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Eveline Kotai

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Eveline Kotai
Born1950 (age 73–74)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materCurtin University
OccupationArtist
Websiteevelinekotai.com

Eveline Kotai (born 1950) is an Australian artist. Kotai is known for her idiosyncratic stitched collages, which involves the artist cutting up her paintings into thin strips and reconfiguring them across a surface with the use of a sewing machine and invisible thread.[1]

Biography

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Born in 1950 in Perth Western Australia,[2] she began her tertiary art studies in 1975-79 studying drawing and sculpture at Curtin University & TAFE. She currently resides in Fremantle, Western Australia.

In 2016, with collaborators Margaret Dillon and Penny Bovell, she created a public artwork for the Western Australia Museum Research Centre.[3]

Collections

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Awards

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  • The 2018 Cossack Art Award “Horizontal Shift”[8]
  • The 2012 Blake Prize (co-winner) “Writing on Air – Mantra”[9]

References

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  1. ^ "WA Now – Eveline Kotai: Breathing Pattern". Art Gallery WA.
  2. ^ "Eveline Kotai". Art Collective WA.
  3. ^ "Harry Butler Research Centre - Percent for Art Scheme | Western Australian Museum". museum.wa.gov.au.
  4. ^ "Eveline KOTAI". Art Gallery WA Collection Online.
  5. ^ "Panacea: The City of Fremantle Art Collection & a Response to COVID19". Fremantle Arts Centre.
  6. ^ "Paper Cut". UWA.
  7. ^ Little, Dean. "Art Collection - Printmaking". www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au.
  8. ^ "2018 Winners Announced | COSSACK". cossackartawards.com.au.
  9. ^ "2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced". Art Almanac. 8 November 2012.
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