VCA ART 2020

Bethany Joyce

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

From playfully insightful to gravely sincere; from installations to painting, printing, performance art and drawing. My art practice is varied, yet infused with my quest to illuminate the hidden, speak the unspoken, refresh the forgotten and forge the future. I have recently become preoccupied with reclaiming the home as a positive space: a place that enables adventure. Home is where adventures are dreamed up, planned and remembered. Some adventures even occur within its walls. The attentive reflection, longing, nearness and distance, vibrancy and joy are largely expressed through the application of glorious paint. My body of work reflects both my contemplative and mischievous inclinations, showcasing my first and enduring loves of painting and drawing along with my ardent forays into the many media of contemporary art.

Bethany Joyce, *Amalfi Coat*, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, Amalfi Coat, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *Fernweh*, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Bethany Joyce, Fernweh, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *How many bars?*, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, How many bars?, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *Dis(connect)*, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, Dis(connect), acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *(T)here and T(here)*, acrylic on canvas, 2020
Bethany Joyce, (T)here and T(here), acrylic on canvas, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *Peaches and sunshine*, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, Peaches and sunshine, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *Thira beacon*, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, Thira beacon, acrylic on canvas sheet, 2020
Bethany Joyce, *T(here)*, acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Bethany Joyce, T(here), acrylic on canvas, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Bethany Joyce, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Bethany Joyce, installation view, 2020. Documentation by Christo Crocker, Eliza Dyball and Aaron Rees.
Bethany Joyce, *A radius of small, 15min 56sec video, 2020

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

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