Fatima Almeida
Artist & Arts Administrator


 

Fatima has a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts & completed Master of Fine Arts at Victoria College of the Arts and has recently completed in 2005 her Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management at The University of Melbourne. She was an activist for the East Timor Independence in Portugal and Australia. Fatima was one of the co-founder of the Melbourne East Timorese Activity Centre in 2003 and has been involved in various community art projects in Melbourne and East Timor. She was also cast to play one of the main roles in ABC mini-series “Answered by Fire” where she played Madalena Soares.
Fatima is currently working as Cultural Development Officer for the Monash City Council and practising visual artist where she has a studio at Boheme Café/ Restaurant ( studios upstairs) in Bridge Road, Richmond.