Image of Evey Skinner’s work at the QCA Showcase, Foundation Studio. Image credit: Miriam Deprez

Congratulations to all 2015 Queensland College of Art (QCA) graduates including the following students awarded across the 2015 QCA graduate exhibitions at the Queensland College of Art, QCA Gold Coast and the Griffith Film School.

DIGITAL MEDIA (QCA Gold Coast)

Image credit: Chris Venning

“Kiko Lights is an ongoing entrepreneurial project. The project was created to highlight a combination of both urban and natural materials that presents an aesthetically pleasing hand-crafted product. The design and production process has been tailored to ensure each product has its own unique aspect such as the textures of the concrete or the grains of the wood.” — Chris Venning

$2,000 ADFAS Scholarship for outstanding performance by a student continuing on to study Honours
Recipient: Jenna Baker

3 Dimensional Design Academic Achievement Award
Recipient: David Haggerty

Best 3 Dimensional Design Portfolio
Recipient: David Haggerty

3 Dimensional Design Student Culture Award
Recipient: Zoe Appleby

Digital Design Academic Achievement Award
Recipient: Itgel Altantsetseg

Best Digital Design Portfolio
Recipient: Itgel Altantsetseg

Digital Design Student Culture Award
Recipient: Kei Wong

Best Photo Media Portfolio
Recipient: Dan Carson

Photo Media Student Culture Award
Recipient: Dan Carson

Studio Art Academic Achievement Award
Recipient: Jenna Baker

Best Studio Art Portfolio
Recipient: Dan Pollard

Studio Art Student Culture Award
Recipient: Cherie Noble

Graphic Design Academic Achievement Award
Recipient: Jonty Spina & Chris Venning

Best Graphic Design Portfolio
Recipient: Chris Venning

Graphic Design Student Culture Award
Recipient: Aidan Ryan

Industry Practice Leadership Award
Recipient: Bec Bates

Industry Practice Joint Leadership Award
Recipient: Dan Pollard & Jasmine Arapovic

Tides Digital Media Honours Scholarship for artistic merit, to a graduating student continuing on to Honours
Recipient: Jonty Spina

Honours Excellence in Research Award
Recipient: Jason Haggerty

Best Honours Research Project
Recipient: Monique Montfroy

Honours Student Culture Award
Recipient: Libbi Reed

 

DESIGN

Sasha Hickson, Don’t Sweat It, 2015, digital print

“I’m a visual communicator, hand letterer, and typography lover. I’ve always had a passion for the creative arts, and find peace in anything hands-on. Due to my inquisitive nature, I’m always working to improve my craft and expand my capabilities as a designer.” — Sasha Hickson, Bachelor of Design

Liveworm Award for excellence in Design
Recipient: Sasha Hickson

Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Visual Communication)
Recipient: Hayden Roberts

Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Product Design)
Recipient: Callum Burgess

Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award (Interior Design)
Recipient: Siu Wing Chow

 

FINE ART

Cosima Scales, Dream Home, 2015, oil on plywood, 70 x 100cm

“My practice investigates how painting can address conflicting desires for the comforts of suburban spaces and the adventure of wilderness. Based on reference collages bringing together real estate photography and holiday snapshots, the paintings combine representational elements of architectural and natural environments. The surface, interrupted with discordant fragments of imagery, is unified by the medium of paint, allowing both types of subject matter to co-exist.” — Cosima Scales, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours).

Iain Turnbull Memorial Award presented to the fine art student at QCA judged to have displayed the most outstanding progress and potential for future development in printmaking
Recipient: Jude Roberts

Bonnie English Memorial Award presented to the fine art student with the highest academic achievement in 3rd year Art Theory courses
Recipient: Karen Stephens

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Award recognising artistic merit
Recipient: Cosima Scales

The Trevor Lyons Award: an annual award in memory of Trevor Lyons for presentation to a print media student of the QCA who has displayed commitment and passion in printmaking during their studies and is likely to continue working in this field.
Recipient: Chase Archer

QAGOMA Bookstore Book Prize for Best Presentation in Graduate Show
Recipient: Michelle Gilbert

Bruce Heiser Book Prize for best average grade across painting 3 and 4 courses
Recipient: Karen Stephens

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Painting Award
Recipient: Jack (Casey) Mitchell

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Print Media Award
Recipient: Lea I Zweig

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Sculpture Award
Recipient: Haley Atkins

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art Award
Recipient: Warraba Weatherall

Oxlades Art Essentials Undergraduate Jewellery and Small Objects Award
Recipient: Marian Macaranas

Melbourne Etching Supplies Award
Recipient: Torinne Zach

Vicki Williams Fine Art Quiet Achiever Award
Recipient: Debbie Bennetts

Vicki Williams Fine Art Quiet Achiever Award
Recipient: Jack Gardiner

 

JEWELLERY AND SMALL OBJECTS

Congratulations to the recipients of 2015 J&SO Graduate Awards. Thank you to the sponsors: Australian Jewellers Supplies, Peter W Beck, Pallion Group, Morris and Watson, Lorraine Larter, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland (JMGQ), and thank you to our guest judge, Renai Grace.

Skutvik, 2015, silver and 9ct gold.

“My work is an expression of deceptively simple, primitive sophistication, inspired by ancient Nordic culture.” — Line Sagmo Arnesen Bachelor of Fine Art (Jewellery and Small Objects).

Australian Jewellers Award
Recipient: Jack Gardiner

Australian Jewellers Award
Recipient: Chloe Tozer

Australian Jewellers Award
Recipient: Sarah Smith

Morris and Watson Award for outstanding body of work
Recipient: Russell Fuller

Pallion Group Award for most outstanding series of work
Recipient: Line Arnesen

Pallion Group Award for most outstanding series of work
Recipient: Yu Ting Lien

Peter W Beck Award for outstanding individual piece
Recipient:Avena Osborn

Lorraine Larter Award for outstanding installation
Recipient: Marian Macaranas

Aspirational Award for the greatest improvement
Recipient: Soriya Warren

Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Queensland (JMGQ) awarded to a student for a strong commitment to and participation in the wider jewellery community
Recipient: Beth Hodges

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

Anna, 2015, digital photograph, 16.15 x 22.5cm

“Enter ‘freckles’ into any search engine and an endless list of websites confronts you with a plethora of freckle prevention remedies. Historically, and across cultural divides, we tend to stigmatise these little clusters of melanin. Questioning beauty stereotypes by focusing on women with freckles may highlight the impact and challenges that socially constructed notions of beauty have upon the wider female demographic. Hopefully, this project will inspire all women to be proud of their uniquely individual beauty.” — Evey Skinner, Bachelor of Photography (Creative Advertising).

The St Aiden’s Anglican Girls School Award recognising artistic merit from a photography student
Recipient: Heather Fitzpatrick

St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School Award recognising artistic merit from a photography student
Recipient: Marc Pricop

The Sun Studios Award presented to the student whose work best demonstrates, technical excellence and conceptual depth within any of the three photography majors
Recipient: Evey Skinner

CR Kennedy Award for artistic merit
Recipient: Chris Bowes

Kayell QLD Award for excellence in Creative Advertising in still and moving image
Recipient: Myles Bennell

AIPP Photography Business Mentoring Award presented to a student with the highest standard of visual and lighting ability
Recipient: Gillian Jones

Anna Smith Prize for innovation and excellence in portraiture
Recipient: Nicole Paulsen

TEDS Camera Stores Photography Award presented to a graduating photography student in recognition of innovation in historic technology
Recipient: Marc Pricop

CameraPro Award presented to a graduating photography student in recognition of excellence in an advertising body of work with a strong conceptual framework in still and moving image
Recipient: Myles Bennell

John McKay Memorial Scholarship presented to the photography student with the highest GPA continuing into Honours.
Recipient: Evey Skinner

DES Beyond Creation Award in recognition of print mastery within a conceptual framework
Recipient: Dennis Rodriguez

RGB Digital Prolab Award in recognition of excellence in Creative Advertising
Recipient: Jared Finlayson

The Queensland Centre for Photography Award for experimentation and innovation within Photographic Art Practice
Recipient: James Hornsby

Street’s Imaging Award for the student with the best overall series from any major, presented to a graduating student going into Honours
Recipient: Patrick Adams

Vicki Williams Photography Quiet Achiever Award
Recipient: Cale Searston

Vicki Williams Photography Quiet Achiever Award
Recipient: Jacinta Yann

 

GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL

2015 LiveLab Award
Recipients: Joint winners — Cameron Marsh & Erin O’Shiel

FILM

Most Outstanding Director
Recipient: Cameron March — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Script
Recipient: Jordan Lynagh — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Performance (Male)
Recipient: Thomas Larkin — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Performance (Female)
Recipient: Millie Walton — The Top Secret Findings of Ethel P. Clearwater

Most Outstanding Cinematography
Recipient: Peter Gorring — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Production Design
Recipient: Jaykowa Hockings — The Top Secret Findings of Ethel P. Clearwater

Most Outstanding Sound Design
Recipient: Fabian Valado — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Editing
Recipient: Michelle McGilvray — The Neon King

Most Outstanding Music
Recipient: The Neon King

Most Outstanding Documentary
Recipient: Welcome Home

High Distinction in Film Production
Recipient: The Top Secret Findings of Ethel P. Clearwater

 

ANIMATION

Most Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
Recipient:Spirit Parade

Most Outstanding Achievement in Production Design
Recipient: Juhua

Most Outstanding Director
Recipient: Rob Corless — Samuel of the Sea

Most Outstanding Script/Concept
Recipient: Hubris

Best Portfolio
Recipient: Fei Hu

Panel Award
Recipient: Scraps

Overall Highest Achievement in Animation Production
Recipient: Pain in the Rickshaw

 

GAMES DESIGN

Most Outstanding Visual Achievement
Recipient: Thomas Hanley — Deductive Leap

Most Outstanding Technical Achievement
Recipient: Daniel Galbraith — Deductive Leap

Most Outstanding Game Design Achievement
Recipient: Brandon Ditcham — Chronodash

Overall Highest Achievement in Games Design (Best Game)
Recipient: Deductive Leap

 

GFS HONOURS

Best Direction
Recipient: Thomas Hanley — Deductive Leap

Best Script
Recipient: Daniel Galbraith — Deductive Leap

Best Overall Project
Recipient: Brandon Ditcham — Chronodash

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

Audience Choice Award — Film Production
Recipient: More Than Just Grass

Audience Choice Award — Animation
Recipient: Brhy & Guac

Audience Choice Award — Games Design
Recipient: Chronodash

Audience Choice Award — Honours
Recipient:Wonderful World of Careers