Born in 1953 Fiona Hall grew up in Oatley, Sydney. Taken to an exhibition called 'Two Decades of American Painting' at the art gallery of New South Wales at age 14, this is where Fiona developed her interest in art. Starting from wanting to be an architect during high school she soon studying photography after she graduated from school, then later on became an artist, a sculptor. Fiona's work appears to be about reality. Her amazing sculptures are made out of sardine cans moulded into plants, leaves, trees, insects or birds mostly. Also well known for drawing native plants or leaves onto one dollar bills from the country of it's origin.
After graduating from the East Sydney Technical School in 1975, Fiona made her way over to Europe living in England for two years working as an assistant for Fay Godwin. Soon hosting her first solo exhibition 1977 at London's Creative Camera Gallery. Flying back to Australia for a brief visit to her ill mother, Fiona displayed her first Australian solo exhibition at the Church Street Photography Centre in Melbourne then decided to move to the United States. Applying for a post-graduate photography training course, hence the reason why she chose to live in the US.
3 works completed by Fiona Hall below are 'Give A Dog A Bone' created in 1996 presented in the Museum of Contemporary Art. The 'Leaf Litter' created in 2001 and her sardine tin sculptures called 'Paradius Terrotis' created in 1989 to 1990.
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