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.
