Artist Profile

LINCOLN AUSTIN

YOUR ARTISTIC CAREER STARTED IN THEATRE SET design. Can you tell me about those beginnings?

I had many interests as a young man. I was making jewellery, art and furniture, and I couldn’t decide where my life should go. I started volunteering at an art theatre in Adelaide. I realised that I could do anything in theatre; I got to work on the micro scale in model-making and on the macro scale in construction, so it was perfect for me, I could indulge all of my whims in one place.

A lot of people run to the theatre, but I ran away from it. I fell in love and ran to Brisbane,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Artist Profile

Artist Profile3 min read
BOOK A Pilgrim in the Artist’s Studio
Irene Barberis’ work ranges from the monumental The Tapestry of Light, 2006-2019, which combines nanotechnology with Christian apocalyptic imagery, to a variety of minimalist chromatic and formal statements characterised by a conceptual rigor. These
Artist Profile4 min read
Nicola Moss Surface And Pattern
Nicola Moss’ home-studio sits at the top of an alarmingly steep, twisting driveway overlooking a peaceful, hidden valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Just minutes from the ever-growing suburban sprawl of the city’s northern suburbs, this old dairy f
Artist Profile5 min read
Tangential Ian Gentle
The screenwriter and film director David Roach, a Clifton local, discovered a photograph of the late Ian Gentle (1945–2009) in the Clifton School of Arts (CSA) archives. In the photograph, Gentle is sitting in a room at the CSA, where he lived and ha

Related Books & Audiobooks