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**CANCELLED** SAVE THE DATE! October 8 at INTOO - Solo Exhibition

15/9/2021

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UPDATE: 

Those following InToo's page will know this (and I thank you for the kind messages) but InToo has been forced to close unexpectedly. Hence, my upcoming show is cancelled. I'm sorry to have gotten your hopes up... especially if you rearranged your schedules to attend the opening night.

I always try to have two solo exhibitions a year. This year both shows have failed to happen. The work is still here in storage but I'm uncertain where to show it. InToo was the perfect place and the perfect crowd for the Mickey/Simpsons and the Townscapes/Trash paintings.
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Thanks for the kind messages last night. I'm not against trying again this year. So I'm all ears for suggestions!

Opening on October 8  in Northbridge, INTOO STUDIOS will be hosting my solo exhibition FANTASTIC VISIONS (AND TRASH), featuring landscape paintings inspired by Perth's first lockdown.

This open invitation extends to families. FANTASTIC VISIONS might be the first of my shows to not contain NSFW content. Read about it below!
Click here to read and join the facebook event for FANTASTIC VISIONS (AND TRASH)
Supporters please note: Recurrent lockdowns has made advertising and event-planning much harder for small businesses. I'd very much appreciate your efforts to share this event invitation with like-minded people. Thank you!
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After exhibiting in Europe during the first covid scare, Perth artist Ryck Rudd began painting a series of local townscapes inspired by the eerily-quiet yet rapidly-changing world of 2020.

''Perth seemed to freeze in time during the first lockdown. After two weeks in quarantine, I walked outside to buy my own groceries... and you would think everyone had all perished overnight. The whole town felt abandoned. The parks, the schools, and every local business: empty, ghostly and silent. Just the wind and the trees and the birds. It was uncanny but it was very tranquil. It felt like the new world -- whatever it would be -- was approaching.

These oil paintings are a meditation on my experiences in the suburbs of Perth during the first big covid scare.''
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Fantastic Vision over Town, 2020. Oil on canvas - 60cm H x 80cm W
About this event:
Opening night begins Friday 5:30 - 9pm
Drinks and food will be provided.
Exhibition continues all weekend.
Saturday and Sunday, 11am - 5pm
About the location:
InToo Studios (Also called InToo Gallery / InToo Collectables) 
​259 Newcastle St, Northbridge WA 6003, Australia
A ten minute walk from Perth train and bus station. Near Moon Cafe and Lucky Chan's Laundry Noodlebar.

Located directly across from the Wilson Parking lot at 8/6 Errichetti Pl, Northbridge WA 6003
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ARTIST RESIDENCY and SOLO SHOWCASE - September / October 2019

2/10/2019

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Until the 24th of October I will be Eel Meal's artist-in-residence with an open studio ​practice. All are welcome to visit during the gallery's open hours (see below), and the project concludes with a short exhibiton. Join us!

I'll have limited-edition prints of paintings and original drawings available for purchase all the while.
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For one month artist Ryck Rudd will utilize impoverished materials and their disposability to create a clumsy world of cardboard sculptures and drawings on paper.

For his own unflattering creation myth Rudd will tell an adult-themed fantastical story of sex and distress.

Songs of Pan features the artist's first exploration into sculpture and installation. All are welcome to visit throughout.

This month-long open-studio project will culminate in a closing night exhibition with tasty morsels and drinks.

Rudd is represented by Emanuel von Baeyer London.
Manager and artist Nick Fitzpatrick and myself are organizing a downloadable artist talk about the project. The acoustics are great from all the cardboard, so we expect a pleasant listening experience. Stay posted.

Below are some photos of progression for the installation. Be sure to follow my instagram and facebook and those of Eel Meal to watch the space progress!
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Photograph courtesy of Nick Fitzpatrick
Closing night - Open invitation
5:30pm, Thursday 24th October
Eel Meal, 3/377 Newcastle Street, Northbridge 

​Exhibition continues to Sunday 27th October.
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Open hours
Thursday, Friday: 4pm - 7pm
Saturday, Sunday: 10am - 6pm

Closed Monday to Wednesday 

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SOLO EXHIBITION - PERTH - APRIL/MAY

2/4/2019

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Hello everyone! If you've been following me on social media, you've seen me painting up a storm in preparation for my next solo exhibition in Perth!
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In two weeks Spectrum Project Space will be transformed into a capricious gallery of entirely new paintings and sketchbooks. My largest collection yet!

Not only that - a bigger studio space means bigger paintings! My biggest since 2016.
WORTHLESS REFUSE II describes both the worship and fear of the opposite sex. To better situate these feelings in paint, Rudd has researched the historical wealth of erotic art, from the graffiti of Pompeii, to the Shunga of Edo Japan, to the underground Comix scene of 1960s America; and pits it against its antithesis in Medieval art, with its fantastical illustrations of religious Judgement against self-indulgence.
Emanuel von Baeyer, my gallery in London, will be designing an e-catalog and online floor-sheet for the show. Throughout the exhibition the gallery and I will be facilitating sales and collection of artworks. If you wish to join the mailing list, please provide your details here​.

If you're a VIP or Patron of my practice, I'm discussing early opportunities - online and in-person - to access the show's contents for yourself. As patrons, you've earnt the first choice of purchase. Expect an email within the next two weeks!

The opening night will be April 18 at 6-til-8pm - the night before Good Friday. If you're going away for the holidays, please join us before your trip! An official opening talk will be given by artist and mentor Gregory Pryor.

If you've attended my celebrations in the past, you'll be expecting thematic treats - we'll have it sorted! You'll be leaving high on sugar and drink.

Another treat to excite you should be my neighbouring exhibitor Harrison See. See's solo exhibition HOLLOW FLIGHT announces his return from China and an embark on a PhD. HOLLOW FLIGHT will occupy the front half of the generous project space and runs concurrently with my own exhibition, concluding May 2.
The discomforting nature of Rudd’s art, which occasionally confronts or simply re-enacts real-world taboos, categorizes his practice within the Zapffean space of “sublimation”, wherein creative individuals mediate specific existential fears and instincts as alternatives to potentially destructive outlets. Sublimation concerns itself directly with existentially difficult issues from a safe distance, “As works in which the worst fortunes of humanity are presented in a stylized and removed manner as entertainment”.
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Fungal Fetus from Blue Panties (2019) Oil on canvas, 38 H x 76 W x 2 D (cm)

EVENT DETAILS

The Worthless Refuse II  exhibition will take place from Friday, 19 April  to Thursday, 2 May at Spectrum Project Space, Mount Lawley Campus, Edith Cowan University.

While free and open to the public, expect much in the way of nudity and sexually charged imagery. You might want to leave the kids at grandma's for this one!
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Opening night

To be officially opened by artist and lecturer, Gregory Pryor.
Date: Thursday, 18 April 2019
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: Spectrum Project Space, ECU Mount Lawley Campus, Building 3, Room 3.191


Artist talk

An artist talk will take place with Harrison See whose exhibition, Hollow Flight will be exhibiting concurrently in the front gallery.
 
Date: Saturday, 27 April
Time: 11:00am

Venue: Spectrum Project Space, ECU Mount Lawley Campus, Building 3, Room 3.191


Open hours

Tuesday to Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm; Saturday 12:00pm – 5:00pm

KEEP IN TOUCH!

Don't forget to add yourself to the facebook event for Worthless Refuse II, where I'll be posting important updates on the show nearly every day.

If you use social media, follow me on Instagram and Facebook where I show daily studio progress.

And lastly, email me for your personal invitation and catalog to WORTHLESS REFUSE II and all the shows thereafter!
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TWO SOLO EXHIBITIONS - LONDON - JULY/AUGUST

3/8/2018

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​London gallery and dealer Emanuel von Baeyer has scooped me up for a solo exhibition in the UK. Named after 'The Mess', a painting censored from my first solo show in Joondalup 2017, THE MESS will contain 30 artworks, from paintings to sketchbooks, from my series CAPRICCIO!, WORTHLESS REFUSE, and SONS OF PAN. 
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Censored in my hometown of Perth, 'The Mess' is now for sale in London through Emanuel von Baeyer gallery.

​Emanuel von Baeyer has also collaborated with Vardaxoglou, an emerging and prolific gallery, to curate a solo exhibition based on the 15 paintings and sketchbooks I've sent to London. This second exhibition, also titled THE MESS, will take place in Chelsea from 3 - 10 July. 

After the Chelsea exhibition, Emanuel von Baeyer will continue the larger 30-piece exhibition online and at the EVBaeyer gallery collection in London, concluding on the 31st of August.
        ​Ryck Rudd - The Mess is a collaborative exhibition between Emanuel von Baeyer and Vardaxoglou, presenting recent paintings and works on paper by Australian artist Ryck Rudd (b. 1991 in Perth, Australia). 

This exhibition of Ryck Rudd's works is part of Emanuel von Baeyer's ongoing interest in young artists whose work is ready to be unveiled. Emanuel von Baeyer and Vardaxoglou were drawn to Rudd because he is a truly classical artist - studied and consistent with an excellent sense of colour and evocative style and subject-matter. Indirect influence in the colour schemes of the late 19th century Les Nabis artists like Vuillard, Bonnard and Denis is evident, but he has singular imagery which places firmly in the present. 

Included in our exhibition are paintings and drawings from three of his recent series; Capriccio!, Sons of Pan and Worthless Refuse.
Above: Installation of the Emanuel von Baeyer / Vardaxoglou exhibition, reactivating an old heritage bank space in Chelsea.
Information on Emanuel von Baeyer:
       Emanuel von Baeyer London was founded in 1998 and has since been firmly established as a leading representative of the younger generation of old master dealers. Emanuel von Baeyer deals principally in fine European drawings, prints and paintings from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. They also handle select postwar and contemporary art, showing interest in both established and emerging artists. His clientele includes older and younger generations of private collectors, art historians and museum curators from institutions around the world. He is now widely recognised as an innovative dealer within his field and has published numerous specialist sales catalogues. 

Emanuel von Baeyer regularly participates in the London Original Print Fair, Frieze Masters London, Master Drawings Week in London and New York, IFPDA Print Fair New York, Antiquarian Booksellers Associations (ABA), TEFAF, Maastricht and Stuttgarter Antiquariatsmesse. He is also a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). He has held exhibitions in various galleries in Munich, Berlin and New York.
It may occur to readers that I've posted this message far too late for the first exhibition in Chelsea: if you were in London last month, you have my apologies!

As you can imagine, this is an overwhelming experience and a dream for any artist. I'm extremely privileged to be treated by two esteemed British galleries who believe in my practice. But that's not all: expect more news here regarding Emanuel von Baeyer and myself in the coming weeks! This is one giant step for my career, and I want to share it with you.
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Highly Commended at Joondalup Art Awards 2018

11/6/2018

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I'm delighted to learn my paintings have been Highly Commended by the judges at this year's Joondalup Community Art Awards.
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Two Kids (Diptych), 2018
Oil on canvas 
22 cm (W) x 28cm (H)
Signed on verso

Two-piece set
To purchase Two Kids please contact:
visualarts@joondalup.wa.gov.au or contact me.
​​Payments can be made through myself (via paypal or bank transfer) or at the sales desk via cash, cheque, or credit.
Popular choice award of $500

​You can support me by nominating my entry for this year's Popular Choice.
Voting is done just below (or via the isolated form here)
Voting also raffles you in for a $50 Frendz Art Supplies voucher. My thanks and good luck!
In the case of acquiring Ryck Rudd's painting Two Boys and/or winning the raffle. Your private number will not be shared or used for any other purpose.
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In related news, it's another pleasant surprise to see my artwork Moment of Conception printed in this year's exhibition booklet, advertising the annual Artist in Focus Award. Neighbouring is Skinny White Girl by fellow award winner Judy Rogers.
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Moment of Conception was also the poster baby we used for my Capriccio! solo exhibition in 2017. Its inclusion in this year's JCAA booklet should strike a chord with residents who might recall the exhibition advertisements I posted up around town last year.
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New Work Added - Material Murmurings

18/11/2017

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I've added another body of work to my gallery - Material Murmurings - undertaken during my final year at university in 2016. The project focuses on an artist's level of wastage, utilizing oil paint waste specifically. In my experience, paint is too compelling (and expensive) to be throw away... even if it's hardened or reduced to sludge.
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I started the project during my university degree, in a new unit titled Spatial Studio. To explain brefly: Edith Cowan University's recently added unit is one of the very remarkable units designed by Dr. Nien Schwartz. The lesson plan is sharp, the exercises amusing, and the theory enticing. One part of the unit, Material Murmurings, is a semester-long project focused on waste and consumption. The final grading is of a group exhibition open to the public on campus, at the Spectrum Project Space.

I hesitate to describe Material Murmurings as turning trash into treasure - but rather as imbuing strength and purpose into forgotten materials. There are objects made which do in fact reach the levels expected of compelling art. It's a surprising and meaningful exhibition. These days we see Australian university arts courses contracting, but hopefully Material Murmurings continues and gains wider recognition. Maybe towards acquisitions and commissions from mass-production (and mass-waste) companies, and invitations to art events like Sculpture by the Sea. 

You can read about this year's show in particular here.
And see my work from last year in my gallery. 
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SONS OF PAN Solo exhibition - Open invitation

15/10/2017

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Warmest greetings, arts enthusiast!
 
I'm excited to invite you to my second solo exhibition of the year – SONS OF PAN
 
The Victoria Park Centre for the Arts has supported me with an exhibition space at the Pop-Up Art Gallery, within the shopping centre. For ten days I’ll be displaying thirty-five artworks, from loaded sketchbooks to large paintings and drawings. Also I’ll be treating the space as a temporary studio, offering additional glimpses into my working process.
This exhibition draws upon ancient Western mythology and Freudian psychoanalysis – with a touch of Franz Kafka – to situate the great god Pan in a modern world. I hope to take the half-man half-goat hybrid to a new level, utilizing both humour and body-horror in a series of mixed media pieces – part drawing, part painting.

For SONS OF PAN, I’ve selected an age-old transformation-motif to express certain subsets of puberty. For the developing male teenager, “boyish feelings” of shame and inferiority conflict with a growing persistence and lust; characteristics synonymous with libidinous Pan. In my mind Pan and his kith, the rambunctious satyrs and fauns, are the perfect subject to explore artistically the stages between boy and man.
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Untitled (2017)
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 35.5 H x 30.5 W x 2 D (cm)

A self-updating exhibition catalogue is available via my website – www.RyckRudd.com/Pan. It’s my pleasure to offer a 10% discount to all patrons and previous buyers.
 
SONS OF PAN runs from the 14th to the 26th of October. I do hope you can make it!
  
For casual updates, follow my facebook event page and instagram. 
 
Kindest regards,
Ryck Rudd
ryckrudd@gmail.com
​★☆★OPEN HOURS★☆★
 
14-26 October
9AM – 5PM (Extended to 9PM for appointments. Contact to book)
(Closed Sundays)
 
 
★☆★GETTING HERE★☆★
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The pop-up gallery is inside Victoria Park Shopping Centre. 24/366 Albany Highway.
 
For cars, there's the outside parking lot. Bays also line the streets. Easy.
 
Otherwise, a short bus trip from Perth station – the 960 comes every ten minutes (incidentally en route between both Edith Cowan Mt Lawley and Curtin Universities. So no excuses this time, students!)

★☆★PURCHASING★☆★
 
If I’m not around and you need information, please call 0466-962-831.
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Capriccio! Solo exhibition - Open Invitation

2/6/2017

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'These new paintings are like a licentious romp with a group of gender bending intemperate cherubs, riding the fine and ever closing line of obscenity.'
-Ben Waters (2017) A sordid caper, in paint
Warmest greetings, arts enthusiast!
 
I'm excited to invite you to my big event of the year - my solo exhibition at the Joondalup Art Gallery!
 
Twelve months ago, I won the City of Joondalup’s Arts in Focus award. The prize granted me $500 towards materials and a fully-covered solo exhibition in 2017.
 
And now the time has arrived! Thirty artworks, from loaded sketchbooks to heavy oil paintings, will be on display, with a fully published companion booklet Ryck Rudd, Capriccio! A Sordid Caper, in Paint, by Ben Waters.
 
I’d love it if you would join me on the 9th of June for the opening night with the Joondalup Community Arts Association. Drinks and snacks will be provided, with lovely harp music after a formal opening from WA artist and mentor of mine Gregory Pryor.
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The Goods (2016)
Oil on canvas, 60 cm x 92 cm x 2cm

'Rudd has an undeniable authorial hand, his handle of the material of paint is charged with a macabre sexuality that is reminiscent of Ensor.' -B.W.
All paintings will be for sale at emerging artist prices.
 
In the meantime, please visit the facebook event page for more information and my website and for a taste of what's to come.
 
(If you’re unable to visit but wish for a copy of the book, please do notify me!)
 
Kindest regards,
Ryck Rudd
ryckrudd@gmail.com

★☆★GETTING HERE★☆★

The gallery is at 4/48 Central Walk in Joondalup, within the pedestrian mall.

For cars, a large parking lot is right across the road, at 90 Boas street.

For public transport, the Joondalup Art Gallery is a five minute walk 
from the Joondalup Shopping Centre & Train Station.
 
★☆★OPENING NIGHT★☆★
 
FREE ENTRY - on Friday 9th of June> 6:30pm - 9:30pm.

Weekends ★ 10AM - 5PM
Weekdays ★ 10AM - 2PM

Closing date ☆ 20th of June - 4pm

★☆★SPECIAL CAPRICCIO! EVENTS★☆★

Artist floor talk & Morning tea ☆ Friday 16th June 10AM - 12:30PM

Artist workshop day! ☆ Sunday 18th June (10AM - 5PM)
 
For more information visit joondalup.wa.gov.au or contact 9400 4927.
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2016 Louise Macfie Scholarship and Hatched

28/11/2016

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At work in the studio. Photo courtesy of Paul Godfrey 2016
It’s my great honour to receive the prestigious Louise Macfie Scholarship for Painting! Annually, a graduating student whose work "has shown the most improvement in painting, over the duration of the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree," is selected for the prize of $2,000 to spend towards their arts practice. Louise Macfie has been a true arts patron of Edith Cowan University for many years, and her passion for painting has been felt by generations of humbled students.
​A variety of privileges were awarded to this year’s graduates. Among these is a nomination for Hatched, the National Graduate Show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) for 2017. I’m delighted to say I am one of the five emerging artists at ECU to receive a nomination!
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Gregory Pryor and Dr. Paul Uhlmann announcing the Hatched 2017 nominees
​2017 is looking to be a very exciting year! I wish to thank my mentors, whose vast knowledge I relied upon to advance; lecturers Paul Uhlmann and Gregory Pryor, and generous technicians Ben Waters and Vanessa Wallace. 
​And to those who came down to support me on the opening night, it was so nice to see friends from years past, whose love for art remains kindled in Perth. I hope to see you all again next year!

Our graduation exhibition remains open to the public until the 3rd of December. For more information, please see my open invitation.
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Graduation Exhibition 2016 - Open Invitation

19/11/2016

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''She tried to excite me, but the thing was cold with the chill of a thousand deaths.''
            Petronius (1st C. AD) The Satyricon

 
Warmest greetings, arts enthusiast!
I'm excited to invite you to my latest exhibition - the graduation showcase at Edith Cowan University! Here, I've been busy with the other 20 graduating and post-grad visual arts students, spread across three buildings on campus. This is the biggest annual event of the university, and I hope to see you there!
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In the studio on campus
Photograph courtesy of Paul Godfrey 2016
The work being showcased will be an accumulation of a solid year's-worth of development, through experimentation and discipline, between painting and drawing respectively. I received guidance from established Western Australian artists and lecturers Paul Uhlmann, Gregory Pryor, and Ben Waters. I'll be revealing sixteen fresh paintings, including my largest painting to-date, and also my very smallest.
In this body of work, I take guidance from Franz Kafka and Sigmund Freud. Revisiting my boyhood eruptions and juvenile relationships, these paintings and drawings reflect upon curiosity, obsession, and phobia.
As always, my works will be for sale, at extremely affordable prices.
 
This year I received the Artist in Focus Award from the City of Joondalup. The award includes my big event for the next year: my solo exhibition at the Joondalup Art Gallery!
 
In the meantime, please do visit my website and facebook for a taste of what's to come.
 
Kindest regards,
Ryck Rudd
ryckrudd@gmail.com
 
ArtsHum's opening night will commence at 6pm and end at 9pm. My paintings will be in Building 3.
 
And the exhibition continues, from November 25th to December 2nd every day from 9am until 4pm, on Edith Cowan's Mount Lawley campus - 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley WA 6050
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    Ryck Rudd

    Perth-based emerging artist in Western Australia

    Represented by Emanuel von Baeyer London

    2020- TEFAF Netherlands
    2018 - Representation with gallery Emanuel von Baeyer London
    2016 Bachelor of Arts
    2014 Advanced Diploma

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