Rona Green (artist) facts for kids

Rona Green is an Australian artist. She was born in 1972 in Geelong, Victoria.

What Kind of Art Does Rona Green Make?

Rona Green is well-known for her art that combines humans and animals. She creates many types of art, including prints, paintings, drawings, and even soft sculptures. She calls these soft sculptures poppets.

Printmaking Techniques

Rona Green is especially good at printmaking. This is a way of making art by transferring an image from one surface to another. She uses many different printmaking methods, such as:

• Monotype
• Collograph
• Linocut
• Etching
• Lithography
• Screenprint
• Woodcut
• Wood engraving
• Digital printing

Her favorite way to make prints is using linocut, which she then colors by hand.

Themes in Her Art

A big idea in Rona Green's art is transformation. Her pictures show figures that are part-human and part-animal. Their bodies are often decorated. This art celebrates how people can create their own identity. It shows how they can try out different personalities or accept being different. She often shows characters who are unique or don't quite fit in. Humor is also a very important part of her artwork.

Where Did Rona Green Study Art?

Rona Green studied fine art at La Trobe University in the early 1990s. There, she decided to focus on printmaking. Her teachers, Peter Jacobs and John Robinson, were very helpful. Later, in the late 1990s, she studied visual art at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2012, she earned a Master of Fine Art degree from Monash University.

Exhibitions: Where Her Art Has Been Shown

Rona Green has shown her art a lot since 1994. Her work has been seen in Australia and in other countries.

In 2010, the Deakin University Art Gallery had a special show of her prints and soft sculptures. It was called Rona Green: Prints and Poppets 2000-2010.

From 2017 to 2018, another show called Rona Green: Champagne taste and lemonade pockets traveled to different galleries. This show looked at ten years of her printmaking. It was shown at Bendigo Art Gallery and Benalla Art Gallery.

Awards for Her Printmaking

Rona Green has won several awards for her printmaking. Some of these include:

• The Geelong Print Prize in 2003
• The Swan Hill Print Acquisitive Award in 2004
• The Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints Grand Prize in 2006

Where Can You See Her Art?

Rona Green's art is kept in many art collections. These include private collections and public ones like:

• The National Gallery of Australia
• Bendigo Art Gallery
• Geelong Gallery
• The Print Council of Australia
• Artbank