TED MAY ART
Abridged Biography and Qualifications

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   Birth:   27th January 1939 at Ryde, NSW
   Marital Status:   Single
   Education:   Diploma of Fine Art - National Art School Sydney
     
   Postitions:    
   2001- Current   Painting and Drawing Full Time
   2001   Resigned from Melbourne Arts Club to concentrate on Painting
   1999-2000   President /Director Melbourne Arts Club
   1995-1988   Executive Director Melbourne Arts Club
   1994   Instigated and formed Melbourne Arts Club including the Constitution & Business Plan
   1988 -1990   Partner in Real Estate Agency
   1985-1991   Part Time Lecturer in Drawing at Monash University Caulfield Campus
   1985-1988   Part Time Lecturer in Drawing at the Victorian College of the Arts, Art School
   1980-1989   Part Time Lecturer in Drawing at RMIT Art School
   1980-1985   Gallery Director -RMIT Gallery and Faculty Gallery
   1977-1980   Part Time Lecturer in Drawing at RMIT Art School
   1975-1976   Full Time Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at RMIT Art School
   1974   Part Time Lecturer in Drawing at Caulfield & Prahran Art Schools, Melbourne
   1972-1974   Overseas - Returning  June 1974
   1965-1972   Part Time Teacher - National Art School and subsidiary Colleges, Sydney
   1965-1970   Part Time Teacher - Newcastle Art School
   1964   Part Time Art Teacher - Belmore Boys and Auburn Girls High Schools, Sydney
   1963   Diploma of Fine Art
   1962   Commenced Full Time Art Course, National Art School, East Sydney Technical College
   1955-1961   Attended Part Time Art Classes, East Sydney Technical College
    Subjects: Fashion Design, Commercial Art, Illustration, Still Life, General Drawing, Anatomy, Life Drawing, Still Life Painting, Composition Painting, Methods and Materials, Silk Screen Printing & Etching, Portraiture Drawing and Painting, Life Painting
   1958-1962   Depositions Clerk - Suprem Court of NSW
   1958   National Service 17/18th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy Military Camp
   1956-1958   Accounts Clerk John Fairfax Ltd Sydney Morning Herald
   1954-1956   Clerk Herald Sun Newspaper
   1954   Apprentice Wall and Floor Tiler
     
    Other Relevant Experiences
   2004   Visited Vienna, Paris and London
   2003   Judged the 31st Meeniyan Art and Craft Exhibition
   1999   Elected as a member of the Federation if International Tsai -mo Artists
   1986   Organised and conducted 1st Artist in Residence Program, Tafe Colleges, Perth W.A.
   1984   Public Relations Officer for RMIT Careers Program
   1982   Guest Lecturer at the Western Australia Institute of Technology
   1980   Judged the Warburton Art Prize
   1979   Guest Lecturer at the University of New England, Armidale NSW
   1978   Instigated and conducted 1st Summer School at the National Gallery of Victoria
   1975-1978   Conducted Summer Schools at numerous country centres in Victoria
   1972-1974   Toured - Pacific Islands, South & Central America, Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada
   1964-1972   Conducted numerous Summer Schools throughout NSW Rural Communities
     

   1980 - 2000

                   

 

Regular overseas trips for periods up to three months working and exhibiting with artists in Spain at the Negro Gallery, Majorca: London at the Louise Hallett Gallery, Pimblico; Germany at the Inter-Art Gallery-Reich, Cologne; and in Italy at the Barberino vald'Elsa Gallery, Florence