
installation view: 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres featuring Once bitten, twice shy by Mark Valenzuela, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide;; photo: Saul Steed.
Artists in focus
Learn about two South Australian artists, Kate Bohunnis and Mark Valenzuela. Here you will gain insight into the artists' practice and hear first hand from the artists in two short videos. These videos are a great tool to bring the artist into your classroom. Explore the making and responding suggestions where students can create works of art that connects to their own world, while responding to these contemporary artists.
Tip for the classroom
Students are often asked to respond, explore, compare and experiment as they represent a theme concept or idea, using their own visual language - rather than mimicking the work of any artist or group of artists.
A guide to using artists as a starting point flowchart will help you in making suitable decisions as you plan and rationalise a unit of work, prompting you to check the 'what', 'how' and 'why' of your teaching practice:
- Who is the artist or group of artists?
- What are the main ideas, themes or concepts in the artist's work?
- How could these ideas, themes or concepts connect with your students? (For example, personally, socially environmentally or physically)
- What are some ways my students could respond to these issues or ideas without creating copies of the artist's work?

Roy Ananda in front of his work, Annotation, SALA 2021. Photo: Saul Steed.
Roy Ananda
Celebrating pop-culture, play, process and the very act of making

Image: Ramsay Art Prize 2021 featuring Kate Bohunnis with the work edges of excess; photo Saul Steed.
Kate Bohunnis
Metal, mould-making, textiles, print and sound

Photo: Smart Object (installation detail), Experimenta Life Forms touring exhibition 2021, Western Myall wood, charcoal, linseed oil, steel, 3D animation, duration 00.03.09sec. Photograph by Eden Meure, Plimsoll Gallery Hobart.
Brad Darkson
Site-specific, new media and multimedia installations

Yhonnie Scarce with her work In the Dead House, 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres; photo: Saul Steed.
Yhonnie Scarce
Glass sculptures and installations that explore memory and history

Mark Valenzuela; photo: Saul Steed.
Mark Valenzuela
Elements of painting, drawing, sculpture, video, found objects and street art

Self Portrait as The North Star at the 2002 Credit Union Christmas Pageant heading to the David Jones Magic Cave, 2020
Emmaline Zanelli
Expanded photographic practice capturing a range of performative, collaborative and sculptural techniques
The Gallery’s Learning programs are supported by the Department for Education.
This education resource has been developed in collaboration with ACE Open and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Written by Dr. Belinda Howden with contributions from Louise Dunn, Kylie Neagle and Dr. Lisa Slade.