Long Gallery art award and book exhibition on display

Sep 06, 2004

The University of Wollongong’s Faculty of Creative Arts presented the 15th UniCentre Annual Acquisitive Art Award last Thursday (September 2)in the faculty’s Long Gallery.

Prize categories included two-dimensional art, three-dimensional art, photography and the Yang Sheng-An Memorial Art Prize.

The Yang Sheng-An Memorial Art Prize is to honour the memory of the UOW student and artist, “Victor” Yang Sheng-An, who tragically drowned while surfing at East Corrimal beach in December, 2002.

Victor’s family recently travelled to Wollongong from Taiwan to contribute $10,000 towards this art prize.

An additional $500 was granted from the University’s Office of Community and Partnerships and the UOW Postgraduate Association (WUPA) for the most exceptional painting in oils, acrylics or watercolour that explored the theme of ‘Spirit and Nature’.

The winner of the award was postgraduate student Archibald Zammit-Ross, with his artwork entitled "The Titans Aroused".

The winner of the two-dimensional art category was Daniel Moynihan and the 3D winner was Aya Nobukiyo with Chia Ming Cheng the 3D runner-up. The photography award went to Khadije Moosavian.

Artwork will be on display until September 17.

Also opened last Thursday at the Long Gallery was ‘Undercover’, an exhibition of artist books by students and staff from the UOW Faculty of Creative Arts and the South Australian School of Arts, University of South Australia.

The artist book program was started about 12 years ago by Liz Jeneid and has been a course that has encouraged and attracted students, not only from visual arts, but also from other disciplines such as writing and music.

The ‘Undercover’ exhibition was formally opened by Professor Amanda Lawson and will continue until September 30.

For further information contact: Elizabeth Dray: 4221 5853

-RP