Boranup
Gallery

DEBBIE ZIBAH – ARTIST STATEMENT

I am an exuberant character, driven by passion and purpose in an irrepressible quest for excellence in my work ethic and personal life.

My work exudes strong form, with no apologies for the intensity of colour bombarding the viewers’ senses. There is a constant longing to experiment with new materials, to discover new concepts and fuelled impetuousness as each boundary is blistered and fresh ground is ravished. It is my passion, my love and what I do best. I am in love with our Amazing Creator, Jesus Christ, and His incredible gifts of creativity and creation.

For me, life has to be lived extravagantly, to the nth degree, and I am constantly striving for better, more effective ways to visually demonstrate my experience and appreciation of nature and it’s Creator.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2002 Australian Women’s Champion for Blowcarting
Lake Gullyungup
Baldivis, Western Australia

1974 Best Speaker Award
Young Farms Club
Harare, Zimbabwe

1972 Representative in the National Yachting Association
Obtaining National Colours
Denmark and Sweden

REPRESENTED BY
Stafford Studios, Cottesloe

Boranup Galleries, Margaret River

Fusion Art Gallery, Mandurah

Arc Artworks, Osborne Park

Currently:

2004 – Present ARTIST Self Employed
 Working to complete commissioned paintings requested by ‘Gallery 360’, Subiaco; and
 Catherine Bastow of Nash Clavey Lawyers, Mandurah

1994 – Present PROPRIETOR DECORATING
Amazing Murals
 Murals and special effects

Private and corporate commissions

2009 Gallery 360
Subiaco, Western Australia
 3 x mixed media on board

2009 Deborah Henville
Mandurah, Western Australia
 1.5m x 70cm mixed media on board

2009 Nash Clavey Lawyers
Mandurah, Western Australia
 3 x mixed media

2009 Mirvac Pty Ltd
Mandurah, Western Australia
 96 x mixed media paintings on board for The Sebel Hotel, Mandurah

2008 Catherine Bastow
Mandurah, Western Australia
 145cm x 175cm oil on canvas painting

2008 Hogg’s Breath Café
Rockingham, Western Australia
 4 x mosaics
 3 @ 2.4m x 1.2m
 1 @ 5m x 2m

2006 Hogg’s Breath Café
Mandurah, Western Australia
 3m x 1.5m oil on canvas
 6 x panels @ 1m x 7m

2004 Dwellingup Gallery
Dwellingup, Western Australia
 5 x commissioned paintings resulting from solo exhibition

2003 Ms Katherine Pascoe
Dwellingup, Western Australia
 1.5m x 75cm oil on canvas

2003 Mandurah Christian Life Centre
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Large mural

2003 G & P Payne
Pinjarra, Western Australia
 1.5m x 1.5m oil on canvas

2002 P & S Ayres
Mandurah, Western Australia
 1.3m x 1.3m acrylic on canvas

2002 M & M Stewart
Perth, Western Australia
 1 x acrylic and ball clay painting

1999 – 2001 Academy of Dance
Joondalup, Western Australia
 Murals

1999 Joondalup City Church
Joondalup, Western Australia
 5 x 1.8m x 1.8m mixed media on canvas

1998 Joondalup City Church
Joondalup, Western Australia
 3 x 1m x 6m banners

1998 D & S Stewart
Perth, Western Australia
 3 x mixed media paintings

1994 – Present Amazing Murals
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Proprietor
 Mural and decorating service for private and commercial

1990 Zambezi River Steakhouse
 Extensive murals

EXHIBITIONS

2011 Mandurah Art Gallery
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2010 Stafford Studios
Cottesloe, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2009 Mandurah Offshore Boating and Fishing
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Promotional Solo exhibition

2007 Manjar Art Works
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

2007 Arc Art Works
Osborne Park, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2006 Stafford Studios
Cottesloe, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2006 Manjar Art Works
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

2005 Mandurah Art Gallery
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2005 Manjar Art Works
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

2004 Mandurah Arts Council
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

2004 Dwellingup Gallery
Dwellingup, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2003 Dwellingup Gallery
Dwellingup, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

2003 Two Rivers – Mandurah Studio
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Solo exhibition

2002 Profile Art Gallery
Mandurah, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

1997 Wanneroo Art Society
Hillarys, Western Australia
 Joint exhibition

Education and training

2001 – 2003 Bachelor of Arts Degree – Visual Arts
Edith Cowan University

1994 Advanced Certificate – Marbling
Painters & Plumbers Association

1994 Certificate in Private Business
N.E.I.S. Joondalup

1990 Preliminary Certificate of Art & Design
TAFE Carine

1975 Certificate of Secretarial Studies
Polytechnic Harare, Zimbabwe