Student profiles

Nadine Christensen grew up in the Gippsland region and after finishing school and travelling for a few years, returned to the Gippsland Centre for Art & Design to do her Bachelor of Visual Arts. She appreciated the intimate scale of the Centre and the opportunities this provided for bonding together as a student group.

'The environment suited me at the time and allowed for a more gradual development of my work within a close community of students and staff. I also enjoyed being located in the industrial and at the same time picturesque Latrobe Valley; issues of technology and environment continue to inform my practice as an artist'

Nadine has been exhibiting regularly since she graduated from Monash in 1993. She's had solo shows at Monash University Museum of Art; Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces; Metro Arts, Brisbane; and Uplands Gallery and 1st Floor (both Melbourne).

In 2002 she was awarded an Australia Council residency at the Santa Monica Studio, California. Nadine has been invited to participate in the prestigious 'New 2004' show at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA). This annual series of major new commissions offers outstanding emerging Australian artists an opportunity to create new projects for the various spaces of ACCA.

Bianca Faye
Monash student
Master of Visual Arts (Off-Campus)

"I chose to undertake postgraduate studies at Monash because they offered me flexibility.

As an artist my way of working has created a lot of moving around. The last three years of part time study has taken place between Melbourne and Sydney as well as overseas. Desiring to complete a masters degree but not wanting to commit to staying in the same place I found this course provided me with what I wanted.

The best thing to come out of my experience being an off campus student at Monash was the continued feeling of balance. I felt my studies became more incorporated with my life and that I was supported in my style of working. This then opened up my study experience and through travel my work evolved and adapted to various situations and places."