2011 loreto art exhibition - Loreto College

Feature Artist
Will Nolan
SALife
Emerging Artist
Award
Debra
Morley
Feature Artist
SALife Emerging Artist Award
This year’s SpringART is very excited to
have the artist Will Nolan and his urban
landscape photography for our feature
works. Photography is an exciting
medium, which is developing as an
important art form for the Twenty First
Century. Will is a young and talented
photographer who has received much
attention early in his art career.
Will originally studied drafting but
decided that he wanted a more
creative focus to his study and
returned to art school to study painting.
While studying photography as part of
his course, he became fascinated by
the dark room process of Photogram’s
(a non camera technique). The hands
on process appealed to him.
After completing a Bachelor of Visual
Art at the University of South Australia
in 2008, specialising in photography,
Will released his TRACE ELEMENTS
a series of photographs, which were
exhibited at Gallery 139. This series
was met with critical acclaim.
SpringART is delighted to exhibit Will’s
current series, “WHAT LIES WITHIN”.
This series of work developed though
the exploration of the photographic
landscape whereby shadows become
abstract forms, changing the viewer’s
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perception of the landscape. Will’s
inventive images draw the viewer’s
eye to a new and exciting way of
considering the urban environment
as it is captured by photography. This
body of work presents the graphic
beauty of the everyday, illustrating and
recording facets of urban life.
Our feature piece, “UNTITLED #1”, is
deliberately anonymous, unnamed,
as Will doesn’t want the viewer to be
given any suggestions of a particular
place. In this work he is exploring the
relationship between positive and
negative spaces, black and white
compositions and 3D shapes in the
architectural landscape. The dark
void of the building is there for the
viewer to contemplate and imagine
what forms it may contain. The void is
intended to resonate with each viewer
and be interpreted in a personal way.
Will teaches within the photography
department at The Adelaide College
of the Arts where he enjoys inspiring
students with his passion. We are very
fortunate to have Will Nolan participate
in SpringART 2011. No doubt we will
all be inspired by the artistry of Will’s
photography.
Will exhibits courtesy of Helen Gory
Galerie-Melbourne
The SALife Emerging Artist Award
has been won by Debra Morley. Art’s
Editor, Lance Campbell commented
that reviewing the short list applicants
wasn’t easy but felt Debra’s work
displayed a greater level of curiosity.
Debra recently graduated from
Adelaide Central School of
Art with Honours (BVA 2010)
and is continuing to explore
the transformative qualities of time
and gravity on the human form in
these three dimensional figures. She
utilises layering and found materials
allowing the material to create its
own aesthetic. SALife editor Jacqui
Williams handed Debra a cheque
for $1000 at a special SALA event
held in August hosted by The Lion
Hotel. Debra will be supported and
featured both by SALife Magazine
and at this SpringART exhibition.