I co-founded monthly studio crit sessions for Higher Degree Research (HDR) students with artist Kristy Gordon in July 2022. Since then, it has regularly gone on tour between UNSW Art & Design, Sydney College of the Arts, and National Art School. The award-winning initiative has been hugely successful amongst students, showing work from over fifty presenters. In February 2024, artist Sarah Eddowes joined the HDR studio crit team as co-organiser.
Sessions are held at 3pm on the last Friday of the month. To join our mailing list or present, contact hdrstudiocrit@gmail.com.
Session 1
July 2022 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Alannah Dair (SCA), Gus McGrath (UNSW), Daniel Press (UNSW), and Aulia Yeru (UNSW)
Photography by David Eastwood and Lisa Ho
Session 2
August 2022 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Kristone Capistrano (UNSW alumni), Quinn Chen (NAS), and Kristy Gordon (UNSW)
Photography by Kristy Gordon
Session 3
September 2022 / National Art School
Presenters: Catherine Anselmi (NAS), Wendy Miller (NAS), and Belinda Yee (NAS)
Photography by Jane Cameron
Session 4
October 2022 / National Art School
Presenters: Stephanie Houghton (NAS), Joyce Lubotzky (NAS), Justine Roche (NAS), and Mei Zhao (NAS)
Photography by Jane Cameron
Session 5
November 2022 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Liz Cotter (NAS), Penny Coss (UNSW), and Henry Xiang (NAS)
Photography by Jane Cameron
Research Candidate Award for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture
November 2022 / Postgraduate Council, UNSW
“For his work developing and implementing monthly cross-institutional critique sessions for HDR creative practitioners”.
Photography by Postgraduate Council
Session 6
March 2023 / Sydney College of the Arts
Presenters: Sarah Eddowes (UNSW), Sophie Victoria (NAS), Jeremy Smith (UNSW), Brigitta Summers (SCA)
Photography by Jane Cameron
Session 7
April 2023 / National Art School
Presenters: Quinn Chen (UNSW), and Joyce Lubotzky (NAS)
Photography by Jane Cameron
Session 8
May 2023 / National Art School
Presenters: Joshua Copland-Nielsen (NAS), Harry de Vries (NAS), and Henry Xiang (NAS)
Photography by Jane Cameron and Kristy Gordon
Session 9
June 2023 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Monika Cvitanovic (UNSW), Daniel Press (UNSW), Kristen Radge (UNSW), and Jeremy Smith (UNSW)
Photography by Jane Cameron and Lisa Ho
Group Show / HDR ART LAB
July 25, 2023 - August 4, 2023
AD Space
The show exposed a raw and experimental phase of research in the UNSW Art & Design HDR community, testing new media and modes of presentation. Welcome to the lab, but be careful, things may get explosive!
HDR ART LAB was curated by Sarah Eddowes.
Artists: Jane Cameron, Monika Cvitanovic, Sarah Eddowes, Kristy Gordon, Chloe McFadden, Daniel Press, Jeremy Smith, and Aulia Yeru
Left to Right: Monika Cvitanovic, Chloe McFadden, Kristy Gordon, Jane Cameron, Sarah Eddowes, Daniel Press, and Jeremy Smith, 2023.
Jane Cameron, install shot of 'I see you - II', 2023. Charcoal, pastel, and UV invisible light on cotton paper. Image courtesy of the artist.
Monika Cvitanovic, 'Untitled WIP' (left) and 'I Always See You In Blue WIP' (right), 2023. Collected personal textiles, found and gifted fabric offcuts and thread. Image courtesy of the artist.
Sarah Eddowes, 'Chicken Foot' detail, 2023. Plaster. Image courtesy of the artist.
Kristy Gordon, instal view of 'Rockpool' and 'Shallows' series, 2022-2023. Acrylic on Ply, digital drawings as print on paper and projections. Image courtesy of the artist.
Chloe McFadden, 'Practices of Predication', 2023. Interactive AI Installation. Image courtesy of the artist.
Daniel Press, 'Revenants of Queen’s Square', 2023. Wax mixed with oil paint. Edition of 5. Photography by Lisa Ho.
Daniel Press, 'Phantoms in Perth: Derry, Northern Ireland', 2023. Wax. Photography by Lisa Ho.
Jeremy Smith, 'The Pharmacological Body: AIDS/PrEP Map', 2023. Pen on Paper. Image courtesy of the artist.
Aulia Yeru, 'Aras Filem/Film Gradient: Cikapundung Kolot - Night Time', 2022. Digital print on banner cloth. Image courtesy of the artist.
Left to Right: Nicholas Stephens, and Daniel Press, 2023. Photography by Lisa Ho.
Session 10
July 2023 / AD Space
Presenters: Jane Cameron (UNSW), Sarah Eddowes (UNSW), Kristy Gordon (UNSW), and Daniel Press (UNSW)
Photography by Daniel Press and Kristy Gordon
Session 11
September 2023 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: April Mountfort (UNSW), Eva Nolan (UNSW), and Aulia Yeru (UNSW)
Photography by Kristy Gordon
Session 13
February 2024 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Anabelle Lacroix (UNSW), Sarah Eddowes (UNSW), and Daniel Press (UNSW allumni)
Photography by Kristy Gordon
Session 14
February 2024 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Lizzie Crouch (UNSW) and Helen Pynor (SCA alumni)
Photography by Kristy Gordon
Session 15
April 2024 / National Art School
Presenters: Martin John Oldfield (NAS), Caitlin Dubler (UNSW), Natasha Dubler (UNSW), and Niki Johnson (Monash University)
Photography by Kristy Gordon
Session 16
May 2024 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Anu Kawani (UNSW) and James Gardiner (NAS)
Photography by Kristy Gordon and Jeremy Smith
Session 17
May 2024 / UNSW Art & Design
Presenters: Kristy Gordon (UNSW) and Rachel Mackay (NAS)
Photography by Sarah Eddowes
