Peripheral Fields Graduate Exhibition 2019 North Metropolitan TAFE Associate Degree of Visual Art Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts Gallery Central and Studios North Metropolitan TAFE 12 Aberdeen Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 5 th to 16 th December 2019
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Contents Foreword 7
Amethyst Minnie
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Samuel Allum
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Jacinta Morris
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Gaea Anastas
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Matvey Nechaev
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Hannah Bourgeois
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Petra Sara
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Hong Cao
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Bethany Scholey
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Kyla D’Souza
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Madeline Tholen
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Nicole Francois
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Acknowledgements 39
Veta Holmes
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Image Credits
Amy Ley
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Sponsors 40
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Foreword It is well known that as an art school we have
The graduates we see in this catalogue and
a long and successful history. Next year we
as a part of our graduate exhibition are multi-
celebrate our 120 year as an art school. I
faceted in their approach to art making and
believe that our long-standing success is due
professional practice. They will be competitive
to the strength of our courses, and the fact that
in their industry and the opportunities open to
we have the flexibility to shape our delivery to the
them are exciting.
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ever-changing needs of the visual art industry. The students’ accomplishments in the work Over the past few years we have recognised
presented to you, reflect the dedication and
that the visual art practitioner of the present
support given by their lecturers and technical
and future needs to be agile and multi skilled,
support staff who have continually encouraged
so that they are able to function and survive in
each student to explore their project to the
this gig economy once they leave the safety of
maximum potential.
the art school. Our current graduates are an example of this, where they have learnt not only
We are honoured to present to you the
about how to make, but how to think broadly
graduating visual art students of 2019,
and innovatively, problem solve in their art
from the Associate Degree of Visual Art
practice as well as in professional situations.
and the Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts. Cheryl Bridge Director Art, Design & Tourism Portfolio
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SamuelAllum In my work I am seeking a way to speak of how people avoid change, an inevitable transience. What happens when people hold on to moments, so they don’t fade? Though the moment has passed, it is fruitless to attempt to keep it alive, protecting objects and ourselves. Working primarily in installation and sculpture I have been using opposing materials including nails and raffia, barbed wire and felt. These contrasting elements are used to represent ways in which one may try to halt change. The hard: a protection from the movement of life and the soft: a symbol of the forlorn nature of these efforts. The attempts to shield ourselves from change are ultimately futile, things can never stand still.
oshha1@yahoo.com
gloves
@samuel_allum
Textiles and found object, 20 x 20 x 2 cm
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GaeaAnastas My work straddles the boundary of performance and visual art, a playful combination of culturally recognisable symbols expressing humour and an element of interaction with the viewer. I consciously subvert social stereotypes, playing with my identity as a way to understand myself and others through my artistic trajectory.
gaea.anastas@outlook.com
Family Portrait
@gaeaanastas
Digital collage, 21.6 x 21.6 cm
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HannahBourgeois I have always been fascinated with pop culture, psychology and sociology. My work explores issues of identity and rituals that link to the concepts of belief, faith and love. Coming from a background in fashion, I often use fabrics and crafting techniques to create sculptures and wearable art that are brought to life when worn. Using digital photography and film, I narrate stories and capture performances around belief structures and rituals to create immersive worlds for the viewer to experience.
hanakei@hotmail.com
Fire Cleanse
@hanakei
Still from digital projection, 3:00 mins
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HongCao I am working on a series of artworks associated with the idea of dislocation: both within Australia and in its relationship to migrant communities and homelands. From installations of paper cut-outs and sculptures, the constructed shadows of the monochrome installation become motifs for themes of history, timelessness, identity, and otherness in our inbetween spaces. My goal is to inspire viewers of the artwork to look more closely at the outsiders in their community, and to discover beauty in unusual and obscure places.
philadelphia_hong28@yahoo.com.au
Dong Ting Lake
@hong.tsao
Watercolour and woodblock print, 59 x 84 cm
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KylaD’Souza My work examines the concept of repetitive thought patterns and the effects of anxiety on the interior and exterior of the human body. Using processes such as printmaking, ceramics and soft sculpture, I imagine what negative thought patterns look, feel and sound like. Diving into themes of the abject and anti-aesthetic, my exploration of various materials and repetitive processes comments on how we can lose control when trying to gain control, and how we might learn to be comfortable accepting a loss of control.
kylamariedeeart@gmail.com
In Need Of Diazepam
@kylamariedee
Lithograph, 59 x 42 cm
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NicoleFrancois Exploring memories of a family property in drought, my practice examines contemporary issues of climate change on a drying planet. Vivid memories of a seven-year drought are used as a lens to examine our current environmental crisis. Landscape is encoded memory. Dust, wind and rasping skies, the memory of a dripping tap and a cloud that doesn’t drop its rain, all coalesce in the fragile dirt of childhood. Clay maps journeys on paper, perspex sews a shimmering cloud that traces its lines on dry ground. Objects and memories start to disappear the moment they are brought into being.
thenicsfamily@gmail.com
Drought
@sunburnt_press
Ceramic sculpture, 20 x 20 x 20 cm
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VetaHolmes Crossing through the newly created suburban estates near my home, I’m inspired by the places in between native bushland and the newly developed sites. These interstitial spaces are, like myself, caught in transition. My paintings, drawings and installations engage the subject of landscape via expressive mark making, both conveying my existence and my experience of witnessing this change. Ephemeral moments are captured that speak of being present in an evolving world.
vetaholmes_71@yahoo.com
The places in-between
@veta_holmes
Mixed media on MDF boards, 40 x 40 x 5 cm
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AmyLey Immersing myself in the beauty, simplicity and workings of nature, it brings back to me not only fond memories of my adventurous and wild childhood, but also allows me to read plants like a story book. So why not make this art into a wordless story book, letting others form their own story and adventure in their own way?
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If Only Plants Could Talk
@normallynorma.photography
Handmade book, 30 x 22 x 7 cm
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AmethystMinnie Using my art, I seek to raise awareness about the effect anthropogenic change has on our environment and its fauna. Fantasy hybrid creatures emerge out of my collages and ceramic sculptures, merging the known together to become the unknown. All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. – Max Beerbohm
amethystminnie@gmail.com
Aqua Lemur
@artyamethyst
Ceramic, 5 x 10 x 7 cm
amethystminnie.wixsite.com/visualartist
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JacintaMorris Fragility is strength People travel through life thinking they are indestructible. We forget about the fragility and peril of the everyday. Engineering, technology, medicine and science are used to manufacture environments of control and safety. I am creating works that explore our human connection with fragility through ceramics, soft sculpture and text. The uncomfortable ideas of fragility are transformed with sensitive mark making and soft materials into objects offering the embrace of safety.
jacinta.a.morris@hotmail.com
Hold me
@createjam
Fabric, polymer clay and embroidery thread, 20 x 17 x 6 cm
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MatveyNechaev I am a Russian-Australian artist working in printmaking, watercolour painting, sculpture and ceramics. My work explores human suffering and the consequences of climate change through the medium of a graphic novel. Graphite drawings and watercolour paintings come together as a sci-fi inspired narrative visualising the dangers of climate change as a monster river spirit. Ceramic sculptures, inspired directly by nature, narrate scenes from the story.
@i.m.rotting
White Copper Raku Vase
@finnmat.pots
Raku ceramic, 19 x 18 x 18 cm Maroon Copper Raku Vase Raku ceramic, 27 x 9 x 9 cm Maroon Copper Raku Platter Raku ceramic, 9 x 32 x 32 cm
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PetraSara Living in the rural beauty of the Perth hills, the risk of bushfires or dusty storm fronts is never far from one’s mind. This subconscious tension permeates my printmaking and mixed media. My love of literature and classical music is often the starting point of lyrical abstraction: Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. [Art] after speech, reaches Into the silence.
– T.S. Eliot
petrasara11@gmail.com
The Texture of Storm Fronts
@petrasara_artist
Acrylic and plaster on 6 wood panels, 100 x 141 x 4 cm
petrasara.wixsite.com/petrasara Hydrodome Series Ceramic with glass paint, 8 x 18 x 18 cm each
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BethanyScholey Why do people collect and hoard objects feverishly? What can it say about a person’s mental state depending on what they gather? Examining my own collection, a seemingly random assortment of items that have been collected over 20 years, I look to why objects have maintained such a state of importance to people even in times of conflict.
bscholey93@gmail.com
Studies in night time anxiety
@beth__scholey
Polaroid, each 8.7 x 5.3 cm
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MadelineTholen As an Australian with a multicultural background, my art practice explores cultural identity. Focusing on my Greek heritage, I salvage what has been lost through the generations. Incorporating aspects of ancient Greek pottery into the contemporary context, I strive to connect the past with the present; posing the question: “How does our cultural heritage affect us all?�
madelinetholen@gmail.com
Roots and Wings
@madelinetholenart
Ceramic, 8 x 15 x 5 cm
madelinetholen.wixsite.com/creations
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Acknowledgements We would like to sincerely thank the following for their invaluable support, knowledge, guidance and encouragement. Director
Lecturing Staff
Support Staff
Cheryl Bridge
Drew Armstrong
Njalikwa Chongwe
Maureen Hague
Rebecca Baumann
Matt Dickmann
Monique Bosshard Curby
Paul Hutchins
Princial Lecturer
Shelley Cowper
Paul Langridge
Pat Burke
Mark Datodi
Charlie Nightingale
Claire Green
Kylee Veskovich
Head of Programs
Graeme Harris
Lee Woodcock
RenĂŠe Burns
Bela Kotai
Zerin Wong
Christof Schnell
Dallas Perry Perdita Phillips Gail Russell
Gallery Staff
Robyn Varpins
Thelma John
Gera Woltjer
Predrag Delibasich
Jurek Wybraniec
Judith Hugo
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We are grateful to the following individuals for their kind permission to use their images. Sponsors
Headshot Photography Des Birt Artwork Photography
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Cover inside Gary Parris
page 33 Bethany Scholey
Artist: William Kitely
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page 2 Gary Parris
page 36 Gary Parris
page 6 Gary Parris
Artist: Felice Anderson
Artist: Stephanie de Biasi
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page 9 Des Birt
Artist: Chloe Henderson
page 11 Gaea Anastas page 13 Hannah Bourgeois page 15 Des Birt page 17 Kyla D’Souza page 19 Des Birt
Art & Design staff and
page 21 Veta Holmes
students want to thank
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North Metropolitan TAFE
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Diploma of Visual Art and
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Certificate IV of Visual Art
page 29 Matvey Nechaev
students for their support.