Di Broomhall - Contemplative Painter
Di Broomhall studied at the National Art School in Sydney, Canberra School of Art, Charles Sturt University and the Kathmandu Thanka School of Painting in Nepal. She has been a practicing artist and art educator for over thirty years and currently works from a studio at Canberra’s M16 Artspace.
Since completing a Master of Arts Visual from CSU in 2001, she has worked with archetypes and traditional forms and motifs common in Buddhist, Sufi, Christian and pagan contexts. Travel to Morocco, England and Italy in 2011 resulted in a further refinement of the idea of the archetype.
For Di the distillation of colour and light, which suffuse both the landscape and man made spaces, is the starting point where sensory engagement with the elements evokes a state of dynamic stillness.
She began her studies in light, surface, the ephemeral and the spirit of things as a ceramic artist. The development and use of dry glazes, the pursuit of elusive atmospheric lustre firings, the study and appreciation of the beauty and meaning of Sufi and Islamic design all inform her development as a painter of colour and light.
Qualifications
2001
Master of Visual Arts (with Distintion)
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
1982
Diploma of Visual Arts (Ceramics)
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
1968
Diploma of Art Education
East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
Professional Arts Practise 1983 - 2019
1983 - 1989
Established and coordinated ANU Arts Centre Vocational Ceramics School under the auspice of the Vice Chancellor
1987 -2010
Head of Visual Arts Department, Marist College Canberra. ACT
2011
Travel in Europe March through to September in 2011 undertaking research for painting practice.
SelectedExhibitions
2005 -2019
2005
2013
2014
2015
2016
Members Show M16 Artspace, ACT
Capital Art Patrons Organisation, Donated work by invitation
Irresistible Improvised Chords, Form Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
Haptic Gaze, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Members Show M16 Artspace, ACT
Capital Art Patrons Organisation, Donated work by invitation
Welcoming the Light, Form Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
Members Show, M16 Artspace, ACT
Wrap, M16 Artspace, ACT
Capital Art Patrons Organisation, Donated work by invitation
2017
2018
About the Park, Form Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
Members Show, M16 Artspace, ACT
Capital Art Patrons Organisation, Donated work by invitation
A Flock of Laughing Dragons, Chutespace ACT
Members Show, M16 Artspace
Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Donated work by invitation.
2019
Members Show M16 Artspace ACT
Restoring the Balance M16 Artspace ACT
Capital Arts Patrons Organisation. Donated work by Invitation​