Simone De Petro
Graduate Certificate of Visual Art
My work is about human potential, our natural environment and the complex relationship between them. Inextricably connected, the natural and the artificial compete continuously for consideration. Having worked in fitness and education, my practice is ultimately influenced by themes of transformation and sensory awareness. My background in sculpture, using varied materials, including sound and video, also continues to inform and develop intuitive explorations into the organic rhythm of nature and the art-making process. As such, my work investigates concepts of balance, shape and cohesion with assemblages of natural and fabricated forms. Interested in the language of sculptural abstractions, I investigate and reflect upon the dynamics between structural semblances and spatial variation to generate a visual vocabulary.
