Paula Heatley Dawson

Background

Dawson, Paula Heatley was born on August 10, 1954 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Daughter of George and Heatley Doris (Wilson) Dawson.

Education

Higher diploma secondary teaching, State College Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 1975; graduate diploma fine art, Royal Melbourne Institute Technology, 1978; Bachelor, Victorian College Arts, Melbourne, 1981; Master of Fine Arts, U. NSW, Sydney, 1992.

Career

Artist in residence, Laboratory de Physique et Optique, Besancon, France, 1979-1980; lecturer, Prahran College of Taff, Melbourne, 1980-1986; guest worker, Telecom Research, Melbourne, 1984; artist in residence, Museum of Holography, New York City, 1986; artist, Heytesbury Holography, Sydney, 1987-1988; lecturer holography, U. Technology, Sydney, 1987-1991; visiting artist, Australian Museum, Sydney, since 1991; lecturer, U. New South Wales, Sydney, 1990-1994; research fellow, U. New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, since 1995; research fellow, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Boston, 1994. Chair poster session Third International Symposium on Electronic Art, Sydney, 1992. Director invited artist program Advanced Computer Graphics Centre, Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute, 1991, 92.

Achievements

• Paula Heatley Dawson has been listed as a notable Artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Royal Society for the Blind, Sydney, 1994.

Interests

• Avocations: nature, swimming, dancing.

Connections

Married Timothy C. Pye, April 9, 1982 (divorced 1993). Children: Clancy Whalen, Georgina Bright.

Father:

George Dawson

Mother:

Heatley Doris (Wilson) Dawson

Spouse:

Timothy C. Pye

child:

Georgina Bright Dawson

child:

Clancy Whalen Dawson