Jo Bertini
Karen Cotton
August 2014
When painter Jo Bertini went looking for a country property, it was the shearing shed rather than the house that caught her eye.
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Kate Crawford
8 May 2012
Mosman artist Jo Bertini's latest exhibition of desert paintings has a sad footnote. The paintings were inspired by her outback trip last year when she was due to meet up with ABC journalist Paul Lockyer.
However, Lockyer, his cameraman John Bean and pilot Gary Ticehurst, died in a helicopter crash on the eastern shore of Lake Eyre.
"I was devastated - I had only just been talking to Paul," Bertini said.
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November 2011
Nominated as a finalist for the past two years in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, Jo Bertini’s art has come full circle. As a young, budding artist in the early 1980s, Jo eagerly left Australia for Milan and all the opportunities that Europe offered culturally and artistically. After being firmly ensconced in Italy and France for ten years, a brief visit to Australia saw Jo experience a ‘shock of recognition’ that Australia really was ‘home’.
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Leo Robba
26/1/2012
The Herald invited 12 artists to share a glimpse of the country through their eyes.
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Nicolas Rothwell
June 19-20, 2010
Revelling in outback colour
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Desert Heart
Vive MagazineWords by Kirsty De Garis
Aug - Sept 2007
Photography by Prue Ruscoe
Artist Jo Bertini has become a passionate advoctae for the conservation and understanding of Australia's interior. Her wild, dark curls, arresting green eyes and sun-kissed complexion belie the city setting in which we meet. Even in her suburban home, Bertini seems like someone who is most comfortable sleeping under the stars in a swag. Her shoes come off within five minutes and conversation swings from her immediate surroundings to her love of the desert.
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Jo Bertini a desert within
The first in a series of interviews by Gallery Director, Tim Olsen. In this episode, Tim visits the studio of Sydney artist, Jo Bertini, and discovers an insight into her art, her inspiration and passion for the desert landscape. Excerpt only featured. Full DVD available from the Gallery.
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Jo Bertini A Desert Within