NELLIE ZIMMERMAN

AKA: Nellie Zimmerman

Born: 1972 Ukraine

• Abstract
• Contemporary
• Landscape
• Mixed Media
• Painter

MY STORY
I was was born in Kharkov Ukraine and emigrated to Australia in 1979 as a young child.
Art has always been my true passion and has dominated both my professional and personal pursuits. As a school child I displayed extraordinary focus and dedicated many hours to private lessons in oil painting and sketching.
Since 1994 I have enjoyed a challenging and successful career as a Graphic Designer. Although I thrived in the corporate world, the birth of my daughters Lara Bella and Ariella presented me with the inspiration and opportunity to make painting my primary occupation as well as providing a creative outlet.

MY TECHNIQUE
Most of the time I don’t use a paint brush: I apply the paint generously and use a variety of materials to model it to create a textured base. In my artwork I have combined acrylic and collage. I have developed a variety of techniques including multi-layered paintwork, and the incorporation of different materials including inlaid fragments of my own work to achieve interesting surface effects.

MY INSPIRATION
My main inspiration is drawn from the love of Australian nature, and the urban environment as well as my own sense of symbolism, placement and balance. The work has been well received, and much interest has sparked over what has become my signature textured technique.

2003 Studio Craft Gallery, South Yarra
2004 Tusk Gallery, South Yarra
2005 Nero Fine Art, Caulfield North
2005 Articulate Gallery, Caulfield North
2006 Castleman Gallery, Black Rock
2006 Sorrento Flinders Fine Art Gallery, Sorrento and Flinders
2007 Art Melb ’07, Royal Exhibition Building
2007 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2007 Southern Golf Club
2007 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2007 Art Sydney ’07 Fox Studios
2007 Portsea Gallery
2007 Tusk Gallery Camberwell
2008 Art Melb ’08, Royal Exhibition Building
2008 Art Brisbane
2008 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2008 Art Sydney ’08 Fox Studios
2008 Mingara Gallery, Cowes
2009 Art Melb ’09, Royal Exhibition Building
2009 Canterbury Art Show
2009 Glenferrie Road Contemporary Art, Malvern Melbourne
2009 Art Sydney ’08 Fox Studios
2009 Glenferrie Road Contemporary Art, Malvern Melbourne
2009 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2010 Art Melb ’10, Royal Exhibition Building
2010 Canterbury Art Exhibition
2010 Art Sydney ’08 Fox Studios
2010 Balmain Art and craftshow
2010 Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2011 Art Melb ’11, Royal Exhibition Building
2011 Suburban Gallery, 312 New Street, Brighton
2011 Group Exhibition, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2012 Canterbury Art Exhibition
2012 Group Exhibition, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2013 David Hart Galleries Sunshine Coast
2014 Camberwell Art Show, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, VIC
2015 April Art In Tune, Brighton Rotary, The School House.
2016 June Camberwell Art Show, Swinburne University, Hawthorn VIC
2015 June, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2016 April, Canterbury Art Show
2016 May, Art Connected, Esternwick
2016 June, Yering Station Art Gallery Winery Cellar Door, Yarra Valley