Week 1 - First Task

Last week was my first week of my internship; it was quite busy and I spent majority time on research. I met each colleague in our gallery and introduced to everyone. Our galley plans to hold a Chinese artist exhibition next time, so before that we need to do a lot of research first. The leader assigned task to everyone. I received my first task from my supersaver. My first task is to do research information on 50 artists, including 20 Chinese artists, 15 Chinese artists in Australia, and 15 Australian artists that are well known, each of them at least had 3 years of experience and has done exhibition for the last 1 year. Except that, I was exposed to find out the information of their representative artwork, contact, web/blog, awards and articles. Finally I needed to make a form for their experiences. This is my first time to do internship in a galley and I did not have any experiences before. Everything for me is new and fresh. To be honest, before the research, I did not know many Chinese artists. At the beginning, it seemed a little bit boring, but I found it interesting after I finished ten artist’s information. The types are different between each artist. Even though, some artists who focus on sculpture, their artworks are totally different, and their representative artworks are quite amazing. Moreover, to be a famous artist is not an easy way that each artist had their difficult experience. After one week’s internship, I have learned more knowledge from their basic information. I am happy with my internship and I am looking forward my next task.

Cheers!