CHINA DE LA VEGA

Twenty-five year old China de la Vega is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney. Graduating with a degree in Communications, de la Vega majored in creative writing and cultural studies. Her art practice began after graduating from High School with the exhibition ‘Sculpture by the Sea’. De la Vega creates abstract impressions of landscape through the manipulation of found objects, using raw materials which reference the places in where they were found. Bringing these objects together in her work, objects which she describes as ‘forgotten artifacts of contemporary culture’ de la Vega is mainly interested in putting together the words and information attached to these objects almost as poems or short stories. De la Vega’s work is not so much the manifestation of environmentalist concerns but is more a celebration of the ultimate authority of nature.