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F iona Ruttelle
the Garden Path
Fiona left school at sixteen to
become a professional dancer,
appearing in television commercials
and film clips, most
notable The Locomotion with
Kylie Minogue. She has worked
in many capacities in the
entertainment industry, as a
choreographer with international
touring musicians and was a
founding member of the band
The Freaked Out Flower Children
before going on to be nominated
for an AFI award as best lead
actress for the Richard
Lowenstein film, Say a little
Prayer. In 1993 she began glass
workshops with Pam Stadus and
as her interest in visual arts and
sculpture continued to develop
over time, she has gone on to
tertiary studies at Monash
University. She is currently
working to complete her Masters
in Fine Art. In 2004 she won
First Prize at the Melbourne
International Flower and Garden
Show Sculpture Exhibition and
has this year been exhibited at
the Montalto Sculpture Prize as
well as the Toorak Village
Sculpture Festival invitational
curated by Julie Collins.
I think it is the
responsibility of an artist to
contemplate and reflect on
the underlying beliefs in
our society, particularly
covert or unchallenged
beliefs. Hopefully, by
doing this, thought will be
provoked and questions
asked. I think art can do
this without being
sanctimonious; reflecting is
not judging.
I strive for my work to be
understood and like the
simplicity of working with
text - it is straight forward,
a visual sound bite.
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I Destroy All I Do Not Understand
Cypress pine & steel, 2007
230 x 25 x 10cm