Mia Tzannes explores identity and twinship in ARTEXPRESS 2025 exhibition

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales is hosting ARTEXPRESS 2025, a vibrant exhibition celebrating the outstanding artworks of Year 12 visual arts students from across New South Wales.

Running from February 6 to April 27 2025, the exhibition highlights exceptional student work created for the HSC Visual Arts exam in 2024.

ARTEXPRESS offers a diverse range of artistic expressions, with students exploring 12 different forms, including ceramics, painting, sculpture, textiles, graphic design and more.

Since 1989, the Art Gallery has partnered with the NSW Department of Education and NESA to showcase these young artists.

Artwork by Mia Tzannes. Photo: Art Gallery of NSW.

One notable artist featured in the 2025 exhibition is Mia Tzannes, a student from Willoughby Girls High School. Her work, titled μιας (meaning “one” in Greek), delves into themes of twinship and identity.

In her series of drawings, Mia and her twin are pictured “in nearly identical but subtly varied outfits and positions.”

“My intention was to convey our innate duality as well as the paradox of the tension between our inseparable bond and the pursuit of an individual identity,” she explained about the artwork.

Influenced by artists such as René Magritte and Wendy Sharpe, Mia’s work invites reflection on duality, connection, and selfhood in today’s individualistic world.

Source: Art Gallery NSW.

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