HONOURS
Graduates Catalogue 2016
Queensland College of Art
Griffith University
Graduates 2016
Mint FINE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY HONOURS CATALOGUE QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY 16–26 NOVEMBER 2016 POP GALLERY WOOLLOONGABBA
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
FINE ART
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5 Professor Susan Best
10 Adam Anderson
22 Staff 2016
11 Hailey Atkins
24 Credits
12 James Barth
PHOTOGRAPHY
13 Debbie Bennetts
6 James Hornsby
14 Jocelyn Boyle
7 Marc Pricop
15 Laura Burstow
8 Heather Tichowitsch
16 Rebekah Evans
17 Emma Gardner
9 Andrew Willis
18 Jenna Green 19 Kym McElroy 20 Annelize Mulder 21 Rachael Wellisch
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FOREWORD
This exhibition and accompanying catalogue showcase and celebrate the achievements of our 2016 graduates of the Bachelor of Fine Art, Honours, and the Bachelor of Photography, Honours, at the Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University. The exhibition affords just a small glimpse of the work that students have produced across their final year of study. Honours is always a very challenging year, as we ask students to simultaneously reflect on their practice (in the form of an exegesis) and produce a new body of work. Self-reflection enables students to understand their place in the contemporary art world, and how they can contribute to that world. While self-directed practice is part of the final year of the undergraduate programs, self-criticality and reflection are at the core of the Honours program. Developing these vital skills is essential for advanced contemporary practice.
On behalf of the staff of the Fine Art and Photography programs, I congratulate each and every graduating Honours student on making it this far. It is not an easy path to choose to be an artist; it takes great determination, inner resolve, and courage to persevere. However, being an artist is incredibly rewarding in many ways. We thank these graduates for sharing with us their unique vision, and look forward to following their progress and successes in the art world and allied industries. We hope that they will stay in touch with QCA as they join the esteemed ranks of the College alumni. Professor Susan Best Fine Art Program Director Queensland College of Art Griffith University
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JAMES HORNSBY 6
PHOTOGRAPHY Trapped (still) 2016 video Trapped (still) 2016 video
My investigation is fuelled by my experiences as an adolescent coming of age at a time when mobile devices and the Internet were rapidly becoming an important part of people’s lives. I seek to throw aside my connection and reliance with digital technology and reconnect with real life experiences.
MARC PRICOP PHOTOGRAPHY marcpricop.com Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian Devil) 2016 archival photographic print Zeehan Highway 2016 archival photographic print Untitled 2015 archival photographic print
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HEATHER TICHOWITSCH 8
PHOTOGRAPHY heathertichowitsch.com State of Origin Modelling Contest 2016 archival inkjet print 60 x 90cm
The Beauty Is Pain series interrogates the ideology of beauty and its effect on notions of self-worth, self-esteem and the beauty practices of young women living in Australia. When women internalise beauty myths, it leaves them vulnerable and divided, prey to an industry that profits from their insecurities. Turning to beauty work to modify perceived physical imperfections, women bleach, carve, and starve themselves, beating their bodies into submission.
ANDREW WILLIS PHOTOGRAPHY Weightless 2016 Print 96 x 66cm Devoid 2016 Print 87 x 69cm
My project illustrates a world where commercialism and an overreliance on technology, a devalued sense of humanity, and a lack of respect for the lessons of the past have led to a stifling dystopia born from atrophy.
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ADAM ANDERSON 10
FINE ART adam-jda.weebly.com Bleach (still) 2016 performance approx 10 min
My research explores how performance art can engage with genderfuck drag in order to embody queer identities.
HAILEY ATKINS FINE ART
Q: What comes between failure and success?
haileyatkins.net
A: Everything else.
Lost my cool 2016 wire, hessian, plaster, acrylic, and timber dimensions variable TWINS (1988) 2016 wire, hessian, plaster, acrylic, and timber dimensions variable Outtards 2016 wire, hessian, plaster, acrylic, and timber dimensions variable
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JAMES BARTH 12
FINE ART sgar.com.au/portfolio/james-barth Sunkissed (focused) 2016 oil on dibond 22 x 28cm Sunkissed (censored) 2016 oil on dibond 22 x 28cm
DEBBIE BENNETTS FINE ART debbiebennetts.com Revealing Layers 2016 acrylic paint on muslin, voile, and tulle. various dimensions
This work responds to research considering how art can evoke the way we hide and reveal ourselves via social media in our quest to find love. Using the material and visceral nature of paint combined with transparent fabrics, the work underscores the ‘real’ people amid millions of ephemeral self-promoting images briefly encountered through social media. The work questions whether these representations are authentic in nature.
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JOCELYN BOYLE 14
FINE ART Mangrove Home 2016 overhead projector, glass louvre, lighting gels, cardboard, and fishing line. dimensions variable
The ‘old Queenslander’ is like a mangrove, precariously rooted, hovering above the earth. My project to date has considered memories of growing up in Cleveland during the 1980s before it went through significant gentrification. As my childhood home was filled with fascinating mementoes, I am interested in creating an interdisciplinary installation that explores our relationship to sentimental objects.
LAURA BURSTOW FINE ART lauraburstow.com Tap and Swing 2016 glass jars, wood, yarn, zinc-plated nuts, and prepared motor 30 x 10 x 8cm
I create absurd sonic devices using recycled materials. My sound-based practice originates from my background in classical music training and continues through an interest in the universality of sound. My research investigates methods to balance the impact of visual and sonic stimulation. The collected materials choices occur through serendipity and proximity to making, as I often find discarded materials in my surrounds that I use in my work.
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REBEKAH EVANS 16
FINE ART rebekahevans.com Interconnectivity 2016 copper wire 60 x 60cm Introspection 2016 copper wire 14 x 14cm Reflection 2016 copper wire and ice 20 x 20cm
With an arts practice based in printmaking, I explore ecological principles of interconnectivity in this work. The act of weaving an industrial material reflects my search for self, shadowed by living in geopolitical times of the Anthropocene.
EMMA GARDNER FINE ART emagardner.com Grounded 2016 silk, cotton fabric, silver cord, and rope 130 x 120cm Touching the Stars 2016 stitched cotton, silver, wood, lamp, and light/shadow 27 x 20 x 15cm
I work with self-portraiture to explore notions of strength and vulnerability within contemporary female identity. Engaged in a dialogue with feminism, I question the cultural construction of femininity, focusing on the pose of the figure and utilising materials that identify with textiles, such as silks, ribbon, and stitching to expand on this concept.
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JENNA GREEN 18
FINE ART jennagreen.com.au Forward Making – Marketing Graphic_01 2016 digital graphic variable dimensions
The arts face many challenges in Australia. One attempt to reconcile this has been through classifying them as a part of the creative industries. Their alignment with design, marketing, and IT to demonstrate their contribution to the economy, has proven problematic. My work critiques the classification of fine art as a part of the creative industries and explores the challenges and opportunities this framework offers artists.
KYM McELROY FINE ART kymmcelroy.com Uniform 2016 archival digital print on cotton rag 56 x 80cm
Memories in the making.
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ANNELIZE MULDER 20
FINE ART annelizemulder.com Perils of Belonging 2016 clear plastic 16 x 13 x 7cm
Home is a place to inhabit, as well as a set of relationships and emotions. I closely relate a sense of belonging to concepts of home. For the migrant, questions such as “Where are you from?” and “Where do you belong?”are most poignant, with no simple answers. I investigate my altered perception of spatiality and sense of home following my migration. I question where my belonging resides.
RACHAEL WELLISCH FINE ART rachaelwellisch.com Indigo split by a thread 2016 Indigo dyed cotton mounted onto layered plywood 43.5 x 36 x 7cm Indigo opening out and reflecting 2016 Indigo dyed cotton mounted onto layered plywood with aluminium 43 x 43 x 7.5cm
I focus on the transition of matter to cultural object. In a dialogue with New Materialism, I use materials such as indigo dye and timber, introducing the organic to geometric and abstract forms.
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FINE ART STAFF AND SUPPORT 2016 ACADEMIC STAFF Professor Sue Best Fine Art Program Director Dr Jess Berry Professor Mostyn Bramley-Moore Mr Russell Craig Dr Sebastian Di Mauro Assoc Professor Elisabeth Findlay QCA Deputy Director Learning & Teaching Assoc Professor Donal Fitzpatrick Dr Julie Fragar Dr Rosemary Hawker
Fine Art would like to acknowledge the contributions to teaching in Fine Art from our colleagues in allied disciplines at QCA Ms Bianca Beetson Program Convenor, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Mr Daniel Della Bosca Digital Media, Gold Coast Dr Laini Burton Digital Media, Gold Coast, Studio Art Assoc Professor Donna Leslie Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Professor Jay Younger Photography
Mr Bruce Reynolds Ms Caity Reynolds Mr Nasan Pather Dr Jennifer Sanzaro-Nishimura Dr Glen Skein Ms Susie Woodhouse
STUDIO TUTORS Mr Robert Andrew Mr Nick Ashby Mr Blair Coffey Mr Chris Hagen Mr David Jones
Professor Pat Hoffie Ms Catherine Large
SESSIONAL STAFF
Ms Sally Molloy
Dr Donna Marcus
Mr Phil Aitken
Ms Jenny Watson
Dr Tim Mosely
Mr Nick Ashby
Dr Susan Ostling
Dr Chris Bennie
Dr George Petelin
Ms Jacqueline Chlanda
Dr Bill Platz
Mr Michael Cusack
Assoc Professor Debra Porch
Mr Simon Degroot
Ms Elizabeth Shaw
Ms Maren Gotzmann
Professor Ross Woodrow QCA Deputy Director Research
Ms Elise Hilder
TECHNICAL STAFF Mr Andrew Forsyth Dr Brian Sanstrom Mr Dave Sawtell Ms Katie Stormonth Mr Jonathan Tse
Dr Jennie Jackson 22
Dr Sara Manser Dr Julie-Anne Milinski Ms Kellie O’Dempsey Ms Clare Poppi
ADMINISTRATION STAFF Ms Sandra Kane Fine Art/Art Theory Administrator and Team Leader QCA SLTC Ms Amy Commins Art Theory Administrator, Semester 1 2016, QCA SLTC
PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF AND SUPPORT 2016 LECTURERS
TUTORS
Associate Professor Marian Drew
Ms Christine Ko
Mr David Lloyd Mr Peter Thiedeke Professor Jay Younger
Mr Louis Lim Mr Jo Ruckli Ms Emma Leslie Mr Andrew Willis
Ms Amy Carkeek Mr Martin Smith
SESSIONAL LECTURERS
SUPPORT STAFF Mr Tony Hamilton Mr Greg Hoy
Ms Angela Blakely
Ms Christine Ko
Mr AKM Shehab Uddin
Mr Louis Lim
Mr Bruce Reynolds
Ms Carol Marron
Dr Renata Buziak
Ms Chantel Schott
Mr Gerwyn Davies
Ms Lisa Brown
Mr Mike Hallson Mr Earle Bridger Ms Michelle Bowden Mr Joachim Froese Mr Jorge Deusttua
EXTERNAL ASSESSORS Angela Goddard Israel Rivera Raphaela Rosella
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CREDITS
EXHIBITION Mint Bachelor of Photography and Fine Art Honours Graduates 2016 16–26 November 2016 POP Gallery 27 Logan Road Woolloongabba
PUBLICATION Designed at Liveworm Studio Designer: Josephine Corben Creative Director: David Sargent Copy Editor: Evie Franzidis Cover image: James Hornsby Trapped (still) 2016 Published by Queensland College of Art Griffith University griffith.edu.au/qca ISBN 978-1-925455-33-5
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY 24
Adam Anderson Hailey Atkins James Barth Debbie Bennetts Jocelyn Boyle Laura Burstow Rebekah Evans Emma Gardner Jenna Green James Hornsby Kym McElroy Annelize Mulder Marc Pricop Heather Tichowitsch Rachael Wellisch Andrew Willis