Tim Olsen Drawing Prize 2016
10 - 20 August 2016 Opening Night: Tuesday 9 August 2016; 5-7 PM
With the intention of encouraging excellence and promoting research and practice in drawing the Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, now in its sixteenth year, and the accompanying exhibition has been an important event on our school's calendar. The Tim Olsen Drawing Prize has been a collaborative initiative between the Tim Olsen Gallery and former Department of Drawing and Painting, School of Art since 2001. This collaboration has been continuously supported by Tim Olsen Gallery and the new venture - Olsen Irwin. Since 2014 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize has been open to all Postgraduate and Honours students who use and demonstrate drawing as a very significant part of their research practice across the faculty.
Event Image and 2015 Tim Olsen Prize Winner: Eunjoo Jang, 'The Physical - Virtual Continuum', scratch hologram & drawing on cylindrical aluminium screen, 90cm x 76cm (in diameter). Photos: Gavin Pili and Zoe May