Contemporary Australian Artist
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which I grew up, live on, work on and create my artwork on and I pay my respects to the elders and descendants, past present and emerging.
Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land
Biography
Born in Brisbane, Australia
Lives & works in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia
Cholena is a Visual Artist who grew up on Bribie Island. After many travels, both throughout Australia and abroad (Hawaii, Indonesia and Singapore) she has now established a home in the bush in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Drawing on the natural surroundings for inspiration, her artworks resemble elements of the beach, the bush and beyond.
Cholena has explored many processes and mediums in her art practise always stimulating new creativeness in her vocabulary of mark making. Her years of study at both TAFE and University have extended her knowledge and practise of both traditional and contemporary ways of creating art.
In the last few years Cholena’s art has emerged through galleries both in Australia and overseas in the UK, USA and Indonesia, as result her work is now part of both private and public collections nationally and internationally.
Standing with my painting "The Softer Side - a portrait of Muhummad Ali" 2012