The Grad Show 2021
NAS is proud to present the work of our 2021 Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) graduate students. With 148 graduates exhibiting more than 1800 works across the campus, this is the largest cohort ever to graduate from NAS.
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 achievements in ceramics, drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture
“We are enormously proud of all our graduating students for 2021,” said NAS Director and CEO Steven Alderton. “Despite the disruptions of the past two years, their outstanding work shows they are ready to join the celebrated ranks of NAS alumni, who are among Australia’s most esteemed and exceptional artists of the past and present. These graduates represent the future.”
Introducing Elena Larkin (@lennylarkin), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘I still hear you singing (Bundjalung land, Alstonville NSW)’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Elena Larkin
‘I still hear you singing (Bundjalung land, Alstonville NSW)’
gouache on paper
73 x 154 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing James Grose (@jamescgrose), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘‘What happened at -34.080S, 151.145E on 17 July, 2023, when the new moon rose at 06:43 and the sun rose at 06:59’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
James Grose
‘What happened at -34.080S, 151.145E on 17 July, 2023, when the new moon rose at 06:43 and the sun rose at 06:59’
polymer paint, gesso, watercolour, coloured pencil, graphite pencil, graphite powder, felt pen
56 x 76 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing Ange Harry Bateman (@angebatty), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work “....no more under the tyranny of custom than are the birds and the foxes.”.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Ange Harry Bateman
"....no more under the tyranny of custom than are the birds and the foxes.”
inkjet print on Hahnemühle etching paper
84 x 59 cm
Photograph: John Dennis
Printing: Benjamin Storrier
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Oct 19
Introducing Omi McCurdie (@omimccurdie), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘The Ironing Woman’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Omi McCurdie
‘The Ironing Woman’
single-channel HD digital video, colour, sound
21:42 minutes
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing Ellen McCalmont (@e.s_mccalmont), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘Sinking from life’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Ellen McCalmont
‘Sinking from life’
charcoal on paper
76 x 56 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing Vicki Potter (@vickichristinapotter), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘scintilla’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Vicki Potter
scintilla
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
152 x 152 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
