Mia Topen nominated for ARTEXPRESS
Year 12 Visual Arts student Mia Topen is the latest St Ursula’s student to be recognised for the exceptional standard of her HSC major work. Mia has been nominated for consideration in ARTEXPRESS, as part of the HSC Showcase season in 2023. Mia’s artwork, a time-based video titled “DJARABA EPOCH (Epoch of The White Man)” explores the effects of British colonialism and imperialism on First Nations people. The video incorporated a powerful soundtrack, dance, layered and historic imagery and a strong use of symbolism.
ARTEXPRESS is an annual series of exhibitions of exemplary artworks created by New South Wales Visual Arts students for the Higher School Certificate examination. Nominated works are those that have been identified through a rigorous examination process as excellent examples of students’ investigations of artmaking practice. The ARTEXPRESS exhibitions are curated from this pool of works. We eagerly await to hear whether Mia’s work is chosen to be exhibited as part of ARTEXPRESS. Congratulations to Mia and her Visual Arts teacher, Mrs Mary Hayman.
