Galapagos influence in Fine Arts

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Wednesday 22 September 2010

Galapagos influence in Fine Arts

When Tom Cruz decided to study art he searched across the world from South America through to Italy, France and Australasia for the right art school.

The Quay School of the Arts in Whanganui caught his attention and he travelled to New Zealand. Four years later he is about to celebrate the completion of his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, along with thirteen other final year students.

Born in England but raised in the Galapagos Islands, Tom appreciates the fact that he is still living in an island environment, close to natural resources.

His brother is an ecologist and Tom describes himself as a ‘frustrated biologist’. His work has been influenced by this close association to the natural world and reflects ideas about evolution and creation.

Tom represents the diversity of the 2010 final year students, and this diversity offers viewers a chance to experience how students from very different backgrounds have put together a gallery space that reflects their view of the world. The 14 graduates have majored in all studio areas and their work includes Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, and Glass.

The BFA graduate exhibition ‘A Bourgeois Spectacle’ opens Saturday 6 November at 6 pm and continues through 20 November, 10-4pm daily. It will be held in conjunction with the final year show for the Diploma in Glass Design and Production, with six exhibiting students, and for the Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (three final year students) at the Whanganui UCOL campus at 16 Rutland Street.

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