourne
AWARDS
2020 - Hart Haus Studio Grant Award
2019 RMIT University Vice-Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence in 2019
2016 Shortlisted for the V&A Inspired By competition for "Hong Cong"
January 2008 You Magazine – Mail on Sunday UK
named as one of the top 20 "Women at the top of the eco tree."
November 2007 nominated in The Observer as one of the The Future 500 Rising Stars
2006 Launched the UK's first Carbon Neutral Food and Drink product - Best New Organic Food Product/ Silver award Organic Food UK/ winner of Green Awards for Creativity in Sustainability
EXHIBITONS
2019 "MOOT Point" Group Show, ACO - Art Culture Outreach, Hong Kong
2018 Global Drawing Studio (curated by Greg Creek), Building 1 Space, RMIT University, Melbourne.
2018 "Beyond One Kilo" Group Show at Unit Gallery JCCAC Hong Kong
2017 "Museum for Lost Public Notices" Group show - GEORGE PATON GALLERY, Melbourne University
2016 "V&A Inspired By" Morley Gallery London
2010 Art for Youth 2010 - Royal College of Art London
2009 Courvoisier The Future 500 Art Show- Future Gallery, London
2007 THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR - London
2007 HEIRS OF WHISTLER- Sloane Square, London
2007 LONDON ART FAIR
2006 FEHUART, London
2005 Society of Landscape Painters, Mall Galleries, London
2005 ART 26 Westbourne Studios, London
2003 Solo show - Landscape Dreaming, Burgh House, London
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