SCOPE 17 Exhibition
- Date: 2017
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- Description: 15 February - 5th March 2017, SCOPE, FedUni's Arts Academy important annual exhibition showcases an inspired and rich mix of accomplished work by visual arts staff, research associates and associate and adjunct professors. The exhibition highlights the ongoing commitment to a sustained, rigorous art practice across a broad range of approaches and media by staff working in ceramics, painting, photography, design, drawing and printmaking. While the exhibition offers a great opportunity for staff to present their more recent works which extend notions of contemporary art, new and returning visual arts students are able to view work created by key visual arts lecturers.
Unearthed : The Jan Feder Collection
- Date: 2017
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- Description: Exhibition at Post Office Gallery, 30th September-29th October 2017. Key ceramic works by over thirty significant ceramic artists, never seen before in Ballarat, will tour from Federation University Australia's Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD), selected from the Jan Feder Collection. This important Collection, amassed by funds raised by Jan Feder's student peers at GCAD in the mid 1980s after Jan Feder passed away, includes outstanding work by former teachers and visiting lecturers, now leading ceramic artists around the globe including; Kingsley Marks, Victor Greenaway, Christopher Headley, Peter Pilven, Victoria Howlett, Alan Peascod, Kurt Webb, Reg Preston and Sylvia Richardson to name a few.
SCOPE 18 Exhibition
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 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.
NAIDOC 2019
- Date: 2019
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- Description: Wednesday 3rd July - Sunday 14th July 2019. A significant annual exhibition, NAIDOC19 celebrates our First Nations peoples presenting a broad range of visual approaches and media by important local indigenous artists exploring the theme ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future’. Image: Georgia MacGuire Adani, 2018 broadsheet paperbark 36 x 79cm. Courtesy the artist.
Benchmark 2017
- Date: 2017
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- Description: 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.
SCOPE 19 Exibition
- Date: 2019
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- Description: 15th February - 9th March 2019, SCOPE, FedUni School of Arts' important annual exhibition, showcases accomplished work by Visual Arts lecturers, teachers, Research Associates, Associate and Adjunct Professors, and Research Fellows. Artists include; Lisa Anderson, Loris Button, Annette Chappell, Lucinda Horrocks & Jary Nemo (Wind & Sky Productions), Paul Mah, Ben Mangan, Jill Orr, Jimmy Pasakos, Kim Percy, Peter Pilven, Pitcha Makin Fellas (Ted Laxton, Thomas Marks, Adrian Rigney, Peter-Shane Rotumah), Vin Ryan, Chrissie Smith, Elke Varga and Carole Wilson. This exhibition not only celebrates artists who sustain an ongoing rigorous art practice but also reflects excellence across a broad range of media, approaches and styles, achieved through an ongoing dedicated research process. Image: Carole Wilson, The Johnston Collection Mirror - Chintz 2, 2018, hand cut and stitched maps on paper, H80 x W55cm. Courtesy the artist.
'EYE' : the End of Year Exhibition 2018
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 1st-9th December 2018. The Arts Academy at Federation University Australia presents the formal opening of ‘EYE’: the 2018 End of Year Exhibition, showcasing the extraordinary breadth and talent of the graduating visual arts and communication design students. Passionate, contemporary, challenging and visionary, audiences will navigate a highly diverse and eclectic exhibition, a feast of contemporary art that will excite and ignite Ballarat’s Mining Exchange. 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. The Arts Academy strives for excellence in the visual and performing arts and prides itself as a centre for culture and artistic practice. The exhibiting students are emerging artists who continue to broaden their horizons by immersing themselves into the wider world of the Arts and the community in general.
Benchmark 2016
- Date: 2016
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- Description: 27th July - 28 August 2016 Showcasing new work by our next hot crop of visual artists and designers, this important Arts Academy annual 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: Jan Stickland Nest I, 2016 drypoint etching Unique State Print 29 x 26cm Courtesy the artist
Why do you play?
- Date: 2017
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- Description: Exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale; 19th August-17th September 2017. What motivates young people to do the things they do? What drives a love of sport in teenagers? Why Do You Play? answers these questions through a series of photographs and graphics of aspiring young footballers, both male and female, all the while dissecting the relationship between art and sport. A collaboration with the Federation University Australia Communication Design students and Greater Western Victoria Rebels Football Club, this street poster exhibition is an exploration and celebration of personal identity and ambition among young sportspeople today. These students are in their third year of studying Communication Design at the Arts Academy of Federation University.
Benchmark 2019
- Date: 2019
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- Description: 19th July-17th August 2019. An important annual exhibition by FedUni’s undergraduate and postgraduate Visual Arts’ students, Ballarat, BENCHMARK19 showcases a rich mix of contemporary ideas, approaches, methods and materials by students working across diverse studio areas, including design, painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, video, photography and installation. Image: Demi Gerardi, Block It Out, 2019. Presets ‘Tools Down’ digital still. Third Year Communication Design. Arts Academy, Ballarat Federation University
Exquisite Chemistry
- Date: 2019
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- Description: 30th July-27th September 2019. Exquisite Chemistry (…and other Dreams) is an exhibition of work from staff at the Arts Academy Gippsland. This exhibition will enable students to see the work of their lecturers and technical staff.
Our hopes for the city of Morwell
- Date: 2017
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- Description: 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.
Indigo Threads
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 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.
NAIDOC 2018
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 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.
Adi Nes: Soldiers
- Date: 2019
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- Description: 24th August-20th October 2019. In partnership with the Ballarat International FOTO Biennale (BIFB'19), the School of Arts Post Office Gallery presents 'Soldiers’, a selection of works from the compelling series created by Adi Nes, one of Israel’s leading contemporary photographers. Captured between 1994 and 2000, Nes’s series focuses on both the intermediary moments between privacy and intimacy within the rigid framework of military life, and the loss of innocence within this highly masculine world. Considered one of the most important series of works in contemporary Israeli photography, Nes's work has been collected by prestigious museums and private collectors worldwide. Achieving awards including the 1999 Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Prize, Nes’s work was described by the New York Times as “shrewd send ups of the pervasive, macho military presence in Israeli life”. PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY Debbie Daddon and Embassy of Israel, Australia Image: Adi Nes, Untitled, 1995 digital print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gsm Courtesy the artist and Sommer Contemporary Art. Tel Aviv
Benchmark 2018
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 17th August - 15th September 2018. FedUni's Arts Academy's annual exhibition of recent work by Visual Arts students showcases the skills of our next hot crop of designers, ceramicists, painters, printmakers and new-media artists, whilst highlighting the breadth and depth of their levels of material investigations, creative inquiry and visual expression within a broad range of disciplines, including; drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, video, design, mixed-media and installation. Image: Ebony Gulliver, Self Evident Map Painting 3, 2018 (detail), acrylic on paper, 123 x 86cm. Bachelor of Creative Arts (honours)
Eighteen and Over
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 19th April-31st May 2018. Eighteen and Over is an exhibition showcasing the work of Gippsland Centre for Art and Design third year students, and also features their academic and support staff. This a project show driven by the students and demonstrates their creativity and endeavour. The students curated, installed, prepared content, and designed the catalogue and invitation.
NAIDOC 2017 : Inside-out dreaming
- Date: 2017
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- Description: 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.
The Road Back
- Date: 2018
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- Description: 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.
EYE: Visual art and design 2020 graduating students
- Date: 2021
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- Description: 11 MAR - 1 APR 2021 Anthea BIDWELL Vienna Drysdale BISCHARD Jessica CHAPLIN Kathryn DRUM Miles FOLEY Tameka HAGUE Clayton KEEFE Angeline KOOT Lauren MATTHEWS Tess MCLOUGHLAN Sarah TAYLOR Brittany TUCKER Ella YOUNG Showcasing work by our 2020 visual art and design graduating students within the Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Communication Design, Creative Arts (Honours) and Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, Ballarat, this exhibition has been curated at the School of Arts Post Office Gallery following our virtual exhibition launch in 2020. Image: Vienna Drysdale Bischard Figure 2, 2020 digital print on archival paper H50 X W35 cm Courtesy the artist
- Description: 11 MAR - 1 APR 2021 Anthea BIDWELL Vienna Drysdale BISCHARD Jessica CHAPLIN Kathryn DRUM Miles FOLEY Tameka HAGUE Clayton KEEFE Angeline KOOT Lauren MATTHEWS Tess MCLOUGHLAN Sarah TAYLOR Brittany TUCKER Ella YOUNG Showcasing work by our 2020 visual art and design graduating students within the Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Communication Design, Creative Arts (Honours) and Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, Ballarat, this exhibition has been curated at the School of Arts Post Office Gallery following our virtual exhibition launch in 2020.