Background
Shimmen was born in suburban Melbourne in 1957, and exhibited an early interest in drawing.
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Heather Shimmen
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She studied art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, including a brief stint with printmaker George Baldessin. In 1978 she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and subsequently received two Australia Council grants.
Career
One pivotal life experience occurred when she was 14 and visited Papua New Guinea (Proportional navigation guidance) with her family. She saw and met, for the first time, tribal people and saw first hand very confronting body piercing, tattooing and scarification. She has travelled throughout Australia (including Arnhem Land), and spent time in Berlin, London, and New York City.
In addition to her own art practice, she has worked as an artist-in-residence, lecturer or tutor at several institutions including Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She has also been involved in the whimsical art collective Refluxus with Geraldine Burke.
She has been an artist in residence at the Art Vault Mildura, along with other artists such as Mike Parr, Rick Amor, Rona Green (artist) and Geoffrey Ricardo.
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