19. Therese Gabriel Wilkins' 'Summer' - inviting Robyn Werkhoven into the garden

Therese Gabriel Wilkins – ‘Trees’ Printmaker/Sculptor/Painter

http://www.theresegabrielwilkinsart.weebly.com

Central Coast NSW      

Therese grew up in Annandale and Panania Sydney and identifies with her English and Irish ancestry. She has worked and lived in New Zealand, Canberra, Queensland, Tamworth, Outback NSW, Sydney and the Central Coast.  She completed her Diploma in Visual Art and Advanced Printmaking at Newcastle TAFE graduating in 2013. Therese has lived and worked on the Central Coast for 33years.

Therese is a multi-disciplinary artist working in the areas of printmaking, sculpture, painting and mixed media.  Therese has had solo, collaborative and group exhibitions.  She participated in a Council collaborative art project and sculptural exhibitions. Her work is held in Public Collections in Wyong TAFE, Gosford Council, National Gallery archives, Brooklyn Art library archives and Holtermann Museum in Gulgong.  She has works in several private collections in America, Asia, Canada, Europe and Australia.   She has been involved in a Cultural Community Development project for Wyong Neighbourhood Centre, Gosford Council Urban Gallery Project. Therese has worked with local school children on arts project and has run workshops as an artisan of the Forest of Tranquility with community as part of the Central Coast Councils initiative ‘Wellness and the arts including art, creative movement and sound, sounds and music.   She is a member of the Artisans of the Forest and has performed singing and percussion accompaniment at High Teas and special events in the Forest of Tranquility.  Therese has toured Nights Watch Parliament on threatened and endangered owls since 2017 showing in Wyong Art House, Cessnock, Gulgong, Newcastle, Maleny, Pilliga, Warrumbungles and Warren in 2022.  She had a solo Endangered Endemic Extinct on King Island in 2021 featuring their Endangered birds.

Therese has completed an artist residency at Cradle Mountain Wilderness reserve in 2018 and King Island Cultural Centre in 2019.  She attended an artist residency in Stuart Town in March in 2023 and Dungog in September 2024.

Her practice is influenced by a sense of place and its narrative.  An art traveler who collects images, objects, stories, of the landscape, people, fauna and flora combining these creating art works which connect the people and their country.  She uses all the printmaking techniques often combining these into hybrids.