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Hatched 2014

Hatched 2014

The Hatched: National Graduate Show is a curated showcase of new art from Australia’s top graduates. Striking images, unsettling video works and bold installation art encompass a wide span of cutting-edge ideas and processes. Traditional techniques are used experimentally, pushing the boundaries of ceramics, painting, printmaking and photography, whilst combinations of unwieldy materials including toothpaste, elastic bands and tarpaulins result in explorations of materiality, space and narrative.

Nothing is out of the realm of consideration, and these artists have not been afraid to tackle the more testing aspects of our time: fear and vulnerability, futility and failure, chaos and control, truth, memory and identity. 

Continuing to be the only national survey of its kind, this year’s Hatched 2014 featured 34 of the most promising artists fresh out of 22 art schools from around Australia. Artworks by 100 students were considered by the selection panel comprising Josh Milani, Director of Milani Gallery, Brisbane; Sydney based Independent Curator Simon Soon; Kelly Mcclusky, the co-founder of PVI Collective and Head Girl at CIA Studios, Perth; plus, PICA Curator Leigh Robb and Curatorial Fellow Nadia Johnson. In its record 23 years, Hatched has become a rite of passage for Australia’s next generation of artists and a snapshot of the directions we can expect in emerging contemporary practice. 

Artists

Kurtis Adamson – Southern Cross University (NSW) 
Serge Ah-Wong – Charles Darwin University (NT) 
Gemma Avery – National Art School (NSW) 
John Blines – Adelaide Central School of Art (SA) 
Bianca Brant – Deakin University (VIC) 
David Brophy – Central Institute of Technology (WA) 
Valdene Buckley – The University of Western Australia (WA) 
Katherine Clayton – Queensland University of Technology (QLD) 
Alice Couttoupes – University of New South Wales (NSW) 
Anna Cuthill – National Art School (NSW) 
Ryan Fitzgerald – The University of Newcastle (NSW) 
Briony Galligan – Monash University (VIC) 
Marian Giles – Central Institute of Technology (WA) 
Simonne Goran – Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney (NSW) 
Megan Hales – RMIT University (VIC) 
Sara Hellsing – Australian National University (ACT) 
Rosie Isaac – Monash University (VIC) 
Zoe Kirkwood – University of South Australia (SA) 
Yeowon Lee – University of New South Wales (NSW) 
Michael McIntyre – National Art School (NSW) 
Nina McKay – Edith Cowan University (WA) 
Alexandra McKim – Federation University Australia (VIC) 
Danni McGrath – Curtin University (WA) 
Betty Musgrove – RMIT University (VIC) 
Tom Parsons – Monash University (VIC) 
Nadege Phillippe-Janon – University of Tasmania (TAS) 
Nito Santos – RMIT University (VIC) 
Derek Sargent – University of South Australia (SA) 
Ash Simpson – University of Tasmania (TAS) 
Annie Tsai – University of Wollongong (NSW) 
Ash Tower – Adelaide Central School of Art (SA) 
Rachel Vosila – University of New South Wales (NSW) 
Grace Wood – The University of Melbourne (VIC) 
Felix Wilson – University of Tasmania (TAS) 

Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Awards Winner

Zoe Kirkwood (University of South Australia) – $35,000 Schenberg Art Fellowship