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WILMA TABACCO

Wilma Tobacco

​During her residency with us, Wilma Tobacco shared her knowledge of colour theory and the capacity colour has to create dramatic optical effects! Our students explored these effects by discussing her paintings in detail and observing her work through her own colour systems. Wilma took our junior students through a workshop where they created interchangeable spinning tops with a unique colour and pattern system, which created different colour-mixing effects. The faster the top spun the more the colours merged and blended.

​Students were able to experience first-hand, how humans perceive colour; and the visual effects of how colours mix, match or contrast with each other. Our brain is unable to process each colour on the disc individually, so the primary colours (red, blue and yellow) began to mix. This created the illusion of secondary colours like purple, green and orange. The faster the top spun, the greater the colour-mixing and blending effect.

A bit about the artist...

Wilma Tabacco was born in the province of L’Aquila, Italy and has lived in Australia since childhood.  She received a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University in 1972 and Diploma of Education in 1973.  In 1979 she undertook a Diploma of Fine Art at Phillip Institute, Melbourne and whilst lecturing in painting and drawing at the University of Melbourne, continued studies at RMIT University where she completed a Master of Arts in 1995 and a PhD in 2006.  Wilma has lectured variously in painting, drawing and printmaking at the University of Melbourne, Canberra School of Arts and at RMIT as part of the international programme in Hong Kong and in Melbourne. 

She has received several grants from the Australia Council Visual Arts and Craft Board including a studio residency in Italy, and has also worked and exhibited in Seoul as the recipient of an Asialink residency in Korea.
In 2011 she, together with Dr Irene Barberis, established Langford120, a contemporary gallery space which she currently 
co-directs.

​http://www.wilmatabacco.com/
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  • "DÉJÀ VU" ART EXHIBITION 2021
    • OPENING SPEECH
    • yr 12
    • yr 11
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    • PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
  • ARTWORK ARCHIVE
    • 'RESET' ART EXHIBITION 2020 >
      • OPENING SPEECH
      • YR 12
      • YR 11
      • YR 10
      • YR 9
      • YR 8
      • YR 7
      • QUARAN-TEEN ART
      • PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
    • PREVIOUS YEARS >
      • YR 12
      • YR 11
      • YR 10
      • YR 9
      • YR 8
      • YR 7
  • AWARDS
    • ART ACQUISITION PRIZE 2020 >
      • PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
      • DEPUTY PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
      • HEAD OF STUDENT'S AWARD
      • HEAD OF FAITH & DEVELOPMENT
      • HEAD OF LEARNING AWARD
      • VISUAL ARTS DOMAIN AWARD
    • ART ACQUISITION PRIZE 2019 >
      • PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
      • DEPUTY PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
      • HEAD OF STUDENT'S AWARD
      • HEAD OF FAITH & DEVELOPMENT
      • HEAD OF LEARNING AWARD
      • VISUAL ARTS DOMAIN AWARD
    • TOP ARTS >
      • 2018 >
        • SABINE L'EVEILLE
      • 2017 >
        • JULIA SHEEDY
        • LANA ERNESTE
      • 2015 >
        • ISABELLE MONARCA
      • 2014 >
        • NATALIE DE BLASIS
      • 2013 >
        • VALONA FLAMURI
        • BRIGETTE PUSELLO
        • ANGELA TSONIDIS
      • 2010 >
        • ALYSSA GIAVARA
        • EDWINA MARAMA
        • EMMA SORRENTINO
  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
    • KATHY HOLOWKO
    • WILMA TABACCO
    • PEADER THOMAS
    • LORRAINE CONNELLY-NORTHEY
    • KEIRA HUDSON
    • MICHAEL ASHBY
    • CHLOE PISANI
    • SERENA GEDDES