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16th March - 21st April 2018, Golden Plains is an exhibition by well-known and respected Ballarat ceramic artists, and father and daughter duo, Ruby and Peter Pilven. Influenced by the natural surroundings and rich cultural heritage of the Golden Plains Shire from Ballarat to the Bellarine Peninsula (Wadderung country), Ruby captures the rich pink-orange sunsets and blue seas and skies, while Peter’s interests focus on the pre and post gold mining era and the degradation and transformative effect of mining on the topographical and geological landscape. Presenting an extraordinary selection of Individually created and collaborative work, the exhibition not only reflects the artists’ individual and familial standard of excellence but also highlights their combined passion and exceptional knowledge of their medium. Image: ceramics by left, Peter Pilven, and right, Ruby Pilven. Photograph: Ben Mangan
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16th March - 21st April 2018, Golden Plains is an exhibition by well-known and respected Ballarat ceramic artists, and father and daughter duo, Ruby and Peter Pilven. Influenced by the natural surroundings and rich cultural heritage of the Golden Plains Shire from Ballarat to the Bellarine Peninsula (Wadderung country), Ruby captures the rich pink-orange sunsets and blue seas and skies, while Peter’s interests focus on the pre and post gold mining era and the degradation and transformative effect of mining on the topographical and geological landscape. Presenting an extraordinary selection of Individually created and collaborative work, the exhibition not only reflects the artists’ individual and familial standard of excellence but also highlights their combined passion and exceptional knowledge of their medium. Image: ceramics by left, Peter Pilven, and right, Ruby Pilven. Photograph: Ben Mangan
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26th April-19th May 2018. In a group exhibition by three Ballarat artists and FedUni Arts Academy alumni, their work will explore and reflect diverse ideas, media, styles and approaches, yet reflect and allude to how they are all intrinsically linked to a common interest and fascination with the beauty and colour of ‘indigo’. Image: Jessica Schroeter, Avenue of Arms, 2017 (detail) screen print on paper, 41H x 31W cm. Courtesy the artist.
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26th April-19th May 2018. In a group exhibition by three Ballarat artists and FedUni Arts Academy alumni, their work will explore and reflect diverse ideas, media, styles and approaches, yet reflect and allude to how they are all intrinsically linked to a common interest and fascination with the beauty and colour of ‘indigo’. Image: Jessica Schroeter, Avenue of Arms, 2017 (detail) screen print on paper, 41H x 31W cm. Courtesy the artist.
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24th May-30th June 2018. Beginning in 2013, DRESS CODE: The First Five Years is the result of a ritualistic daily drawing practice and series of works, in which the artist's concerns are in response to what she was wearing each day for the last five years. Maryanne Coutts writes, “Dress Code is a project which attempts to harness the ways that the days continue to follow each other, one after the other; unstoppable. It is a journal of what I wear each day – not in a ‘realistic’ or documentary way – but a fluid emotional extension of the creative activity of getting dressed in the morning. Each morning; every morning.” Based in a lively drawing practice, Coutts' work is increasingly an exploration of the relationship between drawing and time. Maryanne Coutts studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), The University of Melbourne, 1979 -1981, the University of NSW (UNSW),1984 and achieved a PhD at Federation University Australia in1999. She has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally including UK, Spain and Thailand. Select solo exhibitions include Jostle, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 2017; Black News/White News, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, 2017; Dress Code #2, Slot, Sydney, 2015 and Threads, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2014. A major survey exhibition, Telling Tales was presented at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2008. Coutts was jointly awarded the Blake Prize in 1982 and won the Portia Geach Memorial Award in 2007. Maryanne Coutts is currently Head of Drawing at the National Art School, Sydney and is represented by Australian Galleries, Melbourne. Image: Maryanne Coutts Dress Code 31.8.14, 2014 collage Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne.
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24th May-30th June 2018. Beginning in 2013, DRESS CODE: The First Five Years is the result of a ritualistic daily drawing practice and series of works, in which the artist's concerns are in response to what she was wearing each day for the last five years. Maryanne Coutts writes, “Dress Code is a project which attempts to harness the ways that the days continue to follow each other, one after the other; unstoppable. It is a journal of what I wear each day – not in a ‘realistic’ or documentary way – but a fluid emotional extension of the creative activity of getting dressed in the morning. Each morning; every morning.” Based in a lively drawing practice, Coutts' work is increasingly an exploration of the relationship between drawing and time. Maryanne Coutts studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), The University of Melbourne, 1979 -1981, the University of NSW (UNSW),1984 and achieved a PhD at Federation University Australia in1999. She has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally including UK, Spain and Thailand. Select solo exhibitions include Jostle, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 2017; Black News/White News, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, 2017; Dress Code #2, Slot, Sydney, 2015 and Threads, Articulate Project Space, Sydney, 2014. A major survey exhibition, Telling Tales was presented at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2008. Coutts was jointly awarded the Blake Prize in 1982 and won the Portia Geach Memorial Award in 2007. Maryanne Coutts is currently Head of Drawing at the National Art School, Sydney and is represented by Australian Galleries, Melbourne. Image: Maryanne Coutts Dress Code 31.8.14, 2014 collage Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries, Melbourne.
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Saturday 7th July - Saturday 4th August 2018. NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrates the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made – and continue to make - to our communities, our families, our rich history and to our nation. In 2018 FedUni’s Post Office Gallery celebrates NAIDOC and Australia’s First Nations peoples with two group exhibitions by local Indigenous artists. BECAUSE OF HER, WE CAN! Local artists Deanne Gilson, Marlene Gilson, Tammy Gilson, Elizabeth Liddle, Georgia MacGuire, Josh Muir, and the Pitcha Makin Fellas, present a diverse range of sculptural, installation, prints and paintings that showcase and celebrate the richness and diversity of their Indigenous cultural identity. COOEE! In a unique collaboration between Federation College’s VET visual arts program, Langi Kal Kal and Hopkins Correctional Centre, select artists present their recent work in a group exhibition to celebrate NAIDOC18. Image: (top) Marlene Gilson Black Swamp, Lake Wendouree, 2017 acrylic on linen 76 x 100cm Courtesy the artist (below) Wade Dingo Dreaming, 2017 acrylic on canvas 33 x 43cm Courtesy the artist.
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Saturday 7th July - Saturday 4th August 2018. NAIDOC Week 2018 celebrates the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made – and continue to make - to our communities, our families, our rich history and to our nation. In 2018 FedUni’s Post Office Gallery celebrates NAIDOC and Australia’s First Nations peoples with two group exhibitions by local Indigenous artists. BECAUSE OF HER, WE CAN! Local artists Deanne Gilson, Marlene Gilson, Tammy Gilson, Elizabeth Liddle, Georgia MacGuire, Josh Muir, and the Pitcha Makin Fellas, present a diverse range of sculptural, installation, prints and paintings that showcase and celebrate the richness and diversity of their Indigenous cultural identity. COOEE! In a unique collaboration between Federation College’s VET visual arts program, Langi Kal Kal and Hopkins Correctional Centre, select artists present their recent work in a group exhibition to celebrate NAIDOC18. Image: (top) Marlene Gilson Black Swamp, Lake Wendouree, 2017 acrylic on linen 76 x 100cm Courtesy the artist (below) Wade Dingo Dreaming, 2017 acrylic on canvas 33 x 43cm Courtesy the artist.
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22nd September - 6th November 2018. Paris-based Australian artist Heidi Wood’s large-scale immersive wall installation explores the artist's ongoing curiosity about tourism and the unpopularity of tourist zones particularly within the ex-Soviet bloc. Creating her own promotional environment utilising a repertoire of commercial pictograms, mementos and symbols, Wood deliberately questions the very position of culture, the messages it can provide and the people it aims to target. Heidi Wood gained a Bachelor of Arts in printmaking at Victoria College, Prahran, Melbourne and went on to study at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, DNSAP, atelier Claude Viallat. She lives in Paris and works in Montreuil. Image: Heidi Wood, Covici, Croatia, 2017, unsized digital image Courtesy the artist
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15th December - 9th February 2019, Tamara BEKIER, Tonya BLIZZARD, Geoff BONNEY, Frank BURGERS, Mark BURT, Catherine CAVEN, Rohan CHALMERS, Mavis COUGLE, Christine CRAWSHAW, Margie DELAHUNTY-SPENCER, Tarli GLOVER, Tony GRIFFIN, Gail HARRADINE, Harri HARRISON, David KERR, Katharine MARTIN-BURGERS, Julie MULHERON, Vikki NASH, Stefan NECHWATAL, Joanne NEIL-WHITE, David NOONAN, Veronica O’HEHIR, Anna PLACIDI, Sarah SANDERS, Sue (COWIN) SEDGWICK, Steve SEDGWICK, Tamara SHARP, Dean SIMPSON, Peter SPARKMAN, Jacki STAUDE, Robert WAGHORN, April WELFARE, Rob WHITSON, Peter WIDMER, Kim WILLIAMS To celebrate the achievements of FedUni's Visual Arts alumni who studied at one of our former Ballarat Art Schools, RELOAD: Back to the 80s will showcase the work of 35 visual artists who completed their studies during the period 1980 to 1989, some of whom have gained national and international recognition. Recognised as the oldest continuous art school in Australia, from its beginnings as the School of Mines, Ballarat (SMB) and the establishment of the Ballarat Technical Art School in 1907, Federation University Australia (FedUni)’s Arts Academy endures despite many organisational, social and political changes. This exhibition not only celebrates our alumni’s success but also recognises the many former FedUni teachers and lecturers instrumental in shaping and inspiring active creative minds. Image: Geoff Bonney, Toy Boy, 2018 (detail), wood, paint, found objects, 105(h) x 46(w) x 50(d) Courtesy the artist.
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15th December - 9th February 2019, Tamara BEKIER, Tonya BLIZZARD, Geoff BONNEY, Frank BURGERS, Mark BURT, Catherine CAVEN, Rohan CHALMERS, Mavis COUGLE, Christine CRAWSHAW, Margie DELAHUNTY-SPENCER, Tarli GLOVER, Tony GRIFFIN, Gail HARRADINE, Harri HARRISON, David KERR, Katharine MARTIN-BURGERS, Julie MULHERON, Vikki NASH, Stefan NECHWATAL, Joanne NEIL-WHITE, David NOONAN, Veronica O’HEHIR, Anna PLACIDI, Sarah SANDERS, Sue (COWIN) SEDGWICK, Steve SEDGWICK, Tamara SHARP, Dean SIMPSON, Peter SPARKMAN, Jacki STAUDE, Robert WAGHORN, April WELFARE, Rob WHITSON, Peter WIDMER, Kim WILLIAMS To celebrate the achievements of FedUni's Visual Arts alumni who studied at one of our former Ballarat Art Schools, RELOAD: Back to the 80s will showcase the work of 35 visual artists who completed their studies during the period 1980 to 1989, some of whom have gained national and international recognition. Recognised as the oldest continuous art school in Australia, from its beginnings as the School of Mines, Ballarat (SMB) and the establishment of the Ballarat Technical Art School in 1907, Federation University Australia (FedUni)’s Arts Academy endures despite many organisational, social and political changes. This exhibition not only celebrates our alumni’s success but also recognises the many former FedUni teachers and lecturers instrumental in shaping and inspiring active creative minds. Image: Geoff Bonney, Toy Boy, 2018 (detail), wood, paint, found objects, 105(h) x 46(w) x 50(d) Courtesy the artist.
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8th February - 10th March 2018, SCOPE, FedUni Arts Academy's important annual exhibition showcases accomplished work by Visual Arts lecturers, teachers, Research Associates, Associate and Adjunct Professors and Research Fellows. The exhibition not only celebrates artists who sustain an ongoing rigorous art practice but also reflects excellence in a art in broad range of media, approaches and styles, achieved through rigour and dedicated research by each of the exhibiting artists. Image: Gay Pride Week, Melbourne, 1973. Photograph by Frank Prain. Featured in the film ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’ by Wind & Sky Productions, 2016. Image courtesy of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
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8th February - 10th March 2018, SCOPE, FedUni Arts Academy's important annual exhibition showcases accomplished work by Visual Arts lecturers, teachers, Research Associates, Associate and Adjunct Professors and Research Fellows. The exhibition not only celebrates artists who sustain an ongoing rigorous art practice but also reflects excellence in a art in broad range of media, approaches and styles, achieved through rigour and dedicated research by each of the exhibiting artists. Image: Gay Pride Week, Melbourne, 1973. Photograph by Frank Prain. Featured in the film ‘Out of the Closets, Into the Streets’ by Wind & Sky Productions, 2016. Image courtesy of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
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18th September - 9th November 2018. The Road Back featuring the work of Nicole Moorhouse is an exhibition of intriguing paintings that feature intricate patterning and shapes rendered with a bold colour palette. Ordinary objects are the basis for new forms and compositions that entice the viewer to consider a meaning or narrative of what they see. The paintings trace the artist’s journey from her earliest discoveries and explorations to exhibiting professionally.
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18th September - 9th November 2018. The Road Back featuring the work of Nicole Moorhouse is an exhibition of intriguing paintings that feature intricate patterning and shapes rendered with a bold colour palette. Ordinary objects are the basis for new forms and compositions that entice the viewer to consider a meaning or narrative of what they see. The paintings trace the artist’s journey from her earliest discoveries and explorations to exhibiting professionally.
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The Arts Academy at Fed Uni presents ‘EYE’: the End of Year Exhibition 2017; 11th-19th November 2017; at the Mining Exchange, Ballarat, in November. Passionate, contemporary and visionary, EYE showcases the breadth and talent of the graduating visual arts and communication design students at FedUni's Arts Academy. The annual EYE Exhibition represents an opportunity for the Ballarat community to step into the creative hothouse of the Arts Academy and explore the future of contemporary art in Australia
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The Arts Academy at Fed Uni presents ‘EYE’: the End of Year Exhibition 2017; 11th-19th November 2017; at the Mining Exchange, Ballarat, in November. Passionate, contemporary and visionary, EYE showcases the breadth and talent of the graduating visual arts and communication design students at FedUni's Arts Academy. The annual EYE Exhibition represents an opportunity for the Ballarat community to step into the creative hothouse of the Arts Academy and explore the future of contemporary art in Australia
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7th-17th June 2017 Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animals. Her observation of animals and birds in natural habitats in and around Ballarat and district was the foundation for this research. The project focused on the recognition of kinship between humans and other animals and resulted in this body of work which contributes to the current discourse around animals in contemporary art. Consistent with her past practice, the works are all paper-based, demonstrating the versatility of this medium. This exhibition represents the culmination of Ní Shíocháin’s practice-led PhD research at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Máirín Ní Shíocháin, Colm 1, 2015, Monoprint paper collage on Stonehenge paper, 32 x 25cm. Courtesy the artist
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7th-17th June 2017 Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animals. Her observation of animals and birds in natural habitats in and around Ballarat and district was the foundation for this research. The project focused on the recognition of kinship between humans and other animals and resulted in this body of work which contributes to the current discourse around animals in contemporary art. Consistent with her past practice, the works are all paper-based, demonstrating the versatility of this medium. This exhibition represents the culmination of Ní Shíocháin’s practice-led PhD research at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Máirín Ní Shíocháin, Colm 1, 2015, Monoprint paper collage on Stonehenge paper, 32 x 25cm. Courtesy the artist
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19th July-12th August 2017 This special exhibition of recent work by FedUni’s undergraduate Visual Arts students from the Arts Academy, Ballarat, and Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD), Churchill showcases new work by our next hot crop of visual artists and designers. Held annually, this important Arts Academy undergraduate exhibition reflects the breadth and diversity of students’ interests, ideas and areas of enquiry, as well as the in-depth levels of their medium and material investigations within a broad range of disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics and design. Image: Sarah Saridis, Untitled, 2017 (detail), print on paper.
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19th July-12th August 2017 This special exhibition of recent work by FedUni’s undergraduate Visual Arts students from the Arts Academy, Ballarat, and Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD), Churchill showcases new work by our next hot crop of visual artists and designers. Held annually, this important Arts Academy undergraduate exhibition reflects the breadth and diversity of students’ interests, ideas and areas of enquiry, as well as the in-depth levels of their medium and material investigations within a broad range of disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics and design. Image: Sarah Saridis, Untitled, 2017 (detail), print on paper.
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Exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale; 19th August-17th September 2017. Cracks in the Seams is a performance installation that will be performed for a video and photo shoot on the diving platforms at the edges of Lake Wendouree, where the historic overlay of original 1920s bathing meets 21st century performance. Trust and tension, control and release and interdependence all meet in this project, with Arts Academy dance students performing the work under the tutelage and direction of performance artist and director Jill Orr. The production will then be shown as a video installation throughout the 2017 Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Exhibited both nationally and internationally, Jill Orr’s performance work centres on issues of the psychosocial and environmental where she draws on land and identities as they are shaped in, on and with the environment, be it country or urban locales. Orr grapples with the balance and discord that exists at the heart of relations between the human spirit, art and nature.
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Exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale; 19th August-17th September 2017. Cracks in the Seams is a performance installation that will be performed for a video and photo shoot on the diving platforms at the edges of Lake Wendouree, where the historic overlay of original 1920s bathing meets 21st century performance. Trust and tension, control and release and interdependence all meet in this project, with Arts Academy dance students performing the work under the tutelage and direction of performance artist and director Jill Orr. The production will then be shown as a video installation throughout the 2017 Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Exhibited both nationally and internationally, Jill Orr’s performance work centres on issues of the psychosocial and environmental where she draws on land and identities as they are shaped in, on and with the environment, be it country or urban locales. Orr grapples with the balance and discord that exists at the heart of relations between the human spirit, art and nature.
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Exhibition at Art Gallery of Ballarat, 29th July-19th September 2017. This exhibition presenting artwork and items from the unique personal collections of four contemporary Victorian artists: Loris Button, Deborah Klein, Louise Saxton and Carole Wilson. The artists are linked by their studio practice, their regional locations and connections, and their love of gleaning. Their studio collections range from curiosities, natural history specimens, memorabilia, discarded books and china, domestic textiles, carpet and linoleum, and old tools of trade.
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Exhibition at Art Gallery of Ballarat, 29th July-19th September 2017. This exhibition presenting artwork and items from the unique personal collections of four contemporary Victorian artists: Loris Button, Deborah Klein, Louise Saxton and Carole Wilson. The artists are linked by their studio practice, their regional locations and connections, and their love of gleaning. Their studio collections range from curiosities, natural history specimens, memorabilia, discarded books and china, domestic textiles, carpet and linoleum, and old tools of trade.
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Performance of 'Garden City Weeded' at the Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre, Federation University of Australia, 6th-13th April 2017. Directed by Kim Durban.
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Performance of 'Garden City Weeded' at the Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre, Federation University of Australia, 6th-13th April 2017. Directed by Kim Durban.
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The Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP) is a $20.000 national, acquisitive, biennial, contemporary Art Prize administered by Federation University Australia's Arts Academy. Initiated and generously supported by local Ballarat surgeon and philanthropist, Mr Mark Guirguis, this prestigious Art Prize showcases a selection of Australia's most exciting contemporary artists in Ballarat, Victoria. In 2017, the major award of $20,000 was presented to the winning artist, Yhonnie Scarce, for the most outstanding single work of art from a pool of 14 Australian shortlisted finalists' presented in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat and FedUni's Post Office Gallery, Ballarat held 25th March- 14th May, 2017. Shortlisted finalists were Abdul Abdullah (NSW), Joel Arthur (ACT), Erin Coates (WA), DAMP (VIC), Carly Fischer (VIC), Natasha Johns-Messenger (VIC), Jumaadi (NSW), Julia McInerney (SA), Brian Robinson (QLD), Julia Robinson (SA), Alistair Rowe (WA), Yhonnie Scarce (VIC), Esther Stewart (VIC), Peter Vandermark (ACT). Winner was Yhonnie Scarce - The More Bones the Better 2016. GNAP is presented in association with FedUni's Post Office Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ballarat.
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The Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP) is a $20.000 national, acquisitive, biennial, contemporary Art Prize administered by Federation University Australia's Arts Academy. Initiated and generously supported by local Ballarat surgeon and philanthropist, Mr Mark Guirguis, this prestigious Art Prize showcases a selection of Australia's most exciting contemporary artists in Ballarat, Victoria. In 2017, the major award of $20,000 was presented to the winning artist, Yhonnie Scarce, for the most outstanding single work of art from a pool of 14 Australian shortlisted finalists' presented in an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat and FedUni's Post Office Gallery, Ballarat held 25th March- 14th May, 2017. Shortlisted finalists were Abdul Abdullah (NSW), Joel Arthur (ACT), Erin Coates (WA), DAMP (VIC), Carly Fischer (VIC), Natasha Johns-Messenger (VIC), Jumaadi (NSW), Julia McInerney (SA), Brian Robinson (QLD), Julia Robinson (SA), Alistair Rowe (WA), Yhonnie Scarce (VIC), Esther Stewart (VIC), Peter Vandermark (ACT). Winner was Yhonnie Scarce - The More Bones the Better 2016. GNAP is presented in association with FedUni's Post Office Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ballarat.
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19th August-17th September 2017 I am becoming German (Ich Werde Deutsch) pictures young people, who were forced to leave their countries to start a new life as immigrants in Germany, as well as those who were born in Germany but have grown up under influence of their family's cultural background. The work is based on the impressions, fears, experiences, fates and losses of the young immigrants, by focusing on the individual circumstances of their lives. Maziar Moradi uses staged photographic portraits as the framework to capture and visualise their stories. He lets the immigrants re-enact key scenes of personal developments, dramatic experiences or turning points in their lives and thereby letting the individuals become the actors in their own narratives. Through drama, wit and humour these stories of personal experiences tell about the protagonists' great effort to become "German" and to establish a new life in a foreign country. Shown as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale Image: Maziar Moradi, Without Title, 2008, Fine Art Print, 100 x 125cm. Courtesy the artist.
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19th August-17th September 2017 I am becoming German (Ich Werde Deutsch) pictures young people, who were forced to leave their countries to start a new life as immigrants in Germany, as well as those who were born in Germany but have grown up under influence of their family's cultural background. The work is based on the impressions, fears, experiences, fates and losses of the young immigrants, by focusing on the individual circumstances of their lives. Maziar Moradi uses staged photographic portraits as the framework to capture and visualise their stories. He lets the immigrants re-enact key scenes of personal developments, dramatic experiences or turning points in their lives and thereby letting the individuals become the actors in their own narratives. Through drama, wit and humour these stories of personal experiences tell about the protagonists' great effort to become "German" and to establish a new life in a foreign country. Shown as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale Image: Maziar Moradi, Without Title, 2008, Fine Art Print, 100 x 125cm. Courtesy the artist.
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23rd June-15th July 2017 Deanne Gilson’s work focuses on reclaiming traditional knowledge, the colonial gaze and challenging Western portrayals of Aboriginal people. Her art practice and current research is concerned with the objectification of Aboriginal women and the impact of the male colonial gaze, and what was known of traditional ‘women’s business’. Examining how contemporary art can heal, disrupt and challenge the male colonial gaze through a reflective process, within Deanne’s research and art, her aim is to highlight and bring back women’s business through art practice as research and link this to the revived practice of ceremony. Deanne Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman who currently lives and works in Ballarat, Victoria. Deanne completed a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) with Honours at the Arts Academy, Federation University Australia, in 2010 and is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria. Image: Deanne Gilson, Decolonising White, 2016, Black Hill white ochre, charcoal from my fire, gold leaf, acrylic paint on linen, 90 x 100 cm. Private Collection.
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23rd June-15th July 2017 Deanne Gilson’s work focuses on reclaiming traditional knowledge, the colonial gaze and challenging Western portrayals of Aboriginal people. Her art practice and current research is concerned with the objectification of Aboriginal women and the impact of the male colonial gaze, and what was known of traditional ‘women’s business’. Examining how contemporary art can heal, disrupt and challenge the male colonial gaze through a reflective process, within Deanne’s research and art, her aim is to highlight and bring back women’s business through art practice as research and link this to the revived practice of ceremony. Deanne Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman who currently lives and works in Ballarat, Victoria. Deanne completed a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) with Honours at the Arts Academy, Federation University Australia, in 2010 and is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria. Image: Deanne Gilson, Decolonising White, 2016, Black Hill white ochre, charcoal from my fire, gold leaf, acrylic paint on linen, 90 x 100 cm. Private Collection.
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24th May-3rd June 2017 Annette Chappell’s work is a contemporary exploration and transgression of the material form and function of traditional fresco. Drawing upon onsite experience as a materials conservator of historic fresco she repurposes that knowledge to create contemporary part and full fresco surfaces and to locate her self-story as an artist. Through a process of indwelling in recurrent and resonant imagery, her storylines are enacted through immersive and spontaneous material and pictorial techniques, and captured in the stone layer veil or ‘velo’ of the fresco lime plaster. The choice of dark and light tonal values in her backgrounds are an evocation of mysterious spaces – the inner and outer worlds of human experience where self-story takes place. Annette’s storylines chronicle the shift from her figurative enactments of story to a focus on form-denying settings where those narratives dissolve into the sensation and emotion of contemplative silence. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for a Doctoral Award at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Annette Chappell, Indwelling: The Zebra Pursues, 2015 (detail), lime plaster, pigment and wax on board, 90 x 60cm. Courtesy the artist
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24th May-3rd June 2017 Annette Chappell’s work is a contemporary exploration and transgression of the material form and function of traditional fresco. Drawing upon onsite experience as a materials conservator of historic fresco she repurposes that knowledge to create contemporary part and full fresco surfaces and to locate her self-story as an artist. Through a process of indwelling in recurrent and resonant imagery, her storylines are enacted through immersive and spontaneous material and pictorial techniques, and captured in the stone layer veil or ‘velo’ of the fresco lime plaster. The choice of dark and light tonal values in her backgrounds are an evocation of mysterious spaces – the inner and outer worlds of human experience where self-story takes place. Annette’s storylines chronicle the shift from her figurative enactments of story to a focus on form-denying settings where those narratives dissolve into the sensation and emotion of contemplative silence. This exhibition constitutes the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for a Doctoral Award at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Annette Chappell, Indwelling: The Zebra Pursues, 2015 (detail), lime plaster, pigment and wax on board, 90 x 60cm. Courtesy the artist
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23rd June-15th July 2017 Through a unique collaboration between Federation College’s VET Visual Arts program with Ararat (Hopkins Correctional Centre) and Langi Kal Kal, Indigenous artists present their recent work in an exhibition that explores, expresses and celebrates their Indigenous cultural heritage and the significance of NAIDOC for the community. This year the National NAIDOC theme is Our Languages Matter. The theme aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song. Image: Gary, Eagle Dreaming, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 80cm. Courtesy the artist.
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23rd June-15th July 2017 Through a unique collaboration between Federation College’s VET Visual Arts program with Ararat (Hopkins Correctional Centre) and Langi Kal Kal, Indigenous artists present their recent work in an exhibition that explores, expresses and celebrates their Indigenous cultural heritage and the significance of NAIDOC for the community. This year the National NAIDOC theme is Our Languages Matter. The theme aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song. Image: Gary, Eagle Dreaming, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 80cm. Courtesy the artist.
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13th-24th November. This photographic exhibition evolved from research into recovery from the Hazelwood Mine Fire. Community groups and individuals are photographed holding objects representing their hopes for the future of Morwell. A common stylistic treatment unites participants in their common cause. Photography by Clive Hutchison. Morwell Neighbourhood House, researchers from Federation University Australia involved in the Hazelwood Health Study and the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, have joined forces to co-host this exhibition.
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13th-24th November. This photographic exhibition evolved from research into recovery from the Hazelwood Mine Fire. Community groups and individuals are photographed holding objects representing their hopes for the future of Morwell. A common stylistic treatment unites participants in their common cause. Photography by Clive Hutchison. Morwell Neighbourhood House, researchers from Federation University Australia involved in the Hazelwood Health Study and the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, have joined forces to co-host this exhibition.