Shepparton Art Museum has selected its 2024 Community Gallery Artists.
Multidisciplinary artist Jen Valender has been selected as the winner of the SAM Selects exhibition program for 2024 and will display her exhibition Field from February 3.
The SAM Selects exhibition program allows artists, creatives, curators and community groups to submit a recent creative project to be displayed in SAM’s Hugh D.T. Williamson Community Gallery.
Ms Valender’s exhibition features a multi-channel video installation made up of four moving image works: Re-search, Bovine Harp, Artist as Animal and Sediment, which were created during her time at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus.
“We are delighted to have her as part of our 2024 exhibition program and to be the first to present these works together, highlighting her experience of making work in response to the region,” SAM curator - community Caroline Esbenshade said.
“We hope the exhibition will bring a new perspective of the Goulburn Valley for locals and visitors alike.”
Later in the year, the Community Gallery will feature a new body of work from local artist Carmel Robertson, who was selected as the 2024 SAM Spotlight artist.
SAM Spotlight is an annual paid opportunity for an emerging solo artist based in the Goulburn Valley and Hume region to work closely with the SAM curator - community to develop a new body of work for exhibition.
Jan Valender’s exhibition, Field, will open on February 3, 2024, with SAM Spotlight: Carmel Robertson to open in November 2024.