2023 KAP Judges

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    ​Lysbeth’s art career of over 45 years, is inclusive of teacher and tutor, competition judge, artist in residence programs and mural creations with children and young adults. She has held 8 successful solo exhibitions to date and created countless commissions.
Proficient in all paint mediums, Lysbeth has received many awards. Her works hang in Tasmanian government departments, and in interstate and overseas private collections.
December 2008 saw Driessen admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, majoring in painting and drawing at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania. Driessen is also an invited member of the Academic Golden Key International Society. Featured in the Australian Artist Magazine, Lysbeth is also an exhibiting member of the Arts Society of Tasmania Inc, a founding member of TAMOH (Tasmanian Artists and makers of the Huon Valley) and a past representative on the Huon Arts and Culture Advisory Board.
Residing in the Huon Valley for most of her life, Lysbeth draws inspiration from the natural world.
New to Lysbeth’s oeuvre is abstraction. Painting intuitively, predominately flora subjects, in more spontaneous, less literal depictions. ‘My coloured brush strokes, I intend as metaphors for pleasure, joy, change and hope’.
Driessen is presently enrolled at the University of Tasmania, studying for a Diploma of Creative arts and Health.
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 Phil Gordon

​Born: 1957 Arncliffe NSW.
Phil Gordon graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1983 with a BFA with Teaching majoring in sculpture and ceramics.  He was a founding member of Chameleon Artist Co-operative before venturing to the mainland to exhibit with various galleries, work in theatre design, constructing sets and performing. He also produced 3 fashion labels, screen printing fabrics and designing prints. Phil has many paintings and sculptural works in private and public collections in Australia and overseas. He is currently working on bronze and stainless steel sculptures in Tasmania and assisting Aboriginal artists to translate their images into these metals.
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