Belinda Kay
After gaining her Diploma Art & Design (Interior Design) in 1998 and working as a design consultant and project manager, Belinda took up a position as Exhibition Curator and Gallery Manager for the Old Bakery Gallery in Maylands.
In her six years from 2001 at the gallery Belinda was responsible for the enthusiastic promotion of some of Western Australia’s finest artists through the curation of some 76 exhibitions. Her flair for presentation and encouragement of emerging artists brought the gallery to the attention of many new art lovers.
Belinda has made a point of continued participation in a wide range of art work shops so that she can study the processes involved with a view to being better able to understand and promote all forms of fine arts expression.
In 2007 Belinda completed her Bachelor of Arts / Fine Art at Curtain University, majoring in studio glass and graduated with Honours. She then spent the next six and a half years as the Manager of the Art Glass Studio which specializes in the supply of studio glass and art glass tuition.
During this time Belinda added to her experience by attending and participating in some twenty one further intense workshops conducted by visiting national and international glass artists generally based at Art Glass Studio.
Outside of the studio and her own work Belinda is a lively supporter of the Western Australian arts community. She was the head curator for the inaugural Artists in Arms Exhibition which presented close to 600 art pieces and closed two weeks later with sales in excess of $90,000. As well as maintaining her links with the AIA charitable foundation Belinda has been involved with art judging for the Bayswater and Stirling City Councils, and the “As We Are” Exhibition promoting the artwork of the intellectually handicapped. She was also the curator the Association’s 2007 exhibition at the Alexander Library.
Subsequent involvement in glass exhibitions and judging in Art Awards has enabled Belinda to keep this momentum going.
Recent curatorial positions include the biannual Ausglass exhibition Flair 2014 at Central Gallery, Perth and Pigments of Your Imagination at Carmel School in Dianella, Western Australia.
Primarily a glass artist, this focus has changed since moving to the hills. Much of her work is informed by her surroundings and environment.
This current body of work is a return to slow stitching and a mixed media presentation.
