Artist Profile

Madison Bycroft BIOPIC or Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée

Since 1991, the annual Samstag Scholarship has awarded 146 Australian artists the opportunity to study overseas. It provides the space for artists to explore new ideas, expand creative boundaries and build significant networks.

South Australian artist Madison Bycroft was awarded the scholarship in 2013 and undertook a Masters of Fine Art at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam in 2014. This experience was pivotal for Bycroft, who has gone on to build an international career with work shown in the US, Netherlands, Denmark,

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