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Through her sculptural practice, Dina Goebel explores the fragile balance between consumerism and conservation.
Using natural, found, and contemporary materials, she creates hybrid forms that question how we admire nature even as we consume it.
Her work reflects a commitment to meaningful change and the storytelling power of materials.
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Artist Bio:
Dina Goebel is a mixed-media sculptural artist whose work explores the intersection of art, conservation, and consumerism — reflecting on humanity’s relationship with nature and the fragile balance between extinction and progression. Working with natural elements, found and vintage objects, and contemporary materials and technologies, she creates hybrid forms that celebrate the natural world while questioning the consequences of consumer culture.
Each piece begins with a purpose: to uncover hidden beauty, honour lost cultures, or raise environmental awareness. Through her use of contrasting materials, Dina reveals the irony of how we preach conservation yet consume toward extinction — visual reflections of our complex bond with the natural world.
Her practice merges art, sustainability, and design thinking, transforming creativity into both a personal expression and a catalyst for meaningful change. Collectors and audiences are drawn to her work for its imagination, craftsmanship, and thoughtful environmental narrative.
Based in South Gippsland, Victoria, Dina works from her studio in a restored 150-year-old settler’s cottage — surrounded by a human-shaped landscape that continually reminds her of nature’s fragility, resilience, and the uncertain future ahead.
Education:
2019 - Advanced Design Thinking Certificate, IDEO U
2014 – Master of Enterprise, Melbourne University
2003 - Diploma Visual Art (year 1), TAFE Queensland
2000 - Stonemasonry, TAFE Queensland
1987 - Interior Design, Beaumont School, Brisbane
Creative Enterprises:
2022 – current – That Creative Feeling – gothic homewares business (full-time)
2002 – 2008 – The ArTTable, art and craft supply and tutoring business (full-time)
1995 – 2008 – Fantasy Dreams Bedheads, creative furniture business (part-time)
Current memberships:
Wonthaggi Artspace - member & volunteer
ASPIR - Art Society Phillip Island Region
PICES - Phillip Island Contemporary Exhibitions
Bass Coast Artists Society
Archies Creek Arts
Awards / Grants:
2025 – ‘Jellyfish’, Phillip Island Art Exhibition, Cup Weekend, WINNER 3D
2021 – ‘Birds’, Bass Coast Art Society, Easter Exhibition, HIGHLY COMMENDED 3D
2006 – ‘The ArTTable’, FINALIST Business Achievement Award, Redland Shire Council
2005 – ‘Sharing my Backyard publication’ acquisition, Redlands Indigiscape Centre
2005 – ‘Sharing my Backyard’, Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), Redland Shire Council
2004 – ‘The ArTTable’, Small Business Accelerator Grant, Queensland Government
Group exhibitions:
2025: Meeniyan Gallery, Summer Salon
2025: Oddities & Curiosities Expo Australian tour
2025: Bass Coast Landcare Art Exhibition
2025: Phillip Island Art Exhibition, WINNER 3D
2025: Inverloch Art Exhibition
2024: Curio Art Gallery (online), Macabre Gallery (online)
2024: Oddities & Curiosities Expo Australian tour
2023: Oddities & Curiosities Expo, Melbourne
2021: Bass Coast Easter Exhibition, HIGHLY COMMENDED
Career break
2007: Guest artist ‘Macrame’, Melbourne & Brisbane Bead Fair
2007: Wellington Gallery, Botanix Wellington Point
2006: Guest artist, ‘Mosaic Marvels’, Craft & Quilt Fair Gold Coast
2006: Guest artist, ‘Beaded Sculptures’, Sydney Bead Fair
2003: Robina Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
2003: Old School House Gallery Sculpture Exhibition, Brisbane
2003: Trevor Platt Studio Gallery, Wynnum, Brisbane
2002: Celestial Gallery, New Farm, Brisbane
2002: Birdcage, New Farm, Brisbane
2002: Redlands Cultural Expo, Brisbane
2001: Focus on Art’n’Soul, Wellington Point, Brisbane
2001: Finlayson’s Timber, East Brisbane
2000: Art Breaking, Montville Qld
2000: Idea 2000 Expo, Gold Coast
2000: Redeemer College, Brisbane
1999: Artists Own Gallery, Brisbane Mall
1998: Solid Furniture, New Farm, Brisbane
1998: Yurara Art Awards, Redlands Brisbane
1997: Yurara Art Awards, Redlands Brisbane.
Public programs:
2007 – public art, ArTTable Mosaic totem project, Redlands ‘Spring Festival’ QLD
2007 – mosaic tutor, National Camp, CanTeen QLD
2004 – mosaic tutor, Arts West School of Creative Arts, Augathella QLD
Earlier media:
September 2007: Feature artist ‘Creative Beading’ Magazine
May 2007: www.homeatyellow.com.au
April 2007: Adelaide ‘Sunday Mail’
2006 – 2007: Project artist ‘Creative Beading’ Magazine
2006 – 2007: Project artist ‘Australian Ceramics & Glass’ Magazine
April 2006: Brisbane ‘Courier Mail’
August 2004: ‘Bayside Bulletin’
July 2004: ‘Brisbane Extra (Channel 9)
May 2004: ‘Great South-East’ (Channel 7)
February 2004: ‘Brisbane Extra’ (Channel 9)
February 2004: ‘Coast Living’ Florida USA
October 2003: ‘Wynnum Herald’
May 2003: ‘Brisbane Extra’ (Channel 9)
April 2003: ‘Wynnum Herald’
March 2003: ‘Bayside Bulletin’
April 2002: ‘The Press’, Christchurch NZ
December 2001: ‘Bayside Bulletin’
May 2001: Brisbane ‘Courier Mail Shopper’
February 2001: ‘Queensland Homes’ Magazine
July 2000: Brisbane ‘Courier Mail’
June 2000: ‘Moving Properties’
October 1999: ‘Courier Mail – Our House’
March 1999: ‘BrisNews’ Magazine
March 1999: ‘Courier Mail’ Newspaper
