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Hiske Tas Bain
Hiske’s paintings with vivid Colours and Subject matter
is inspired by Nature and the Spiritual Magic world which surrounds us.
Hiske Tas Bain, was born in occupied Europe, during WWII in The Hague, The
Netherlands. Having come from a fairly creative background, Hiske expressed
her Artistic talents at a very early age, along with the encouragement from
family and friends she had no doubt that she would become an Artist. The
Hague, has a great Artist community and a smorgasbord of diverse culture.
This gave her the opportunity to study under some of the best tutors one
could wish for. After finishing her formal education in The Hague, she went
on to attend Art School, first in De Haagse Academie voor Beeldende Kunst,
then later De Haagse Vrije Academie, she then also went on to study in The
Regent College of Art in London. Being inspired by such art styles as,
Surrealism, Dadaism, Magic realism, and stimulated by people in society,
Culture, Music and Art, traveling became one of Hiske’s passions. She has
journeyed and lived extensively throughout Europe and Asia. After having
lived in Paris, London, New York, and Antwerp, she took up residence in
Australia where she now lives and has worked for 46 years. From a young age
Hiske was attracted to Australia, so she moved there in 1970 first to
Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Queensland. She and her husband opened
an Art Gallery which they called “NOW”. Besides holding exhibitions for her
Artwork, they both also crafted silver jewellery. Later moving to
Mullumbimby, which is a small town situated in NSW on the North Eastern
Coast of Australia, she built her home and studio surrounded by the
inspiration of mountains and rainforest. Recently, however, she has
relocated to her new home and studio in Murwillumbah, NSW Australia. She is
still surrounded by mountains, this time not with rainforest, but instead by
sweeping open plains. Hiske is also interested in the Healing Arts and
studied and worked as a Natural Therapist. Her studies and interests lay in
the field of, Homeopathy, Herbal Medicine, Colour Therapy, Massage, and
Astrology. She developed her knowledge further, by training as a Reiki
Master and then later was instructed by Shaman Master Kahili King in Hawaii.
Hiske’s studies and fascination with the Indigenous culture, along with the
stimulating wonders of nature and the magic of its vastness led her to the
tribal women in the desert of Ernabella in the Northern Territory,
Australia. She worked and lived amongst the women there as a Natural
Therapist and they shared knowledge of each other’s crafts and culture.
Hiske having been involved as an initiate into the societies of the
Australian Indigenous, American Indian, and Polynesian Kahuna Shamanism has
led her to work as a healer and teacher all over the world. Hiske’s
paintings with vivid Colours and Subject matter is inspired by Nature and
the Spiritual Magic world which surrounds us. Hiske has the thought that
with the encouragement of visualisation, the inspiration of positivity,
awareness, and happiness this will make for a better world for us all to
live in. All this and with her vast experience in life, these thoughts of
positivity in mind, has been the result that created a stunning artistic
style that is uniquely her own.
Exhibitions: In The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Spain, Germany and Australia.
Collectors: Australia and Overseas, Brisbane City Counsel.
Commissions: Murals, Fabric Design, Jewellery, Stone Ware, Portraits, CD
covers.
Publications: Who’s who inVisual Art, Germany, Art in Vogue, UK, The New
Collectors Book and 50 Masters of Realistic Imagery, Germany.
Awards: Echo Easter Classic 1999, Palm Award, 2011, 2014. Art Addiction
Medial Museum, Diploma of Excellence 2005, 2007, 2009. 2016 New Art
Originals 2011.
Reviews: In appreciation of your unique stereoscopic artistic intuitory and
inner vision one essential for healthy human evolution. Fond regards
Professor Robert Pope and Robert Todonai. Up and Coming exhibitions: Art
Expo in Milano, Sept 8 to Sept 14, Martziart Internationale Gallery.