2005 Annual Caloundra City Arts Society Festival
2006 Annual Caloundra City Arts Society Festival
2006 Buongusto Gallery, Caloundra
2006 Pinnacles Gallery, Thuringowa (Queensland Regional Art Awards State Finalist)
2006 RAW Space galleries, Brisbane
2007 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (Queensland Regional Art Awards State Finalist)
2007 Metro Galleries Brisbane

AWARDS AND FEATURES:

November 2007: Metro Galleries, Brisbane.(Finalist in the 2007 Qld Regional Art Awards.
October 2007: Finalist in the Qld Regional Art Awards with two paintings.(Major Sponsors- ABN AMRO MORGANS, Bank Of Queensland, University of Queensland)
November 2006: Featured exhibit at RAWSpace Galleries, Brisbane. (courtesy of NQX Freight System)
November 2006: Monthly artist feature 'Daily Deviants' on the DeviantArt Website
September 2006: Finalist in the Qld Art Awards- Regional Art Awards. (Sponsored by ABN AMRO Morgans and Bank of Queensland and toured courtesy of NQX Freight System)
July 2006: Daily Deviation Feature on DeviantArt website for 'Through the Doorway...Love' - Pastel nude on wood.
July 2006: Second place finalist in the Sbaraci 'Art for Art's sake' competition, deviantArt.

MEMBER OF:

FlyingArts.org: http://www.flyingarts.org.au/
Brisbane Institute of Art: http://www.brisart.org/

BIO:
The relaxed and unique Bay Island lifestyle is a perfect working environment for one of the abstract art world's most prolific painters. Sej draws from her natural environment to create magical works of art which meld beautifully within a contemporary setting. Her work is inspired by the very nature around her, coupled with a deeply inuitive feel for creating art that is both highly energetic and deeply spiritual.

" There is a fine line between what is simply organic, and what is organic AND intuitive. This "organic intuitiveness" as I call it, is not so much about taming the medium, but rather capturing fragments of beautiful moments when the medium reveals itself in it's pure magic. While I appreciate patience and consistancy, nothing gives me more pleasure than allowing intuition to take over, knowing when to stop, when I see something spectacular and not feel pressured to create something that is more than it is already showing. This is pure energy."

"I began painting back in 1989 whilst on an extended 2 month stay in Fiji. I was so inspired by the people, the environment, the lifestyle. I can relate to Gauguin and his time in Tahiti. The island lifestyle is so appealing and captivating, it truly was like another world to me. Stepping off the plane and then driving along the coast road, dotted with banana stalls, sugarcane fields, the mountains and the sea. My Uncle's farm was high in the hinterland rainforest, acres and acres of paradise with natural spring "nature pools" and the most glorious mountain range as a backdrop. It truly is paradise. The inspiration for me was endless. My Uncle was a painter and inspired me to pick up my first brush - the first painting was a view of the ocean beyond palm trees, adapted from an image I took on my little old camera! Fiji was a very emotional place for me, with my Aunt being cremated, and her ashes remain on the farm."

Sej has made numerous visits to Fiji since the initial trip, and has family and friends living there permanently. Her late Uncle Clive was husband to the Former Prime-Minister of Fiji, the honorable Adi Kuini Bavadra (deceased).

Sej is one of the online communities most successful artists, having achieved. "Gold Powerseller" status in under 8 months of self-representing on ebay. This places her amongst the most successful of artists selling in this arena.

She has sold over 500 original paintings in her career, plus many numerous works on paper.

She is the creater of the highly successful and acclaimed "Sej signature series" of which she has sold over 100 in the past 12 months alone.

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EMAIL:  contact@artofsej.com