Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours) Contemporary Art
Dr Doreen Donovan
Program Director | Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours)
UniSA Creative
The 2021 contemporary art students graduating with a Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours) featured in this online catalogue have successfully synthesized their three years of undergraduate studies with advanced understandings of critical thinking and research skills, framed around their practice. The range of disciplinary foci displayed through their creative artefacts and exegeses highlight unique, original and contemporary perspectives as they examine, analyse and creatively interpret the social, cultural and environmental complexities of 2021.
In viewing and reflecting on their artefacts, it needs to be considered that ‘an expansive concept of contemporaneity is crucial to grasping what it is to live in the world today, and to make art within this world’ (Smith, 2019, Introduction). Through their creative research practice, this cohort of contemporary art (Honours) students demonstrates that, as Smith aptly proposes ‘We are inside what it means to be contemporary, where art is the art of our contemporary condition’ (2019, Introduction).
The 2021 emerging contemporary art practitioners featured here have advanced their research and studio skills within—and in response to—ever-changing global circumstances. Through their research practice they demonstrate resilience, commitment and determination to complete what is an intense program of study. They are positioned to take on leadership roles in their discipline through their practice-led and practice-based research and, thereby, contribute to strengthening the cultural and social significance of the creative arts on thriving and diverse societies.
I sincerely congratulate the 2021 contemporary art Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours) cohort on their achievements to date. In wishing them all the best, I look forward to hearing about their successes, professional trajectories, further research and their future contributions to their discipline and broader creative sector locally, nationally and internationally.
Smith, T 2019, Art to Come: Histories of Contemporary Art, Duke University Press
Exhibited Works
Graduation Exhibition
Eliza Abejo
Emily Anderson
Talitha Benson
Chloe Bentley
Olivia Brine
Frances Cohen
Hannah Coleman
Sally Craven
Sienna Crowhurst
Christina Cuthill
Lauren Downton
Ron Edwards
Peter Fitton
Elena Grilli
Bianca Hoffrichter
Alice Hu
Michelle Jacob
Josh Juett
Lucy Keatch
Claire Kennett
Eli Lange
Mary Lawas
Isabel Margot
Sam Matthewman
Bridget McPeake
Sydelle Mullen
Alice Mussared
Renee Pastore
Emma Perry
Caitlin Preece
Rosemary Prider
Izzi Selfe
Miriam Sims
Rosa Slape
Asha Southcombe
Bree Thomson
Ruby Yates
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