BIOGRAPHY

Lara Seresin grew up in Wellington New Zealand . She comes from a creative family with her mother Helen being a well known landscape and portrait painter .Her father Harry was instrumental in creating the first professional theatre in NZ. Her siblings play music ,paint, make films, design clothes and prospect for gold .

Lara was given the opportunity at 16 to relocate to London to live with her older brothers family . She started at Camden School for girls for her A Levels and the left at 17 to study at Hornsey School of Art for her Foundation course in Art & Design .LS began her Fine Arts Dregree at Byam Shaw College of Art in 1979 but decided to complete her BA in Sydney Australia at City Art Institute. On completion she returned to London and studied for 1 year of short term studies at Byam Shaw College of Art specifically working in the life drawing studio .

In 1993 she returned to Sydney Australia and had her first child in 1995 with her husband Andy Staig . LS continued to paint at home and exhibit sporadically . LS moved with Andy and baby Rosa to the Illawarra of NSW .Her second child Luca was born in 1998 .

By 2001 LS established the Friday weekly Wollongong Produce & Creative Traders Market alongside close friend Jennifer Briscoe Hough .In 2002 LS and Jennifer also established The Coledale Market on the Illawarra South Coast. This is a monthly market at the Coledale Public School. The 2 markets ran side by side for 16 years .

In 2016 the Friday market changed hands. LS continued on with Coledale Market but wanted an art related career shift. LS undertook study for a 2 year Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy at the Sydney College of Complimentary Medicine .

Upon completion of the Advanced Diploma Lara continued her art practise at home and joined local organisation IAVA .LS exhibited sporadically .

Within the duartion of her Transpersonal Art Therapy LS spent time volunteering at Port Kembla Hospital Pallative Care ward . She also spent placement time volunteering at the Shellharbour Mental Health Care Ward ELOURA and running an 8 week program with SAHSSI for Woman experiencing DV.

In 2022 Lara began Coordination of the Port Kembla based NFP initaitive Culture Bank Wollongong .

Lara continues her art practise at home and exhibits sporadically .She offers Transpersonal Art therapy one on one or in groups .She continues with Coledale Market and Culture Bank coordination . She lives in Port Kembla NSW with her husband Andy Staig ,dog Valentino and car Reggie.