The Hatched: National Graduate Show acknowledges and celebrates outstanding graduates from across the country. In its 33rd year, Hatched 2024 featured the works of 22 artists from 21 tertiary art schools who were nominated by their lecturers and selected by a panel comprising Dennis Golding (artist, curator and Hatched alumni 2019, Sydney); Sebastian Henry-Jones (curator, West Space, Melbourne); and Sarah Wall (curator, PICA).
Hatched represents the diverse and compelling practices of the next generation of artistic voices. 2024’s exhibiting artists pushed boundaries across all contemporary media, including installation, video, painting, textiles, sculpture, photography and various experimental forms. They drew on their uniquely personal experiences and pressing recurring themes, including the effects of climate change and the ongoing impact of colonisation.
In addition to the exhibition, PICA offers tailored professional development programs, equipping the artists with knowledge about funding opportunities, applying for exhibitions and residencies, and ways of making their practices more accessible. PICA also provides month-long residencies to one interstate and one Perth-based Hatched artist every year. In 2024, Frances Malcomson from the University of Tasmania (TAS) and Kasia Kolikow from North Metroplitan TAFE (WA) undertook residencies at PICA.
2024 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Awards, the largest prize pool for emerging artists in Australia – totalling $50,000. In 2024, Kate McGuinness from Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney (NSW); Vedika Rampal from UNSW Sydney (NSW); and Lily Trnovsky from Adelaide Central School of Art (SA) received the $15,000 awards, with the inaugural $5,000 People’s Choice Award also going to Kate McGuinness. The Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Awards are made possible by funds bequeathed to The University of Western Australia by Dr Harold Schenberg.
Artists
Sophie Dumaresq – Australian National University (ACT)
André de Vanny – National Art School (NSW)
Jamee Barker – University of Wollongong (NSW)
Kate McGuinness – Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney (NSW)
Thomas Hannah – Southern Cross University (NSW)
Vedika Rampal – The University of New South Wales (NSW)
Melissa Stannard – Griffith University (QLD)
Ruby Stevens – Queensland Univeristy of Technology (QLD)
Alanah Kent – Flinders University (SA)
Katey Smoker – University of South Australia (SA)
Lily Trnovsky – Adelaide Central School of Art (SA)
Tiarnie Edwards – University of South Australia (SA)
Frances Malcomson – University of Tasmania (TAS)
Edie Duffy – Monash University (VIC)
Ka Yan SO (Kelly ) – RMIT University (VIC)
Michelle Prezioso – Federation University Australia (VIC)
Michelle Yuan Fitz-Gerald – University of Melbourne (VIC)
Steven Christou – Deakin University (VIC)
Emily J. Palmer – Curtin University (WA)
Esther Forest – University of Western Australia (WA)
Kasia Kolikow – North Metropolitan TAFE (WA)
Laura Ward – Edith Cowan University (WA)Laura Ward (WA)
Schenberg Arts Awards Winners
Kate McGuiness (Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney) – $15,000 Schenberg Arts Award
Vedika Rampal (University of New South Wales) – $15,000 Schenberg Arts Award
Lily Trnovsky (Adelaide Central School of Art) – $15,000 Schenberg Arts Award
Kate McGuiness (Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney) – $5,000 People’s Choice Award
