About Me – Siau-Jiun Lim (Jiun)
I graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) and a Graduate Diploma from the Dunedin School of Art and received the Con Hutton Scholarship during my four years of study. My work is included in the Wallace Arts Trust Collection and is held in the Moray Gallery, Dunedin. In my process, I incorporate found objects and create my own tools from natural materials, allowing texture, movement, and brushwork to flow.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) and a Graduate Diploma from the Dunedin School of Art and received the Con Hutton Scholarship during my four years of study. My work is included in the Wallace Arts Trust Collection and is held in the Moray Gallery, Dunedin. In my process, I incorporate found objects and create my own tools from natural materials, allowing texture, movement, and brushwork to flow.
My creative practice extends beyond the studio and into everyday life. I engage in community-based projects, such as organising rubbish clean-ups, participating in tree planting at Sinclair Wetlands, and conducting art workshops in rest homes. These experiences shape her perspective and are woven into her paintings.
I also work professionally as a digital product designer and hold a Master of Design from Victoria University with a primary focus on personal finance management and educational systems. This professional background integrates her systems thinking, interest in human behaviour, and broader life philosophy into her art-making.
More about my works and journey: www.siaujiunlim.co.nz
Mission and value of this class
More about my works and journey: www.siaujiunlim.co.nz
Mission and value of this class
Driving from my lifelong journey in art over 20 years, with an endless passion to see it winding and the challenges along the way. This motivates me to share my experience in art and see others' creative journeys shine and come alive. My teaching experience is grounded in facilitating international students and residents at a rest home. I work across many media, from darkroom photography, digital art, ceramics, printmaking, life drawing, writing, and painting, building on my formal training in art and design. Among these practices, painting holds a special place. The process engages the senses and offers a quiet way to balance reflection with the work's outcome. I believe everyone can paint; painting is a means of exploring place, time, and lived experience, and it is unique to each individual. My aim is to share my experiences in drawing and painting to help you find your own clarity on the art-making journey.
This class aims to help people like me who have other life commitments and dream of pursuing their art journeys. Join me just for one reason: you want to paint. I hope the blue ponga can be an umbrella to nurture your artistic journey.