The Grad Show is open!
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The Grad Show is open!
NAS is proud to present the work of our 2022 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) cohort.
Each year, the NAS Grad Shows buzz with anticipation and excitement to see the next wave of Australia’s best emerging talent. Come and join us as we celebrate their work across ceramics, drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture, exhibited throughout the NAS campus.
“We are enormously proud of all our BFA, MFA and DFA graduating students for 2022,” said NAS Director and CEO Steven Alderton. “Despite the disruptions over the past three years, their outstanding work shows they are ready to join the celebrated ranks of NAS alumni, who are among Australia’s most esteemed and accomplished artists of the past and present. These graduates represent the future.”
Visit NAS Gallery, the Rayner Hoff Project Space, The Drawing Gallery, and open studios to experience fresh, progressive and bold works from our outstanding class of 2022 – the next generation of Australian artists.
THE GRAD SHOW 2022
Opening Night: Thursday 8 December, 6 – 10pm
Exhibition: Friday 9 – Sunday 18 December 2022, 11am – 5pm
BUY ARTWORKS HERE
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