A LOCAL student’s work will feature in an exhibition of the best artworks by 2013 Higher School Certificate Visual Arts students at the McGlade Art Gallery at the Australian Catholic University in Strathfield.
The ARTEXPRESS exhibition showcases the best works of art completed by 225 students from government and non-government schools across NSW as part of last year’s HSC.
More than 300 students’ works were nominated this year. Of these, 30 of the very best works will be on display at the exhibition, which will run from 30 April to 24 May.
One of these is the pair of dot paintings ‘Breeding the Black Out’ and ‘Lost Connection’ by Sharni Wilson, who studied at Westport High School.
Sharni describes her work as sharing two issues endured by Aboriginal culture now and in the past – the dilution of the Aboriginal gene pool and the breakdown of family through alcohol abuse and domestic violence.
The remaining 250-odd works selected will be on display in venues across the state.
Sharni’s work will also travel to the Glasshouse Regional Gallery in Port Macquarie in October.
ARTEXPRESS is a joint venture of the Board of Studies, Teaching and Education Standards New South Wales (BOSTES) and the NSW Department of Education and Communities, and is managed by the Department’s Arts Unit. ARTEXPRESS enjoys the support of a number of sponsors, including Australia Post, S&S Wholesale, the University of Western Sydney Academy, Grace Fine Art, Television Sydney (TVS) and Foto Riesel, and patron The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
The range of expressive forms represented includes ceramics, collections of works, documented forms, drawing, graphic design, painting, photomedia, printmaking, sculpture, textiles and fibre and time-based forms.
