Tina Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) from Newcastle University, majoring in Plant and Wildlife Illustration in 1996. She has worked as a visual artist and graphic designer across Australia for more than two decades. While living in Perth and working as a graphic designer, Tina created Western Australia's very own national art prize - the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture. As its founder and executive director for ten years, she was delighted to see it grow into Australia's third richest portrait prize and the only of its kind in Western Australia. In 2013 Tina was awarded the City of Perth Premier's Active Citizenship Award for her contribution to the arts. The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture is now proudly exhibited at the Art Gallery of Western Australia each year. Following its success Tina resigned in 2017 to return to her own creative practice. Tina now lives with her partner in a small village in the Northern Rivers, NSW. She spends her time painting, drawing, writing, curating exhibitions and creating children's books.