Visual Arts – ArtExpress 2023 and Chloe Zheng 2nd in John Villiers Outback Art Prize

Visual Arts at Fort Street had a very successful cohort of students in 2022. With a large class of 21 students, there were 5 ArtExpress nominations: Ye Joo Sin, Ronan Kohlhoff, Benji Yanamoto-Symonds, Marcus Wu and Alex Mera. Out of these 5 students, Alex Mera was chosen for ArtExpress at The Armory Gallery with her time-based artwork Panopticon and Marcus Wu for his designed object artwork Dissociation at the Art Gallery of NSW. It has been so wonderful to see their work represented at major galleries with such a large audience.  Congratulations to these students, and all of the very successful 2022 Visual Arts class!

On March 15, Year 11 went to see ArtExpress at the Art Gallery of NSW for a class excursion and were amazed by the quality of artwork created by NSW students. It was also a wonderful chance to visit the new Sydney Modern building featuring a range of artists including the updated Yiribana gallery, The Tank and the exhibition Dream Home. We will get back to the gallery later in the year to see the exhibitions of works by two of the world’s greatest artists – Louise Bourgeois and Vasily Kandinsky.

Chloe Zheng in Year 11 has been placed 2nd on John Villiers Outback Art Prize 2023 and has been placed above established artists claiming the $1000 prize. You can view her work titled “Out from the clouds” and vote for her work in the people’s choice award here:

https://matildacentre.interactivink.com.au/vote

Chloe’s success continues as she is also a finalist in the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023 at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and will be shown until 21 May. As a keen and talented art student, Chloe will no doubt be successful in more art competitions in the future.

Rhianna Blake

CAPA Faculty