Wilma Tabacco was born in L'Aquila, Italy in 1953 and arrived in Australia in 1957. She received a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University in 1972 and Dip. Ed. in 1973. In 1979 she undertook a Diploma of Fine Art at Phillip Institute, melbourne and whilst lecturing in painting and drawing at the University of Melbourne, continued studies at RMIT, completing a Master of Arts in 1995. She has lectured in painting, drawing and printmaking at the University of Melbourne, Canberra School of Arts and with RMIT as part of the international programme in Hong Kong and Melbourne.

Wilma has received several grants from the Australia Council Visual Arts and Craft Board, including a studio residency in Italy, and has also worked and exhibited in Seoul as the recipient of an Asialink residency in Korea.

She has had 13 solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Australia and overseas since 1982, and is represented in many public and private collections and publications in USA, France and Italy and around Australia.

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