Beyond Horizons Studio
Carmen Delprat
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Carmen Delprat is a Newcastle NSW born professional artist, teacher, entrepreneur and creator of the website Carmen Delprat Art Collection ~ Promoting originals, fine art prints, glossy gift cards and turning art into luxury wear with the unique art scarf collection.
Education:
1989 - 1991 ~Bachelor of Visual Arts University of Newcastle, NSW.
1992 -1993 ~ Graduate Diploma in Art University of Newcastle ,NSW.
1996 - 1998 Julian Ashton School of Fine Art, Sydney NSW, (Family Connection - Paul Delprat Principle).
1997 - The University of Sydney Certificate for Continuing Education PhotoShop, Illustrator & Quarkxpress.
1998 - 2000 Masters of Fine Art, University of Newcastle, NSW.
1998 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
2002 ~ Diploma in Education, Visual Arts Secondary Education. Awarded with Merit. University of Newcastle, NSW.
2001 - 2002 ~Certificate IV Assessment & Training Visual Arts TAFE Newcastle NSW.
Awards
2005 Awarded Teacher's Certificate by the Department of Education and Training.
Teacher's Certificate of Accreditation Proficient Teacher 2018 ~ ongoing.
Conceptual Artist
1993-1995 - A Couple a' Cowboys Production and Promotion. Sydney NSW.
Responsible of over 1000 illustrations for the CDRom & Video Board Game 'Atmosfear' The Third Dimension.
Led design team in the UK for 3 months on the CDRom version of the game Atmosfear.
1996 - Advanced Play PTY LTD. Perth, Western Australia.
Responsible for designing and creating all visual graphics for the interactive Video Board Game 'MYTH".
Implementing entire concepts, logo and character designs with airbrushed finish for the medieval fantasy, interactive board game within a two month deadline. The game was released at Darling Harbour Toy Fair with Success in 1997.
Commissioned Work
1992 - Richard Tipping Newcastle NSW.
Commissioned in 1992 to screen printed a collection of silk screen prints with an addition of 100 for the Adelaide, South Australia, Australia born 1949 Printer, and international artist Richard Tipping. Australian Prints + Printmaking
2021 - Osprey Band Merch
Educational Employment
2002 -2006 Visual Arts Teacher Lake Munmorah High School, Central Coast NSW.
2006 -Current Position - Head of Department Visual Arts, One School Global, East Maitland NSW.
Exhibitions
1991 ~ Watts for Christmas. Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
1991 ~ 88 Artists. Third Year Visual Arts Exhibition
1991 ~ Maitland Tertiary Student Art Award Show. Maitland City Art Gallery.
1991 ~ Canson Student Print Award. RMIT Gallery Melbourne.
1992 ~ Acquisitive Art Prize. University of Newcastle.
1992 ~ Graduate Diploma Exhibition. University of Newcastle.
1992 ~ The Graduate Show. 249 Gallery Newcastle.
1993 ~ Sydney Biennially Exhibition. NSW Contemporary Art Gallery.
1998 ~ So Long.. And Thanks for All The Fish. Watt Gallery Newcastle.
1998 ~ Acquisitive Art Prize. Watt Gallery Newcastle.
1999 ~ Von Bertouch Galleries Newcastle. Held a collection of five Silk Screen Prints in the gallery.
1999 ~ The Arcade Exhibition. The Central Arcade PTY LTD Muswellbrook. Theme of four silk screen prints on the theme of Time caught the eye of the Deputy Major Shirley Fenney, as presented in the Muswellbrook Chronicle (4/6/1999).
2000 ~ Time and the Visual Arts. University of Newcastle.
2000 ~ The Celtic Society Festival Exhibition. International House, Sydney NSW.
2000 ~ The Western Art Show. Western District Worker's Club.
2000 ~ The Lindsay Street Gallery, Hamilton Newcastle NSW.
2001 ~ The Mosman Art Gallery & Community Centre. TV Broadcaster & Journalist, Geraldine Doogue opening night 31st August.
2002 ~ Manly High School P&C Association First Art & Jewellery Sale.
2002 ~ "Grounded". Intrados Gallery. 255 King St Newcastle. NSW Solo exhibition.
2002 ~ "Les Femmes du Jour" Newcastle Art Space. Group exhibition of four female Newcastle artists.
2002 ~ "Intrados and Square". Intrados Gallery. 255 King St Newcastle. NSW. Group Exhibition.
2003 ~ The Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital. Community Art Project for the Palliative Care in Australia in the spirit of the Sisters fo Mercy. Newcastle NSW.
2006 ~ Secondary Art Teachers Exhibition. Foresight Gallery, Newcastle. NSW.
2021 Solo Exhibition Emerson's Restaurant, Lovedale NSW.
2021- Continued ~ Art Lovers Australia
2022 Continued ~ Artsy Gallery London
2022 - The Wonderland Art Festival - Bronte Surf Life Saving Club.
2023 - Virtual Exhibition - Artavita Seascapes & Dreams
2024 Gloucester Gallery - Solo Exhibition - Beyond Horizons.
Interviews and Articles:
Australian Prints + Printmakers - Carmen Delprat
2022 - House of Coco - Artist Spotlight with Carmen Delprat
2022 - Art Lovers Australia - Look to The Sky
2022 - Issuu - Artist UpClose
2022 - Art Edit - Gallery Carmen Delprat
2023 - Art Edit Magazine Designer's Brief: Carmen Delprat
2023 - Tatler UK - Tatler's Gallery Carmen Delprat Art.
2023 - AB News Wire America - Carmen Delprat Art Launches a Fusion of Fine Art, Symbolism and Fashion
2023 - Stilorama London - Lifestyle Carmen Delprat Art
2023 - Abode2 - Art and Antiques _ Carmen Delprat Art Collection
2023 - Issuu - Artist UpClose
2023 - HUFFMAG - Carmen Delprat: Of Passion, Resilience and Immense Love for Art.
2023 - The NYC Journal - Top 20 Successful Entrepreneurs To Look Out For In 2023
2023 - New York Weekly - 10 Women Leaders to Look out For in 2023
For more information on magazine publications visit this portfolio : In the Press
Beyond Horizons Studio
Newcastle NSW Australia.
Portfolio
ATMOSFEAR THE VIDEO BOARD GAME
~ A' Couple a CowBoys ~
The Third Dimension' (1995),Information can be found here:
The work created for this game retained a highly detailed illustrative quality of fantasy and horror. The number of skulls I had to draw would be up in the hundreds.
Other games created involve, 'MYTH the Interactive Video Board Game' 1996, for the Perth based company Advanced Play Pty Ltd. This game was a medieval fantasy interactive board game that included numerous development for young children. The work was all airbrushed. The deadline was two months, to design, create and finish the entire concepts and characters. The game was released at Darlying Harbour Toy Fair with Success in 1997.
RICHARD TIPPING
Commissioned in 1992 to screen printed a collection of silk screen prints with an addition of 100 for the Adelaide, South Australia, Australia born 1949 Printer, Richard Tipping who's work has become international.
Expertise:
Carmen's visual arts and graphic design experiences has taken her interstate and around the world. Having worked for an award winning production and promotion company called "A Couple of Cowboys", (Crows Nest Sydney 1993-1995), as an in-house artist illustrating their international top selling video board "Atmosfear" The Third Dimension' (1995), EMG Publishing were sold in sixteen countries. Carmen was responsible for creating and designing over a thousand illustrations for the game. In 1996 Carmen also illustrated the entire video board game "Myth" from conceptual art to logo design and packaging.
Comics
Produced comic style instructions for the rules to the video board game
Atmosfear for the Sydney production and promotion company "A'Couple A Cowboys"
Characters
Illustrated characters of the game and backgrounds.
Designed games for Western Australian production company Advanced Play Pty Ltd, "MYTH".
Logo Designs
Commissioned work to create logo designs for various businesses.
Games
Illustrated over 1000 different artworks to create video board games. Each artwork became an intricate part of the overall games.
Atmosfear
Myth
Siege