Artists statement

Sharon West was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre (2012), during which time she presented her solo exhibition, 'Menagerie Merveilleuse: curious beasts of Bundoora & beyond'. West has participated numerous times in the Darebin Art Show, which she won in 2011, and has exhibited at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in a number of other shows including: The River (2011), Northern Lights (2013) and Two of a Kind (2015).

Artist Bio
Sharon West is a local Darebin artist with a studio in Northcote who practices principally in the mediums of painting, assemblage and digital media. Since 1999 she has taught visual arts in the School of Art at RMIT University. In 2009, West completed her Masters of Art at RMIT University examining the relationship between settler and Indigenous cultures within the context of Australian colonial art history.

She is the recipient of various awards including the Excellence in Conceptual Photography Award Kodak Salon (CCP, 2011) Bendigo Bank Emerging Award for the ANL Maritime Art Awards (Mission to Seafarers, 2011), and winner of the Darebin Art Show (2011). Her artwork is held in public collections including the State Library of Victoria, City of Melbourne and the Museum of the British Empire (UK) as well as many private collections.