1990’s-now
Some of my works below: 2012 – “Mali” City of Melbourne 2014 – “Queen of the Shire”, Gateway Sculpture, Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria. 2019 – “Dove”, Luther College, Croydon, Victoria. [...]
1980’s
After I retired from the showbiz life I returned to the studio. I entered every show, every competition, said yes to everything! I applied to the Australia Council for a professional development [...]
1970-1980’s
When I left school (after dropping out from Journalism at RMIT, and a BA at Latrobe University) I built a mudbrick house with my boyfriend, Macgregor Knox (son of Alistair Knox, mudbrick house [...]
1950-1960’s
Artek and Sylvia met. Sylvia left Stazek, and married Artek. Artek and Sylvia lived in Murrumbeena and bought a piece of land in Warrandyte, 2 blocks away from Inge (sculptor) and Graham [...]
1940-1950’s
Sylvia met and fell in love with Stazek (Stanislav, Stacha, Stan) Halpern. They married and had a child, Jaqueline (Jaki) in 1946. They borrowed money from Sylvia’s sister to buy a house in Surf [...]
1930-1940’s
As a teenager she traveled on the Trans-Siberian railway to England where she attended secondary school. In her early 20s she came to Australia and ended up in Melbourne. She lived in St Kilda [...]
1910-1920’s
My Mother – Sylvia Halpern (nee Black) – was born in Kobe, Japan in 1918. She was second generation Anglo – Japanese. My mother was one of 5 sisters, and she went to boarding [...]
1890-1900’s
My great-grandfather – was an entrepreneur who came to Japan after trying his hand on the South Australian goldfields as a singer. In Japan, he started the first English language newspaper. [...]
