Vivienne Binns b. 1940

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Vivienne Binns has worked primarily as a painter, but has also continually worked across media and contexts. She worked almost exclusively with enamelling for a period from the late 1960s to mid 1970s, and extensively in the area of community arts throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. She was a founding member of the Sydney Women's Art Movement and is probably best known for early work with strong feminist themes.
Name
Vivienne Binns
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • field officer (ANZSIC code: 7510)
  • teacher/lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Birth date
1940
Birth place
Wyong, NSW
Active Period
  • 1966-
Residence
  • 1995- Canberra, ACT
  • c.1950 - c.1993 Sydney, NSW (Except for a period of about two and a half years in 1981/1984 spent living in a caravan, moving around Central Western NSW, while working on the community arts project, Full Flight. )
Training
  • 1958/1962
Languages
  • English
Copyright
  • Viscopy