Matt Hewson
Deakin’s final Geelong cohort of visual arts students will move one step closer to graduation next week when they open their final exhibition.
The four graduating artists will present their works at the opening of Matter and Memory: Four Traces of Time at the university’s Project Space Gallery this Thursday, September 26 at 6pm.
The exhibition, which runs until Wednesday, October 2, will feature a diverse range of artwork including sculpture, painting, installation and photography tied together by a shared exploration of moments in time.
Artist Katey O’Sullivan said all four graduates were “really excited” about exhibiting their work at Project Space Gallery.
“It’s such a fantastic opportunity that, as students of the Waterfront campus, we get access to such a gorgeous space,” she said.
“The history of Geelong is part of that building at the waterfront. So to have our work in that context… even though it’s coming to the end of trimester and we’ve got deadlines and everything, it’s something we’re all really looking forward to.”
The event will also serve as a celebration of the university’s history of producing visual artists in Geelong, which has come to an end with the discontinuation of art courses at Deakin.
Ms O’Sullivan invited all members of the community to come along and check out Deakin University’s final student art exhibition.
“We are trying to curate a sophisticated and contemporary show that showcases the talent coming out of Deakin,” she said.
“But also asking the audience to get up close to the artworks and explore them and take away their own interpretations of the objects.”
