2024 Awards


2024 Graduates

  • Yuqing (Anna) Xiang

    Yuqing (Anna) Xiang

    Highly Commended ACAE Gallery. Highly Commended Tolarno Award. _________________________________ The Unseen Energy. “Non-be-ing (wu) is the beginning of the heavenly and the… read more …

  • Wenjing Zhang

    Wenjing Zhang

    My research is related to memory, and I collected many memories and images from my childhood and recollections. My collection reveals around… read more …

  • Wang Zi Yu

    Wang Zi Yu

    Winner: Trocadero Art Space Exhibition Award. http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au/ Highly Commended: ACAE Gallery. https://acaearts.com.au/ I lift my heart with my hands into the night… read more …

  • Timothy Walters

    Timothy Walters

    Winner:  BDS prize for excellence in Sculpture. Timo Walters is a sculptural artist whose work explores the imaginative potential to reconstruct human… read more …

  • Tess Hider

    Tess Hider

    ‘Sew, what’s wrong with you?’ is a large-scale soft sculpture installation work, using humour and the Pop Art style to engage with… read more …

  • Tallulah Ainsworth

    Tallulah Ainsworth

    BLIND FAITH. Walk through the desert for 1000 miles. Feel the steps of your body as you do, the shift of your… read more …

  • Sylva Storm

    Sylva Storm

    COMING ONTO ME: AWAY FROM ME. I want to write you a love letter.   This project considers desire, and discomfort. ‘Often… read more …

  • Stephanie Grace Giannini

    Stephanie Grace Giannini

    ONCE MY FLOWERS FELL INTO THE OCEAN. An exploration of lost connections to the maternal and biophilic, a project of stories and… read more …

  • Stella Tavener

    Stella Tavener

    “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.”… read more …

  • Stella Kemp

    Stella Kemp

    Offcuts and Fragments is a series of assemblages exploring the beauty found in remnants, including the leftover metal material found by me… read more …

  • Sophie Malvestuto

    Sophie Malvestuto

    Winner: BDS Prize for Excellence in Sculpture From embroidering the earth’s mantle to embodying the earth’s core: a note to the spinner.… read more …

  • Sophia Kate Jacoby

    Sophia Kate Jacoby

    My practice takes up space, it exhausts itself emotionally, and tears its own heart out. Obsessions and emotions are pinned down temporarily… read more …

  • Sofya Mikhaylova

    Sofya Mikhaylova

    Through the series Dream States, Sofya investigates the relationship between dreams and reality, as well as mental and physical states. She uses… read more …

  • Siena Shirres

    Siena Shirres

    Sunshine Print Artspace Graduate Award Reflections of Light in Time is formed through the combination of traditional copper plate etching and experimental… read more …

  • Shaina Finch

    Shaina Finch

    Learning Through Unlearning: The abandonment of Ideas and Embracing Process-Based Painting My work is guided by my interest in deepening the connection… read more …

  • Shaemus Anketell

    Shaemus Anketell

    My studio work in this exhibition focuses on the grid and how it can be used to recreate an image, both accurately… read more …

  • Sebastian Nuttney

    Sebastian Nuttney

    HIGHLY COMMENDED MOMENTS CALLING ACROSS AN EMPTY ROOM. A teacher once told me in a drawing class, that people are obsessed with… read more …

  • Sean Leegel

    Sean Leegel

    621 ARTSPACE EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER Suggestion. Records of emotion by Sean Leegel.         read more …

  • Saraid Banahan

    Saraid Banahan

    DEMETER’S LAMENT is a sculptural composition of entwined material energy from deep ecological time reconstructed into an offering for the post-industrial age,… read more …

  • Sarah Ring

    Sarah Ring

    BRITTLE AND TRANSPARENT LIKE GLASS contemplates my mixed Japanese and Anglo-Australian heritage, exploring the abstract space that exists between these two cultures.… read more …

  • Sara Cope

    Sara Cope

    Australian Print Workshop Residency Award WHAT A RELIEF. The phrase ‘chook scratches’ sometimes refers to ‘untidy, organic marks’. What a Relief is… read more …

  • Sahla Safia Arundati

    Sahla Safia Arundati

    My artistic work began with an ache – an absence shaped by distance and the subtle weight of diaspora. Living away from… read more …

  • Sabrina Petrucco

    Sabrina Petrucco

    My project, (Un)filtered Acts, explores the paradoxical tension between smoking as both a symbol of rebellion and an abject, harmful reality. My… read more …

  • Ryan Campbell

    Ryan Campbell

    Artbox Commission Graduate Award The Assembly Line is a series of figurative monotype prints on fabric, wrapped around handmade frames. The figures… read more …

  • Ruby Hughes

    Ruby Hughes

    Winner – Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work (donor Professor AD Hope Endowment)   Growing up on the Mornington Peninsula, I have… read more …

  • River Byers-Rundle

    River Byers-Rundle

    Separating the Heavens and Earth investigates the basic elements that impress on us visually: pattern, shape, colour, story, and within all these… read more …

  • Regina Hendrasputri

    Regina Hendrasputri

    PRASASTI KELUARGA, translated as ‘Family Inscription,’ is part of my journey to explore, relearn, reclaim, and reinterpret my Javanese culture and heritage. As a… read more …

  • Rebekah Suter

    Rebekah Suter

    On losing oneself, or the breaking and healing of the soul.   There is memory in every fragment. A fragment of paper,… read more …

  • Rain Richardson ☂

    Rain Richardson ☂

    My artistic practice centers on printmaking, focusing on artist books and sculptural art objects inspired by the natural world and the dynamics… read more …

  • Rachel Wheeler

    Rachel Wheeler

    RMIT Ceramic Student Association Club Year 3 Award   AN INBETWEENNESS OF TIME reflects that great feeling of loss, where time seemingly… read more …

  • Qianxun Li

    Qianxun Li

    Winner – Koodak Award for Highest Academic Achievement (presented by Koodak Jewellery Supplies)   The Whispers of Nature. When we feel saddened… read more …

  • Pujun Fan

    Pujun Fan

    Echoes of Color. My work explores the subtle ways in which color affects human emotion and perception through the unique lustre and… read more …

  • Paolo Dax

    Paolo Dax

    HIGHLY COMMENDED   I went to the Underworld and when I came back  Someone else came back with me I heard the… read more …

  • Molly Baker

    Molly Baker

    The Un-gendered Object: An exploration of abjection and identity through art practice. “Human perception of the body is so acute and knowledgeable… read more …

  • Minadi Gajaman Kankanamge

    Minadi Gajaman Kankanamge

    WINNER – Breaking the Mould Sculpture Prize for experimentation in the Sculpture Studio ‘where water and earth resonate; ජල තරංගා’ is inspired… read more …

  • Milla Morgan

    Milla Morgan

    THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL AWARD WINNER Reframing perception. As a proud Italian Aboriginal from the Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta people, I… read more …

  • Michelle Mclachlan

    Michelle Mclachlan

    Print Council of Australia Graduate Award   Michelle is a Melbourne based artist, specialising in printmaking, photography and alternative practices.Her work is… read more …

  • Mengke Li

    Mengke Li

    I use polymer clay and metal combined with each other. Soft polymer clay is wrapped on the stable form of metal, or… read more …

  • Meg Kelso

    Meg Kelso

    Garland Membership Award. Fugitive memories: I’ve watched you my whole life, now I see you. ‘The fragments re-emphasise subjectivity, due to their… read more …

  • Maeve Hatton

    Maeve Hatton

    Everchanging and Ephemeral: Exploration of phenomenological experiences in nature. In my practice, I’m interested in the study of phenomenology. I’m especially drawn… read more …

  • Madelyn McKenzie

    Madelyn McKenzie

    Madelyn McKenzie is a ceramic artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her work is inspired by the decorative arts, traditions in particular Victorian-era wrought… read more …

  • Luke Morris

    Luke Morris

    ISQUARED GALLERY EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER   ALLEGORICAL AND INNATE GESTURES OF THE HAND is engaged with intuitive modes of making and the… read more …

  • Lucy Lenton

    Lucy Lenton

    FAMILIAR FACES. This linocut wallpaper will turn any room into a vibrant, artistic setting with its vibrant colours and captivating faces. The… read more …

  • Lize Myburgh

    Lize Myburgh

    Lize Myburgh aims to capture that moment when the dust settles and the silence sets in—a moment of quiet devastation where the… read more …

  • Lillian Catriona Flügge

    Lillian Catriona Flügge

    Revolting. My name is Lillian Catriona Flügge. I am a silversmith in training studying BA Gold & Silversmithing here at RMIT. In… read more …

  • Lilah Summers Dixon

    Lilah Summers Dixon

    So you know, I’m all yours… represents a devotion of love without shame, a dedication of my entire self to the interplay… read more …

  • Li Letitia Shen

    Li Letitia Shen

    Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize   Since 2020, Letitia has shown abroad, with her work exhibited in group… read more …

  • Leonardo Valladares

    Leonardo Valladares

    Redrafting Reality: Exploring Architectures through Memory and Fantasy In this project I explore the interplay of reality and imagination, combining strict architectural… read more …

  • Lauren Johnston

    Lauren Johnston

    Technician’s / Studio Karma Graduate Award My practice is informed by research and concept and is constantly evolving as I lean into… read more …

  • Laura de Carteret

    Laura de Carteret

    Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize   Laura de Carteret is a French-Australian artist based in Melbourne, Australia. They… read more …

  • Lachlan Vasic

    Lachlan Vasic

    Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Technology Prize  (presented by Australian Jewellers Supplies)   Lachlan Vasic is a Naarm/Melbourne-based artist, forming… read more …

  • Kepsibel

    Kepsibel

    ‘This shelter is always open, this shelter is always ready to receive, this shelter offers you the most precious gift.’ Kepsibel’s creative… read more …

  • Keenan Haagen

    Keenan Haagen

    Minerals is an installation characterised by mirror-polished bronze forms, placed in harmony with large natural stones. The work aims to reconnect viewers… read more …

  • Katya Ryzhikh

    Katya Ryzhikh

    Winner: Wayne Conduit Award.   When I watch a coming of age film, I feel seen. When I watch an action film,… read more …

  • Karen Yvette Clarke

    Karen Yvette Clarke

    Lost in Translation is an autoethnographic journey through the visual iconography of mid-century design and domestic space. Combining nostalgia with visual elements… read more …