Year 12 Visual Arts - HSC Exhibition and Body of Work Highlight

Year 12 students have spent the past 10 months working on their HSC Body of Work. The Body of Work counts as 50% of a student’s HSC examination mark for the HSC. The class of 2023 worked in a range of different mediums and explored diverse concepts. It was wonderful to be able to showcase the students’ hard work in our annual HSC Visual Arts Exhibition, held in our Senior Art Room last Tuesday 29th August. 

Some of the students’ artworks included Documented Forms (a documentation of an installation, or artwork “too large” to submit to NESA), Collection of Works that feature the use of multiple art mediums, Time Based Form, Paintings and Drawing that use sound to enhance concept and meaning.

Thank you to our parents, extended families and friends who supported our Year 12 Visual Arts students on this journey. There were many laughs (and tears) as students solved and dedicated themselves towards finishing their Body of Works to the highest quality.

Congratulations to the class of 2023 on submitting their BOWs. They are now focused on studying for their HSC written exams and making the most of every minute left in our class. As their class teacher, I am incredibly proud of their efforts and I know they will continue to utilise their creativity post school. Well done Year 12!

HSC Visual Arts Exhibition

HSC Visual Arts Body of Works

Arshroop Kaur

'The Golden Age'

Arthur Wang

'AC DC'

Ethan Silva

'Inside Out'

Jade Kember

'On The Clock' - Still from Video 

John Roxas

'Asylum'

Jordan Gutierrez

'Chladni In Colour'

Rohan Alano

'Submerged'

Sabrina Tomas

'The Impossible'

Theresia Purwadi

'In Vogue'

Mrs Claudia Harris

Leader of Learning Visual Arts

Year 7 - Food Artworks & Sculptures

Students in 7VISAC and 7VISAC have learnt a range of skills and utilised them in multiple expressive forms; Photo media, drawing and sculpture. 

Students were asked to bring a packaged food product which was used as their main subject. Year 7 artists were provided with a Photography workshop, teaching composition, rule of thirds as well as the importance of lighting. With these skills they composed and shot their own reference photos, which they then applied a grid over the top of to transfer onto A5 paper. Students applied colour pencil blending/burnishing and layering skills to colour and refine their drawings

To extend this unit further, they were challenged to transform a 2D drawing into a 3D sculpture. Students worked collaboratively to construct and enlarge their chosen packaged food product similar to the work of artist Claes Oldenburg. 

Year 8 - Cubist Artworks

Year 8 students in 8VISAA and 8VISAG have completed their Cubist artworks inspired by the famous artist, Pablo Picaso. 

Artists of year 8 chose to fragment either a chair (Picasso's chair) or an instrument (symphony of colour). Through planning, research and drafting, students developed their own artwork reflecting Cubist characteristics such as fragmentation, multiple perspectives and geometric shapes. 

Through the incorporation of skills taught across mediums such as oil pastel, pencil, water colour, chalk pastel and charcoal, students finalised their final Cubist Artworks. 

Year 9 - POP Art Collection of Works

Year 9 artists in 9VISA1 have been learning about the movement Pop Art, in particular, focusing on the practice of Pop artists and how they communicate meaning. 

Students were given only 4 weeks to plan, research, experiment and design their collections.

A range of expressive forms and pop culture were portrayed making it a very engaging and entertaining collection to view. Some students recontextualised visuals/imagery to pose comments on society, confront the viewer and reflect the happenings of the time. 

Mrs Shandel Kemal

Visual Arts Teacher