2017 EXHIBITIONS
REVAMP: 50s, 60s & 70s REVISITED: CELEBRATING FEDUNI'S BALLARAT ART SCHOOLS
SAT 25 NOV 2017 - SAT 27 JAN 2018
Federation University Australia’s Arts Academy wishes to acknowledge the extraordinary achievements of our alumni who studied Visual Arts at Ballarat Technical Art School, Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, Ballarat College of Advanced Education and Ballarat Teachers’ College, from 1955 up to and including 1979. Over the past decades, a diverse range of visual artists have graduated from the Arts Academy, some of whom have gone on to gain national and international recognition. Read more: REVAMP: 50s, 60s & 70s REVISITED: CELEBRATING FEDUNI'S BALLARAT ART SCHOOLS >
SYLVIA HOLLIS: THE ASSUMED DIVIDE
Wed 8 Nov - Sat 18 Nov 2017
The Assumed Divide is an exhibition of small, figurative sculpture works, created in response to an exploration of gender, feminism and relationships. Sylvia Hollis works with the nude human figure for its ability to expose the commonality of physical existence. Read more: SYLVIA HOLLIS: THE ASSUMED DIVIDE >
UNEARTHED: THE JAN FEDER COLLECTION
Sat 30 Sep – Sat 4 Nov 2017
The Jan Feder Collection is on tour from Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Federation University. Jan Feder was an alumna of the Gippsland Campus who studied ceramics on the campus. She passed away in the mid 1980s. Her student peers raised funds to buy ceramic works in her memory. They bought works from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught there. Read more: UNEARTHED: THE JAN FEDER COLLECTION >
MAZIAR MORADI: ICH WERDE DEUTSCH (I BECOME GERMAN)
Sat 19 Aug – Sun 17 Sep 2017
Ich Werde Deutsch (I become German) 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. Read more: MAZIAR MORADI: ICH WERDE DEUTSCH (I BECOME GERMAN) >
BENCHMARK17 - Undergraduate Visual Arts
Wed 19 Jul – Sat 12 Aug 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. Read more: BENCHMARK17 - Undergraduate Visual Arts >
MÁIRÍN NÍ SHÍOCHÁIN: A KINSHIP OF CREATURES
Wed 7 Jun - Sat 17 Jun 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. Read more: MÁIRÍN NÍ SHÍOCHÁIN: A KINSHIP OF CREATURES >
DEANNE GILSON: IN BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND THE GAZE
Fri 23 Jun - Sat 15 Jul 2017
Deanne’s art practice and current research is concerned with the objectification of Aboriginal women by the male colonial gaze, and how this has affected Aboriginal women and what was known as traditional women’s business. Read more: DEANNE GILSON: IN BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND THE GAZE >
NAIDOC 2017: INSIDE-OUT DREAMING
Fri 23 Jun - Sat 15 Jul 2017
Indigenous artists from Hopkins Correctional Facility and Langi Kal Kal present their recent work including poetry, writing, painting and drawing in an exhibition exploring a range of themes and ideas in celebration of NAIDOC 2017. Read more: NAIDOC 2017: INSIDE-OUT DREAMING >
ANNETTE CHAPPELL: INDWELLING
A Story in Fresco
Wed 24 May - Sat 3 Jun 2017
Annette Chappell’s work is a contemporary exploration and transgression of the material form and function of traditional fresco. Drawing upon on-site 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. Read more: ANNETTE CHAPPELL: INDWELLING
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GUIRGUIS NEW ART PRIZE 2017
25 MAR - 14 MAY 2017
GNAP is a $20.000 national, acquisitive, biennial, contemporary art prize administered by Federation University Australia (FedUni)'s Arts Academy, generously supported by local Ballarat surgeon and philanthropist Mr Mark Guirguis, GNAP showcases a selection of Australia's most exciting contemporary artists in Ballarat, Victoria. Read more: GUIRGUIS NEW ART PRIZE 2017 >
SCOPE17: ARTS ACADEMY VISUAL ARTS LECTURERS, ASSOCIATE & ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
WED 15 FEB - SUN 5 MAR 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 staff's ongoing commitment to a sustained, rigorous art practice across a broad range of approaches and media including ceramics, painting, photography, design, drawing and printmaking. Read more: SCOPE17: ARTS ACADEMY VISUAL ARTS LECTURERS, ASSOCIATE & ADJUNCT PROFESSORS >