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Diane Zaharis (Azzopardi) Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Certificate IV in Small Business Management, Illawarra TAFE 2012 

Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts), University of Wollongong Completion December 2024 

  • UOW Mentoring Program 2022 
  • UOWx Award Leadership 2022 
  • UOWx Award Collaboration & Communication 2023 

 


Selected Group Visual Arts Exhibitions:

2016 – July: ‘Living Lines’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2016 – November: ‘Postcodes from the Edge’, Exhibition and Art Prize, Wollongong City Gallery 

2016 – December: ‘Renewal’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – January: ‘Translacia’, Contributing Artist in Residence, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – March: ‘A4 Art Australia’, Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc., Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne 

2017 – June: ‘Living Lines’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – July: ‘Queer Arts Festival’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – September: ‘Hire-A-Wall Artsfest’, featured artist, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – October: ‘Scarborough Art Show’, Scarborough Public School, Scarborough NSW 

2018 – November: ‘Locals on Board’, Wollongong City Gallery  

2018 – July: ‘Wollongong Queer Arts Festival’, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2023 –  June: ‘Pride’, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2023 – November: ‘Textiles & Fibre Exhibition’, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong

2024 – August: Emergence: Illawarra Art Collective, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong 

 


Curation:

2016 – July: Assistant Curator, ‘Living Lines’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2016 – December: Curator, ‘Renewal’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – April: Curator, ‘Colour Wheel’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – June: Curator, ‘Living Lines 2017’, Group Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2017 – July: Co-Curator and mentor, ‘Queer Arts Festival’, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2018 – July: Co-curator and mentor, ‘Wollongong Queer Arts Festival’, Project Contemporary Artspace 

 


Public Art Projects, Commissions & Residencies:

2017Brain Storm, Public Art Light Box, Ethel Hayton Walkway, Wollongong City Council, Wollongong 

2018 – June: ‘Connecting My Head to My Heart: Words, Images, and Colours of the Soul’,  Sketch Book Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America 

2018Curio Gallery, Public Art Project. Wollongong, Wollongong City Council  

2022 – 2023 ‘No Love Lost’ Poetry zine cover art and title page design, Babyteeth Arts. 

2023 – October: ‘Anonymous Answers’, group installation project, Students Hub, University of Wollongong 

2023 – October: ‘Artsonists Anonymous’, volunteer performer, University of Wollongong

2024 – June: Burnt Dirt, Clay Wollongong, Wollongong

 


Memberships & Committees:

2016 – 2024: National Association for the Visual Arts 

2016 – 2019: Committee Member, Project Contemporary Artspace. (President 2016-2017). Wollongong 

2016 – 2019: Wollongong Art Gallery Friends 

2023 – Current: Artist Member Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2023 – Current: Illawarra Arts Collective 

 


Workshop Facilitation:

2017 – January: Art On The Hill, Weaving on Cardboard, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong.  

2016 – 2017: Life Drawing facilitator, fortnightly, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 

2021- 2022:  Gallery Guide and Workshop Assistant, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong