Marie Hagerty has been selected as a finalist in the Gold Coast Art Prize with her work 'Plane Girl 3.' In its 46th year, this prize promotes the contemporary arts practice of Australian artists working across any medium except photography. First place will be awarded $30,000, to be announced on the 6th of December. A work by Marie has also been included in an exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. 'Pulse, Reflections on the Body' discusses what it is to be human through different depictions and ideas of the human body from multiple perspectives. Her work 'Rider 4' combines aspects of the figurative with the abstract in order to create ambiguous forms, reminiscent of the body. "These visual cues are apparent in 'Rider 4,' with disemobdied legs attired in black-stockings, morphing into characteristically ambiguous, thrusting forms held in check by twin cords. Taking this evident allusive movement further, Hagerty's hybrid, polymorphous forms can be siumltaneously read as fleshy lips, engorged sexual organs, or more." Canberra Museum and Gallery Gold Coast Art Prize December 6 2014 - February 8 2015 Gold Coast City Gallery Pulse: Reflections on the Body 18 October 2014 - 22 February 2015 Canberra Museum and Gallery Cnr London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City