Tutors

Kristin Hardiman is one of Australia’s leading portrait and equine artists and is an Exhibiting Member of the Portrait Artists Australia.  Her awards include:

• Finalist Clifton Art Prize 2016
• Finalist Gallipoli Memorial Prize 2016, 2015, 2013
• Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Prize 2014
• Winner International Inglis Equine Art Prize 2011

She holds a Diploma Fine Arts and Education from the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (now The University of NSW Art and Design) and has been working as a professional artist and teacher for nearly 30 years.

Kristin is also an Assessor and senior tutor.

International art jeweler, whose works are mosty recognized by the use of insects as part of the jewelry.

The artist creates in a style inspired by the early XX century art, calling it “the new art nouveau”.

Her creativity shows characteristic etherealness, dynamics and an intentional lack of symmetry. Strongly inspired by entomology, botany, biochemistry, astrophysics, graphic arts and ethnology.

Apple uses an "unusually" large breadth of colours in her palette to build a richness that is unique in Australian art today.  This has been part of the formula that has quickly established her as a regular finalist in major art prizes shortly after entering the art world in Australia.

As a tutor her beginner students benefit from her experience and deep skills in the use of colour. They consistently show exceptional progress over a short period of time. 

Susanna has a wealth of skills and credentials as an artist. 

She holds a PhD from the Universtity of NSW Art & Design, where she was also a sessional lecturer in Jewellery and Object Design.

Her jewellery is held in numerous domestic and international galleries as well as the Art Gallery of NSW.

Susanna is also highly skilled in drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. 

Daniel has been working in the jewellery trade for just over 10 years, predominately in design and hand making of platinum or gold diamond rings. He is one of Australia's leading craftsman using the Japanese art of Mokume-gane which fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals to create stunning laminated patterns in handcrafted jewellery.

Varry holds a Diploma of Visual Arts, Certificate in Training and assessment, a Certified Art Clay Instructor and Assessor. One of our Senior children's tutor's who has students across four of our studio's Varry is an exhibiting artist and works in all forms of art ... painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking and jewellery.

A natural communicator. Varry's students find that her breadth of experience creates a balanced perspective in her teaching and helps them to explore multiple creative options.

Primarily a portrait and landscape artist,  Tam was also awarded first prize in the 2016 inaugural ‘Art on the walk’ competition at the Henry Deane Plaza with his work ‘People of the Plaza’. This work involved a series of 12 life portraits completed over a 5 day period.

Tam’s practice is mainly grounded in the mediums of oil, pastel, gouache and watercolour.

Tam has studied at the East Sydney Art Academy and Julian Ashton Art School. He was awarded the John Olsen Scholarship in 2010.

Cristina will improve your skills to a level you never thought possible.  Her attention to detail is second to none.

Cristina is a Assessor and Senior tutor.

Sam's students benefit learning from her exceptionally strong skills in drawing and painting.

She has won the Hornsby Art Prize Emerging Artists Award & was First Place in the Hornsby Young Artists Competition.

Samantha attends University of New South Wales (College of Fine Arts) and enrolled in a double degree of  Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts, and was previously a student at Sydney Art School.

Daniel Vivas is a visual artist and printmaker.

Prior to coming to Sydney Art School he was previously a Professor at Universidad de los Andes Venezuela where he lectured in printmaking and drawing.

Ben Ryan a portrait artist based in Sydney, Australia. His work is grounded in the classical tradition and he has studied painting at both the Julian Ashton Art School and the Florence Academy of Art.

In his work, Ben aims to engage with a lineage of Australian portrait artists while also imbuing his pictures with light effects most closely associated with the Dutch Golden Age of art.

Alana is a highly qualified arts educator.  She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Honours degree as well as a Post Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education.

Alana has also been a high school Visual Arts teacher for 15 years.

Amanda Mahony is a passionate educator and artist who has 16 years’ experience, teaching Visual Arts to students from K-12.

Amanda has a natural flare and enthusiasm for teaching children and inspires them to create works of art that they are proud of.

Artist ... turned succesful designer/businesswoman ... turned artist ... as a role model and mentor Olena has a great deal to offer for both young and mature students of art.

Olena is a consultant tutor and course Director for Children's Classes at Sydney Art School.

Her list of awards is impressive and grows at a rate faster than we can keep up with.

Her style while grounded in classical fine arts is distinctly contemporary displaying strong design skills often using architectural or industrial subjects with surreal interpretations. 

Jessica is one of the "new wave" of tutors at Sydney Art School having served her apprenticeship under our senior tutors, learning the skills from some of the best artists in Sydney.

The kid's in the Mini Monet classes love Miss Jessica.  A natural people person and organiser - she can always keep her students on task and engaged (from primary schoolers to adults).  Her artistic style is contemporary and creative.

A prolific artists, lovable rogue and entertainer. Gary loves to communicate with his students and help them to connect to a vibrant and colorful outback.

He once rode a motorcylce around Australia ... funding his trip by by paintings he created sold and bartered during his 9 month adventure.

Back in the studio Gary has an ability to help his students discover to a new way of seeing and representing their subject matter in their own artistic style.

Sydney Art School continues to grow and we are always on the lookout for great tutors.

The quality of our tutors is a key ingredient in the success of the School. 

The School engages tutors on a sessional basis, & our team of tutors includes graduates of Sydney Art School,  professional teachers and qualified trainers and even some university lecturers. 

If you would like to find out more about opportunities to be a tutor at Sydney Art School then we would love to hear from you.