Student work
Explore the dynamic work and creative talent emerging at UNSW Art & Design through various showcases, festivals and exhibitions. With interdisciplinary practices across animation, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, visual effects, and more.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2023 Jenny Birt Award, Jacqueline Jacky, for their work “That Place They Had”.
Jacky’s work is conceptually and materially potent, emblematic of a mature practice that balances ambition with close attention to detail. The artwork is technically well made and realised, with each aspect of the installation carefully considered, including the ‘back’ of the artwork. The artwork speaks to acknowledgement as a social and political structure, while also exploring personal experiences, stories, and histories of Aboriginal identity. Relationships between public and private, colonial and First Nations, are thoughtfully negotiated through the deft handling of materials, processes, imagery, and text. This is a sophisticated work with a nuanced and powerful message.
Acknowledgement of Country
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
