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"Martina’s passion for art and her friendly, informal approach to teaching makes her classes both entertaining and highly informative. I highly recommend her “Business seminar” to artists wishing to expand their understanding of business practices as they relate directly to visual arts." (Stever Cardno, Art Director, Creation Magazine).

Martina’s love for the arts was sparked by her grandfather, a German artist. This love led her to study art at the Peter Schneider Atelier in Germany, before becoming a commercial illustrator – a profession that she followed for more than 15 years.

After immigrating to Australia in 1991, Martina’s ongoing work as an artist and illustrator soon expanded to include the teaching of art, which has been one of her passions ever since. This included creating and co-directing Illustration House at Southbank – a gallery and art school training children, adults and teachers in visual literacy.

In addition to her teaching, Martina has held numerous roles in the arts industry, including as a judge for art shows, a selection committee member and arts board member, and as a regular presenter of art business seminars and workshops.

I passionately held numerous roles within the arts industry, including presentations and lecturing of art business seminars and discussion rounds for emerging artists. Teaching became my main interest in 1999. But I also operate as art show judge and present talks in relation to artwork critiques, business skills and planning within the art sector.