Brenda Tye b. 1969

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Brenda Tye was born in Malaysia in 1969. She is a printmaker specialising in the areas of custom and collaborative printmaking with other artists, and teaching art across various mediums, techniques and age groups. In 2009 she established art school and custom printing business named The Art School Studio.
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Name
Brenda Tye
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Custom printer
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) (Teacher Tye conducts printmaking workshops for primary, secondary and tertiary students.)
  • Print technician (Print technician College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW)
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022) (Art teacher The Art School Studio and Art Gallery of New South Wales (http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/events/workshops))
  • Printmaker (ANZSIC code: 1611) (Printmaker College of Fine Arts, UNSW. Tye was first employed at COFA in 1996 in the Printmaking department, and was appointed Print Technician in 2004 when Cicada Press was established. She left the latter role in early 2009, but continues to teach at COFA in a casual capacity.)
Birth date
1969
Birth place
Malaysia
Active Period
  • 1989-
Arrival
  • 1973
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Part time study in ceramics, 1995 National Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • Post Graduate Diploma of Printmaking, 1993 Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
  • Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours), 1989 - 1992 University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • New Zealand
  • Malaysian
  • Chinese
Languages
  • English
Copyright
  • the artist When Tye works as a printer for artists, the artists have final say, as is their work. Only when she contributes as an artist does she have copyright.

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Interviews, secondary sources'.>, <ExternalResource: Dean, Anabel (2005), 'Sounding boards: The collaborative art of Peter Sharp & Brenda Tye', College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Sharp, Peter and Tye, Brenda; Lander, Janis (ed) (31 March 2004), 'The Art of Collaboration: Peter Sharp and Brenda Tye', COFA The College Voice, Vol. 2.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Interviews, secondary sources'.>]