Christ Church Fine Art student Peng Yao has won the 2022 Geoffrey Rhoades Prize for art
Geoffrey Rhoades Commemorative Bursary winner Peng Yao's work explores the world of children's imagination and childhood memories.
This bursary is awarded to a candidate of sufficient merit, by the examiners in the Preliminary Examination in Fine Art whom they regard as the most outstanding on the basis of work submitted for the examination.
Describing her work, Peng said: “In my studio practice, I have been interested in childhood play and worldmaking, exploring the ways in which both formal and subconscious childhood memories or imaginations can impact a child’s sense of self, formation of identity, and interaction with the world.
“I like to explore this through an assemblage of different materials, mediums and installations, looking at the relationships between the 2D and 3D, the figurative and abstract.”
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Blanket fort, installation at Christ Church antehall, Feb 2022. Approx H 2.5 m x W 4m x D 2 m -
Blanket fort study, Feb 2022. Oil on canvas. 58 x 48 cm -
Whirlwind Pond life. Blanket fort: interior backdrop detail, Feb 2022. Cotton on tufting fabric, Polymer clay, Resin. 152 x 101 cm -
Fresh from the Nest; Filling your head with nonsense; Follow me. Blanket fort detail: floor cushions, Jan - Feb 2022. Hessian, Tufted cotton yarn, Stuffing. L 152 cm x W 101 cm x H 13 cm each -
In the classroom. Blanket fort detail: Pair of plastic stools. Jan 2022. Plastic stools, Modroc, Acrylic paint. 29 cm x 36 cm x 36 cm each -
Trolling, Oct 2021. Polymer clay, Aluminium foil, Rubber band. H 12 cm x L 14 cm x W 11 cm -
Piper, Dec 2021. Polymer clay, Aluminium foil, Chopsticks. H 19 cm x L 15 cm x W 10 cm
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Blanket fort, installation at Christ Church antehall, Feb 2022. Approx H 2.5 m x W 4m x D 2 m
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Blanket fort study, Feb 2022. Oil on canvas. 58 x 48 cm
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Whirlwind Pond life. Blanket fort: interior backdrop detail, Feb 2022. Cotton on tufting fabric, Polymer clay, Resin. 152 x 101 cm
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Fresh from the Nest; Filling your head with nonsense; Follow me. Blanket fort detail: floor cushions, Jan - Feb 2022. Hessian, Tufted cotton yarn, Stuffing. L 152 cm x W 101 cm x H 13 cm each
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In the classroom. Blanket fort detail: Pair of plastic stools. Jan 2022. Plastic stools, Modroc, Acrylic paint. 29 cm x 36 cm x 36 cm each
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Trolling, Oct 2021. Polymer clay, Aluminium foil, Rubber band. H 12 cm x L 14 cm x W 11 cm
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Piper, Dec 2021. Polymer clay, Aluminium foil, Chopsticks. H 19 cm x L 15 cm x W 10 cm
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