St John Prep and Senior School Art Exhibition Brochure 2014

1. Keshavi Patel
Selin Azimbar
Maddie Abraham
Jack Zimmerman
Andreas Melekis
Ulrikka Donos Dawn Fasanya
Joseph Concadoro
Ayodele Adesina
Joe Theodorou
Gina Katsiani
Coursework title:
Structures &/or Surfaces
Selin is a skilful and very
talented artist and her work is
always imaginative with
inventive use of multi-media.
For her final exam piece she
chose to explore mental disor-
der such as manic depression
and bi-polar disorder. Her use
of thermo sensitive paint
means that the sculpture is
interactive and changes
colour on contact with heat.
So if your hands are warm
enough you can touch and see
the effect.
Rosanna Concadoro
Andreas has an
intellectual approach
to his artwork and
there is invariably an
intriguing depth of
thought behind his ideas.
For his exam piece he
explored the theme of
‘Order & Disorder’ in
boxing. Whereas fighting
is mostly associated with
disorder the disciplines
within the confines of the
rules give an aspect of
order.
Gina uses the shattered
image of herself as a
vehicle to cleverly depict
mental disorder. Like
fragments of broken
glass they create a
visual chaos that
reflects the disorder
that can lie within.
Joseph’s talent lies in his
incredible ability to create
3D sculptures from just card
and foam core board. His
highly developed spatial
awareness enables him to
visualise and implement the
steps in building often very
complex solid forms and
details. He interpreted the
exam theme through the
disorder caused to human
life by weaponry.
Keshavi’s vibrant and skilful paintings are developed from
her equally brilliant talent for photography and keen eye for
composition. Her ideas are always exciting and highly developed.
Her interpretation on the exam theme explored mental disorders
such as multiple-personality whilst also considering the order of
symmetry in the face.
Dawn’s unusual and
apparently scrumptious
sculpture addresses the
Relationship of someone
suffering from an eating
disorder has with food.
She cleverly portrays the
idea that whilst struggling
to eat just one pea the mind
is weighed down by an
abundance of high fat and
sugar treats that are
denied because of the
disorder.
Joe’s focus for the exam topic was order and disorder on the
streets. Using his own photographs of New York he developed
an image that combined the order of the shop facades and
neatly lined up yellow cabs with the disorder of a rioter
preparing to throw a petrol bomb. Joe’s confident and loose
painting style, contrasting use of colours and clever distinction
created by the two layered image makes a dynamic and
powerful picture.
Jack’s surreal chess board enabled him to
fully demonstrate, not only his wonderful im-
agination, but also his ability to model clay
skilfully and with great attention to detail.
Inspired by the work of Escher his focus for
the exam topic was the disorder of phobias.
Rosanna work addresses visual order and
disorder within the armed forces. Her final
piece demonstrates her brilliant painting skills
with this piece that combines the disordered
pattern of camouflage revealing a soldier
keeping order behind.
Ulrikka was interested in the chaos
of shopping in the sales and the dis-
order of hoarding. Her final piece
focused on a collection of brilliantly
realistic life size painting of items of
clothes creating an order from her
own photographs of disordered
clothes in her room.
Ayo was inspired by the interesting
compositions created by mess and the
random objects that can be found in
those oddment drawers that we all
have somewhere; be it the garage, the
kitchen or the bedroom. Drawing on
the chaotic style of Jackson Pollock to
decorate her beautifully painted draw-
er.
Exam title:
Order &/or DisorderGCSE
(illustrations are of students final exam pieces)
Taylor’s exam piece draws parallels between the disorder of conflict
and the order of sporting activities where sporting props are substitut-
ed for weapons and the lanes of the running track are separated by
barbed wire.
Christine created a scene that
used both symbolism and
narrative in addressing various
mental disorders and trauma.
The isolation often caused by
mental disorders is represented by
the images trapped in the bubbles
and accentuated by the
confinement of the box and the
foreboding and intimidating im-
age of the on-looking woman.
Taylor Frost
Christine Fung
Maddie demonstrates her unique and skilful painting
style with a diptych imaginatively displayed suspended
in a box to further express her chosen interpretation of
the theme. The tense feeling of fear and claustrophobia
can not be missed.

2. Art
Exhibition
2014
St. John’s
Senior School
1st Years
The 1st yrs began by studying, line tone and texture through observational drawing and various other media. They
have developed an understanding of basic colour theory and produced Artwork in the Pop-art style. In particular
they have been influenced by the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Most recently they have been
investigating totem pole design and using clay in creating sections of their own totem poles.
2nd Years
The second years have been investigating organic forms and art and architecture that has drawn inspiration from
them. Drawing inspiration from the work of Antonio Gaudi and William Morris they have created poly prints, lino–
cuts, card relief tiles and clay work. The final project this year has been a Graphic design project which has enabled
they to develop skills of a different creative time and introduced them to a design technology approach to creating.
3rdYears
The 3rd years began the with the challenge of creating self-portraits. They went on to research and analyse the work
of Pablo Picasso and in particular the Cubist movement. Inspired by this they created multi-media cubist style
sculptures. The final project, being the mask project, introduced them to the different styles and uses of venetian and
African tribal masks before giving them the opportunity to develop their own individual and imaginative masks.
A2 exam title: Growth and Evolution
Jasmine Prasad
Graffiti table top by Jasmine Prasad. Jasmine’s
intriguing and compelling final piece leads us into
an actual graffiti painted room. The evocative
graphics covering the walls and furniture depict her
articulate thoughts on society.
Jasmine’s philosophical intellect and impressive
artistic skills fuse perfectly.
Oliver Whayman
Oliver’s humorous approach to the title portrays the
leafy tomato stalks transforming and evolving into
similar shaped but dramatically different organic
forms. A witty and fruitful outcome.
As exam title: Earth, air, fire, water
Isabel Chan
Isabel’s extremely creative and innovative final piece
clearly displays her adept artistic talent. The mixed
media sculptures illustrate two short stories which
skilfully incorporate the words of the exam title.
Christabel Kunuyi
Christabel’s dynamic and expressive self-portrait
exhibits African tribal face painting, displaying
decorative meaningful marks and symbols exclusive
to the Yoruba tribe.
Christie Kuch 1B
Zachary Scott 1G
Charlotte Proffitt 3G
Mahd Siddiqi 1B
Tyler McKillop 2G Joel Matthews 2B
Ela Jonscher & Jodie
Hall-McAteer 3B
Efei Akande 3B
Ciaran Kelly 3B
Simay Akarsu 1B
Olivia Van Der Stratten 1G
Cengiz Khazna 2G
Naqeeba Khasru 2G
Antigone Yiacoumi 2G