By Margaret Maccoll
Photography is bringing success to local creatives through exhibition.
Former St Andrew’s Anglican College student Alycia Rubulis moved a step closer to her chosen career in photography, with her works gracing the walls of Brisbane Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) until 30 July.
Alycia last year won the Creative Generations Excellence Awards in visual art for her digital photography work, Lucidity. The award culminates with an exhibition, the Creative Generations Visual Art Exhibition, showcasing the highest standard of Year 12 artworks by students in Queensland.
St Andrew’s head of visual art Ben Hedstrom said the recognition was one of the highest honours for a visual arts student and was a “tremendous start for her career as an artist”.
“I am so happy for Alycia to have her work exhibited at the highest level at such a young age,” he said.
Alycia has gone on to study visual arts at university, and has accepted an offer to study photography at UNSW Art and Design in 2018.
Meanwhile, at the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery a striking exhibition, showcasing digital images from past and current students and academics is gaining attention.
The exhibition, How the light gets in: contemporary photographic practice, brings together works of local artists Dasha Riley, Hing Ang, Matt Bushell and Darren Smith.
Lecturer in Digital Design Dr Debra Livingston said digital photography had revised the way people thought about the role of the camera in contemporary culture.
“In the past, emulsion-based photographs were largely viewed as representations of the real,” she said.
“This exhibition shows the capacity for photographers to explore previously unimagined possibilities.” The exhibition continues until Saturday 1 July.
