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Guidelines for H1E in Studio Disciplines in the Faculty of Art & Design

An applicant would be expected to satisfy key elements of any of the following criteria:

  1. a four year degree but not named as honours and sometimes ungraded, but with a good subsequent track record of studio research, published by exhibition

  2. a three year degree plus a graduate diploma (graded or otherwise), with a strong subsequent track record of studio research, published by exhibition

  3. a diploma, with a substantial and distinguished track record of studio research, published by exhibition

  4. no official qualification in the Australian system but some evidence of training (e.g. German artistic ‘licence’ or attendance at non-degree Studio programs) plus a substantial and distinguished track record of studio research, published by exhibition

  5. a history of grants, awards, residencies or prizes.

The calibre of studio research, published by exhibition, is established on the basis of the quality and domain of the venue, e.g.

  1. national galleries or state galleries

  2. regional galleries (especially when members of organizations such as Museums Victoria or Regional Galleries Association)

  3. state-funded galleries dedicated to contemporary art (such as ACCA, MCA or CCP, ACP, IMA, Object, PICA)

  4. recognized commercial galleries (members of ACGA, Australian Commercial Galleries Association)

  5. non-commercial galleries, such as artist-run initiatives, which achieve profile in the critical literature and are recognized as research-equivalent institutions.

All of these organizations follow the principle of peer review in standard academic quality control procedure.

Solo exhibitions are rated as more weighty, on account of the volume and normally coherence of the work exhibited (sometimes requiring five years of concerted work and perhaps even equating to a monograph, as in DEST A1); however, group exhibitions are often extremely prestigious, highly vetted and competitive.

Prizes—especially when national and open to all artists in the genre—have considerable authority, though somewhat less than grants, especially when awarded by highly competitive and respected bodies such as the Australia Council, which is the equivalent in the arts to the ARC.