Jocelyn Maughan OAM (1955)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ School congratulates Old Girl, Jocelyn Maughan (1955) who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours with an Order of Australia Medal ‘for service to the visual arts, and to education’.
After Â鶹ÊÓƵ School, Jocelyn studied fine art for five years at the National Art School, Darlinghurst. She completed the Diploma of Fine Art, specialising in painting, graduating with honours in 1958.
Concurrent with her career as a practising and exhibiting artist, Jocelyn was also an art educator and administrator in charge of the TAFE Fine Arts School.
Jocelyn has won a number of art prizes, including the Robert Le Gay Brereton Prize for Draughtsmanship (student award) in 1957, the Portia Geach Prize for Portrait Painting in 1976, the Margaret Fesq Prize for Portrait Painting (RAS award) in 1983, as well as various municipal art awards.
She has exhibited at the Wynne Prize (finalist 1995), the Archibald Prize (finalist 1996 and 1997) as well as various one- and two-person exhibitions: Artarmon Gallery, Woolloomooloo Gallery, Taree Municipal Gallery.
Jocelyn’s works can be found in various private collections, including commissioned portraits at the Grafton Municipal Gallery, Â鶹ÊÓƵ School, Ravenswood College, Royal Agricultural Society, Mitchell Library, Sydney, Reserve Bank, Sydney, and Eryldene Trust, Gordon.
In 2020 Jocelyn was recognised at the inaugural Â鶹ÊÓƵ School Alumnae Awards in the categories of Social Welfare and Impact and Professional Achievement.
In September 2021, Jocelyn appeared on Episode 2 of the SBS program (Available on SBS On Demand until September 2022.) In the early 2000s she was commissioned by NSW State Rail to paint a scene inside Central Station's Grand Concourse. Over time, with changes to staff and the interior of the Concourse, this large framed work was stored in a storeroom. It was only recently rediscovered and appeared in the documentary with Jocelyn. (See photo to right.)
Jocelyn has also been mentoring her neighbour, current student Clementine Hendriks. Together they have been undertaking some large commissioned projects in Patonga; painting decorations on resident’s garage doors. Clementine’s mother says that they “are very lucky to be living near such a talented and energetic artist such as Jocelyn. Clementine has benefited greatly from her guidance.” (See photo to right.)