Personal history

1909 - Gillian Mann’s father, Charles Barton Mann born, 19 April 1909, at 13 Rodney Street, West Hartlepool, Country Durham England

1910 - Gillian Mann’s mother, Beryl Watson b. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Also see Mann family tree

1932 - Gillian Mann’s parents, Charles Mann and Beryl Watson marry

1939 - Gillian Mann born 11 May 1939, Birth in the district of Shardlow, in the County of Derby, born at 78, The Hollow, Littleover, Derby, England

1939 - The Manns move to Derby, Charles Mann working as a journalist for Derby Evening Post

1940 - Beryl Mann becomes a cub reporter, writes the social/arts column for the duration of WWII

1944 - Charles Mann goes to war as a radar man in Ceylon, reaches rank of sergeant

1946 - Father returns from Ceylon, having worked for a year after the end of WWII for the BBC

1946 - Gillian Mann begins school

1949 - Gillian Mann is sent to Friargate House School for Girls as a day boarder

1953 - Mann family move to Lancaster when Gillian's father became editor of the Lancaster Guardian newspaper

1953 - Gillian Mann begins attending Skerton Girls Modern School, Lancaster

1957 - Gillian Mann joins the Royal Women’s Navy (WRENS), trains as a dental nurse, and travels around the UK

1961 - Leaves the WRENS, returns to Lancaster and begins to prepare her portfolio for art school

1961 - Lancaster College of Art, Intermediate Examination in Art and Design

1963 - Graduates Lancaster - Intermediate Examination in Art and Design

1963 - Begins at Leicester College of Art, Diploma Art and Design, Fine Art, Painting

1964 - Marries Kashmirilal Mohanlal Shah, November 1964

1965 - March 1965, Gillian's son Julian Mann born

1965 - Applies to return to Leicester College of Art after the breakdown of her marriage to Shah

1966 - Trip to Italy with other students from Leicester: Arrezo, Rome, Florence, Padua, Assisi, Venice.

1967 - Graduates Leicester College of Art, Dip AD Fine Art, Painting

1967 - Begins at Hornsey College of Art, London, Post Graduate, Visual education

1968 - Completes post-grad research at Hornsey College of Art

1969 - Technician & Senior Technician, Visual Aids, Printing, Garnet College, London

1969 - Marries Alistair Geoffrey Hay, 24 March 1969, Kensington, London

1971 - Migrates to Australia June 1971

1972 - Employed as Lecturer - Art Diploma Studies, Canberra School of Art

1974 - Separates from Alistair Hay

1976 - Charles Barton Mann dies in Lancaster England April 1976

1976 - Lecturer, Print workshop, Canberra School of Art

1976 - Australian citizenship

1981 - Travels to the UK, France, Germany

1984 - Begins studying kilnformed glass

1985 - Commonwealth Teaching Service Overseas Travel Award (Travels to London, Europe, Japan)

1985 - Selected for a 6 month residency at the Centrum Frans Masreel, Kasterlee, Belgium

1987 - Wins the special award, Administatione Provinciale di Vercelli, Premio Internationale Biella per l’incisione, Biella Italy

1990 - Awarded The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney

1991 - Delivered paper: ‘The Value of Life: Gynocentric Art, Ancient Spirituality and its Contemporary Relevance’ 1991 National feminist conference, Sydney.

1993 - Delivered paper, ‘Iconography’ AUSGLASS conference, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra

1994 - Begins to learn digital art techniques

1995 - Lecturer, Computer Aided Art Studies, Canberra School of Art, ANU

1996 - Retires Canberra School of Art ANU

2001 - Beryl Mann dies in Lancaster England, aged 91

2007 - Gillian's grand daughter Lila Mann born March 2007

2007 - Gillian Mann dies from pancreatic cancer 27 December 2007