Alison Gianangeli graduated with an Associate Diploma of Art in Ceramics at RMIT University, she taught in technical schools and then lectured in Drawing and Design in the Dept. Fashion and Textile Design, RMIT University. Retiring early 1998, she commenced Botanical Illustration classes with Dianne Emery and has exhibited with the Friends of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne Illustrators Group since 1999. Represented in private collections, the State Botanical Collection and the Hunt Institute collection. 'Celia Rosser Award', Honourable Mention 2004.