NICOLA SEMMENS
SECRETARY / TREASURE
Bio
Nicola graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1991 where she studied sculpture, painting and drawing. She completed an Honours degree in 1996 in Screen Studies at Flinders University, and after winning a ‘Young Film Makers Award’ in 1997 went on to work in the Film industry as a Production Designer in short and feature films. After starting a family, Nicola went back to painting and currently works at Collecive Haunt - an artist run studio and gallery in Norwood.
Recently she was a finalist in the 2017 Emma Hack Art Prize and became part of the Emma Hacks SA artist collective. She was also a 2017 prize winner at the Friends of SASA ‘Journeys’ Exhibition at Gallery M. She has exhibited her paintings and drawings at Tin Cat Cafe, Art Images Gallery, The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, One Rundle Trading, The Intercontinental Hotel in Adelaide and at the Hahndorf Academy.
As the Current Secretary and Treasurer of the Friends of the South Australian School of Art, Nicola enjoyes the idea that although we are a small organisation we have great potential in our capacity to support the arts community in SA. We have recently organised a successful art auction at the SASA Gallery, we provide student scholarships, and also create exhibitions for our members and students.