HIGH RISE / LOW RISE & CURRENTS by ANNA MADELINE @ CCAS (2016)

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Monique Montfroy is a photographer and new media artist based on the Gold Coast. Monique completed a Bachelor of Digital Media majoring in Photo Media in 2014 at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. In 2015 her body of work ‘Bois to Men’ [2014] was shortlisted for the National Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and she was awarded a scholarship to complete her Honours study from the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS). Monique aims for her images to make an impact on society, to tell stories and shed light on concepts and issues that are not commonly spoken about in mainstream media. Her current work explores notions of identity on the Gold Coast through portraiture, documentary and street photography. Millan Pintos-Lopez completed a BA Visual Arts (Hons) at Australian National University Art School, Canberra, in 2015, majoring in Printmedia and Drawing. Millan has been the recipient of an EASS (Emerging Artists Support Scheme), the Ampersand Duck Residency, Canberra Mentoring Program with mentor Peter Vandermark, and awards from Cox Architecture, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery. Millan has completed residencies at the University of Hawaii’s print department and the Buenos Aires at Proyecto Ace Sub30 Residency program. Millan currently works as a Technical Officer at Megalo Print Studio + Gallery in Canberra. His recent work explores humanity’s irrational desire for a rational existence in an unpredictable universe employing printmaking, painting, installation and sculpture, his works examine points of convergence between contemporary art and modernism, with its links to advertising and propaganda, design and architecture. Claudia De Salvo is an emerging mixed media and installation artist based in both Brisbane and the Gold Coast. In 2014 she completed her bachelor of Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, majoring in interdisciplinary sculpture, and she is currently


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