Paula Wiegmink

Paula Wiegmink was born in Zimbabwe and migrated to Perth, Western Australia in 1994. She is now based in Dunsborough, South Western Australia.

In 1994, shortly after Paula immigrated to Perth, Western Australia, from South Africa she joined the Canning Arts Group. Paula was invited to exhibit as 'Artist of the Month' and then went on to conduct all media night classes for the next 6 years. Her teaching extended to the RAF retirement Village Club where she conducted art classes for 11 years, as well as private tutoring, workshops, demonstrations and artist in residence.

Paula launched the publication of her first book in 2009 titled, ‘Footsteps in Time', a family journey in Africa from 1709 - 2009 Australia. The book launch coincided with her first major solo art exhibition, ‘The Winds of Change’.
A South African conservation group invited Paula in 2012, to do a large-scale painting of a rhino on ‘World Rhino Day’. WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa) offered their stand as a venue during the ‘Sunday Tribune Garden and Home Show’ at the show-grounds, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Before leaving Australia for South Africa she decided to do a preparatory piece and her painting titled, ‘Tears of the rhino’ ...

Roosevelt High School, Salisbury, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
Advanced teachers diploma ARAD (Royal Academy of Dancing)

2024 - Artist in Residence
2023 - Featured Exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Yallingup, WA
2022 - Featured Artist, Studio Gallery, Yallingup,WA
2022 - Selected for Artists for Conservation - ‘International Exhibit of Nature in Art’, Vancouver, BC2021 - Finalist Jury Art Prize, Port Hedland, WA, image projected onto the digital tower, Yagan Square, Perth
2021 - Selected - Artists for Conservation - ‘International Exhibit of Nature in Art’, Vancouver, BC
2021 - Finalist Minnawarra Art Awards Perth,WA (Two paintings) 2021 - Vasse Art Award, Vasse, WA
2020 - Selected - Artists for Conservation - ‘International Exhibit of Nature in Art’, Vancouver, BC 2020 - Selected -Touring exhibition of 'Silent Skies Mural' to Missouri, USA
2020 - Finalist - South Western Times Art 2020, Bunbury, WA
2019 - Selected - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year exhibition – London, UK 2019 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2019 - Selected - Artists for Conservation

2018 - Finalist - Busselton Art Award, WA
2018 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2018 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2017 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2017 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2017 - Selected - Artists for Conservation
2016 - Finalist - Artists fo...