Art School

Marc's School Certificate Folio 1996
Theme: Dunedin Railway Station

Marc's Bursary Painting 1998
Theme: Bones

Qualification

• Three School Certificate subjects passed in Art, Graphics, and Mathematics.

• Passed all Sixth Form Certificate subjects in Alternative English, Graphics, Practical Art and Religious Studies. Form 6 typing incomplete.

• Passed in Bursary Painting and Photography for Art.

This photo was taken of outside Art School building at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin

Marc's 1st year Painting work in April 1999
Theme: Shell

Marc's 1st year Sculpture work in May 1999
Theme: Negative spaces (Danger and Stable)

Marc's 1st year Ceramics work in June 1999
Theme: Functional Ceramics

Marc's 1st year Documentary Photography work
in September 1999

This photo was taken of the Speight's Brewery in Rattray Street in the heart of Dunedin City

Marc's 1st year Functional Ceramics work in October 1999

Me with Rebecca and two school kids at Chris Ferrester' place in Portobello in Dunedin for wood firing.

Heather, an art school student looking at one of the boat models with a schoolboy
while Chris at left look away at his house in Portobello for little kids from local school.

Marc's Sited Sculpture work in November 1999

The bird's figure has been located in the grounds of Art School by Water of Leith bridge.

Marc's 2nd year Colour Print in September 2000

This photograph was taken of my old friend Shane Gallagher and me, behind the crusades board, at the opening of Otago Polytechnic - Art School final year exhibition, Saturday, 30th of November, 2002.

OTAGO DAILY TIMES, Friday, 5 December, 2003

Hands up ... Young artist Marc Peyroux celebrates his impending graduation with the New Zealand sign language symbol for a clap. Beside him is one of his photographs depicting deaf life in a hearing world.

Student communicates through art

By Joanna Norris

Marc Peyroux cannot hear or speak, but has found an artful means of communicating.

The 23-year-old Dunedin man is graduating from Otago Polytechnic today with a bachelor of fine arts in photography and is believed to be the first deaf New Zealand student to graduate with a photography major.

"A picture is a way of showing a silent world," he said through a sign language interpreter yesterday.

An exhibition of his work was on display at Otago Polytechnic yesterday as part of the School of Art's "Site" exhibition, which over the past few days has showcased the work of final-year students.

His black and white photographs depict a shadowy figure, gesticulating or leaping through the air.

"I am expressing the struggles of a person's shadow about to fall or trying to dance with expressions and feelings. My images show unstable emotions and a sense of mystery and movement," Mr Peyroux said in a statement accompanying his work.

Profoundly deaf from birth, Mr Peyroux is all too familiar with the struggles he describes and depicts.

For the past five years, he has been studying towards his qualification. His sister, Simone Peyroux, and brother-in-law, Steev Peyroux, who interpret for the young artist, have helped him through his studies.

He has also relied on a note-taker for lectures.

Steev Peyroux said their involvement was intensive during the first two years of his brother-in-law's course, but as he progressed, he became increasingly independent.

Mr Peyroux said he was extremely grateful for the support he had received from staff, students, family and friends.

"I am proud of how I have learnt to explore in my own way, to look for new ideas," he said.

He hoped to work as an artist, sell some of his work, and offer support to other deaf people with the ambition of studying art.

"I am going to explore my own ideas on deaf culture and meet people in the deaf community so I can support them. If deaf people want to come here, to art school, they can achieve their own strong goals."

Today, Mr Peyroux will graduate with about 350 others in a ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall.

The graduation ceremony will be fully signed in New Zealand sign language.

Received the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at a ceremony in the Town Hall.

Also having received the Special Student Award 'Cadbury Confectionary Ltd Award' for excellent service to fellow students in their school or class, helping with course related work, attending departmental meetings on behalf of students or has been an inspiration to study with.
The award has no reflection on academic ability.

Marc's Academic Transcript for my Bachelor of Fine Arts records.

See: Marc's ID cards