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Headspace 7

Me and My Place

Headspace 7: Me and My Place, the seventh in the National Portrait Gallery's series of student exhibitions, will be presented at Commonwealth Place. Me and My Place is the curatorial theme for the 2006 exhibition.

More information on Headspace 7

Selected images

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Escape, 2006 by Eddy Collett
Escape, 2006 by Eddy Collett
Self Portrait Where I Live, 2006 by Cameron Wallace
Self Portrait Where I Live, 2006 by Cameron Wallace
The Bus Station, 2006 by Alex Belle
The Bus Station, 2006 by Alex Belle
Moving and Changing, 2006 by Nick Wales
Moving and Changing, 2006 by Nick Wales
Down to Earth Dreams, 2006 by Jamie Carle, Jill Climpson, Renee Farthing, Brady Gilchrist, Jackelyn Hughes, Emily Marchant, Bernadette McShane, Sarah O’Callaghan, Guy Piltz
Down to Earth Dreams, 2006 by Jamie Carle, Jill Climpson, Renee Farthing, Brady Gilchrist, Jackelyn Hughes, Emily Marchant, Bernadette McShane, Sarah O’Callaghan, Guy Piltz
How Small Do I Feel?, 2006 by Annie Schubert
How Small Do I Feel?, 2006 by Annie Schubert
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Related information

Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye
Battye Blue, 2005 by Phoenix Battye

Headspace 6

Who Am I?

Previous exhibition, 2005

The sixth in the National Portrait Gallery’s series of student exhibitions, will feature 200 portrait artworks, both two and three-dimensional, from secondary school students from across Australia
Moving and changing, 2006
Moving and changing, 2006
Moving and changing, 2006
Moving and changing, 2006

Situated self-portraits

Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2006

The theme of the seventh annual survey of secondary school student portraiture, Headspace, was Me and My Place.
The Heart
The Heart
The Heart
The Heart

Headspace 8

The Journey

Previous exhibition, 2007

This year's theme calls upon students to consider the concept of 'The Journey'.
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