VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition 2022
4 Mar 2022 – 21 Mar 2022
Opening Night, Tuesday 8 March at 7pm.
Location: Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries
In this exhibition artists are asked to explore subjects from a modern perspective, challenging themselves creatively. Digital Works included. The VAS Contemporary Exhibition is sponsored by the George Hicks Foundation.
Dr Steven Rendall, contemporary artist and lecturer at RMIT school of art, will be the judge for this year's Contemporary Exhibition. As a highly accomplished artist who works across painting, video and sculpture, his works are held in many collections around the world including the National Gallery of Victoria.
VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition Winner
Winner: Samira Khadivizand—'Childhood'
Highly Commended Artists
Jo Reitze VAS FVAS—'Geelong Conservatory'
Louise Foletta VAS—'Lockdown after Lockdown'
Ulrich Stalph—'Sandcastle'
Ursula Tursky VAS—'Recovering'
Fay Palmer—'Strangler #16'
George Eustice—'City'
SCULPTURE WINNER
Winner: Ivana Maric—'Self-portrait with the Daughter'
Highly Commended Sculptor: Judith Leman FVAS—'Scolpito'
The VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition may be viewed in the Galleries at the Victorian Artists Society until Monday 21 March 2022. Visitors welcome.
'Childhood', acrylic by Samira Khadivizand, Winner 2022
Banner Image: 'The Hypnotist', oil on canvas by Brock Q Piper, Winner 2021
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.