Penelope Richardson

Managing marketing activities in Europe and North Africa in area of remote sensing, geospatial technology and Earth Observation. Plan and carry out events, trade fairs, conferences and roadshows including annual WVGA User Conference, Intergeo and numerous European fairs. Maintain and develop social media and website, partner and reseller relationships and brand awareness. Create communications materials including website, brochures and articles. www.euspaceimaging.com www.euspaceimaging.com/conference

Initiator of Health Arts Program to bring creative projects for young people into the Orygen programs. Key activities: Devising / managing art projects suitable for clients and context, commissioning artists, writing applications/reports, liaising with multiple stakeholders. Successful projects: 'Go Crazy! Film Project'; 'Big Trees Sculpture Project'; 'Circus Arts' and the 'Inpatient Mosaic Project'. Commissioned artists, Ben Wrigley, sculptor and Ursula Dutkiewicz, ceramic artist. http://oyh.org.au/

Orygen is Australia's largest youth mental health research centre. In this role I worked closely with multiple stakeholders to envisage and carry out events, creative projects, publications and online information aimed at educating in the area of youth mental health. Key activities: Creating specialized products to promote Orygen research; Devising/producing festivals; Project management; Partnership building; Liaising with senior management, finance officers, etc..

Teaching in the Bachelor of Arts progam 'Computer Mediated Art' (now called BA Creative Industries) Developed curriculum and deliver lectures in subject areas Survey of Art I (Western Art) & Survey of Art II (Asian Art); Art and Technology; & Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Two subjects a semester, weekly 8 hours face to face teaching (semester basis). Also included some studio based teaching in art & design.

Book designer for pilot publishing products including the 'Read This First' series; 'Out to Eat'; 'Travel journal'; 'Pocket Guide' series.

Designed and illustrated more than 20 phrasebooks such as Swahili, Mongolian. Artistic Director phrasebook series redesign (French, German, Spanish, Italian) resulting in 50% improvement in sales. Culturally sensitive illustrations for the Lonely Planet phrasebooks to tell the story of each language in pictures.

Editor and designer of the 'Out and About' section of the 'Colombian Post' English language newspaper in Bogotá, Colombia.

Specialized painter for architectural painted finishes such as wood-graining, marbeling, trompe l'oiel, murals, fresco, etc.

Designed and taught silkscreeing to members of the community. Created themed poster projects together with with migrant women and unemployed young people to develop skills. Designed and painted murals with artist Carol Ruff for the Washhouse Community Centre, Mt. Druitt, Sydney. Designed a mural for a mobile community bus project for the Rotary, Mt Druitt.

New Media, Installation, Drawing, Painting and Photography.

Postgraduate studies in Latin American Art History, Spanish, Sculpture, Multimedia with scholarship from ICETEX, Colombia.

Painting, Drawing, Installation, Photography and Computer Design.

Lithography and Painting