Filippa Buttitta

Filippa Buttitta has been a portrait artist her entire life. Her fascination with capturing people in drawing, painting and occasionally sculpture emerged as a young child and has stayed with the artist until present. Filippa spent several years practicing what came naturally as a self taught skill before deciding to enter several art schools to further develop her techniques majoring in painting. As an adult, Filippa studied painting in a BA of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts (Sydney University) and then further completed 2 masters degrees with a focus in exploring what constitutes Australian cultural identity in a Master of Art and then a Master of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts (UNSW). Filippa also has a Diploma of Education from Sydney University as well as an Associate Diploma in Expressive and Performing Arts from the UNSW - with Distinction.

Filippa is available for live 'on the spot' drawing commissions as well as painted portrait commissions either from life or from photographs.

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Academic Qualifications
2001 Master of Fine Arts, UNSW COFA Sydney
1993 Master of Art, UNSW COFA Sydney
1992 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Sydney SCA
1995 Diploma of Education, University of Sydney
1989 Associate Diploma of Expressive/Performing arts (with Distinction), UNSW SCAE

Solo Exhibitions
2014 ‘Lost Child in the Bush’, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, NSW
2013 Retrospective – The Fringe Festival, Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham, Sydney
2013 Portraits of Prominent and Everyday Australians, Newtown Library, Newtown
2013 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2012 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2011 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2011 Italo-Australians, comune di Sicilia, Enna, Italy
2010 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2009 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2008 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2007 Twiverton Gallery, Lewisham. Sydney
2002 Triggers of Memory – Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington. Sydney

Group Exhibitions
2014 Mixed Metaphors of Easter, TFR Art Gallery, Petersham
2014 Rags to Riches, TFR Art Gallery, Petersham
2013 The Fracking Redundance Art Gallery (TFR) Opening, Petersham
2013 The Greenway Exhibition, Art Est, Leichhardt
2013 Fisher Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown
2013 31 Days – Blur the Lines, Gallery Red, Glebe
2013 The Salon Exhibition – Art Est, Leichhardt
2013 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman
2013 Multi-Cultural Australia, Parliament House, Sydney
2012 Innovators, Federal Parliament House, Sydney
2012 The Greenway Exhibi...