2024 Awards


2024 Graduates

  • Abi Corden

    Abi Corden

    AND SO THE CYCLE CONTINUES explores the conversation between influence and identity. Experiencing life through memories and cultivating a persona based on… read more …

  • Alannah Borg

    Alannah Borg

    I acknowledge, pay respect, and pay the rent to the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands on which I live… read more …

  • Alba Goodey Artacho

    Alba Goodey Artacho

    Loss of my assumptive world refers to a significant part of my grieving process, the expectation for a person to continue to… read more …

  • Alexandra Pellegrino

    Alexandra Pellegrino

    ALPHA 60 AWARD WINNER   VEILED REFLECTIONS – THE WARDROBE AS A LIMINAL STRUCTURE OF INTERSECTING IDENTITIES explores the healing potential of… read more …

  • Amina Qasim Zada

    Amina Qasim Zada

    Winner: The Fullstop Framing Company Award. https://www.fullstopframing.com/ Highly Commended: ACAE Gallery. https://acaearts.com.au/   My work emerges from a process that is both… read more …

  • Amy Wyborn

    Amy Wyborn

    WUNDERKAMMER. Dissection of the mind and matters. Eclectic. Found objects. Curiosities. Undiscovered. Line. Boundary. Trashy. Tacky. Campy. Lace. Tulips. Bugs. Moon. Sun.… read more …

  • Angela Sexton

    Angela Sexton

    Yarra Sculpture Gallery Exhibition Award http://www.yarrasculpturegallery.com.au/ WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE is an invitation to propel this object into motion. I ask… read more …

  • Angelique Rebillard

    Angelique Rebillard

    PASS THE BUTTER is a self-portrait that unfolds across various mediums and techniques. This piece delves into the emotions I can encounter in… read more …

  • Anna Kouvelas

    Anna Kouvelas

    UNRAVELLING is a textile-based work that uses both handmade and found materials to delve into the themes of women’s work, girlhood and… read more …

  • Ariene Lam

    Ariene Lam

    My art practice is closely connected to my life experiences, and this year, I focused on my relationship with my mother as… read more …

  • Astrid Visser

    Astrid Visser

    UN-PACK EXPRESSION THROUGH MATERIALITY. My practice consists of expressing emotions through imagery and materiality, pent-up feelings using symbolism as such dog figures… read more …

  • Betty Knibbs

    Betty Knibbs

    THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL AWARD WINNER fragments of deterioration.  Betty’s work explores echoes of human presence, navigating the blurred boundaries between… read more …

  • Blanca Padros-Quintana

    Blanca Padros-Quintana

    The Grand Tour, A Contemporary Take. Solo travelling and backpacking has been a transformative experience for me. Following the isolation we all… read more …

  • Brooklyn Rush

    Brooklyn Rush

    R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award Unearthed looks at the hidden networks below the surface that create a complex, functioning ecosystem that… read more …

  • Catherine Weng

    Catherine Weng

    THE MOAT AWARD WINNER CACHEXIA. A surreal exploration of the decaying body, born from the intersection of personal experience and the unsettling… read more …

  • Celine Babet

    Celine Babet

    Garland Award for Innovative Storied Object Celine Babet explores how a cultural lifestyle has influenced her sense of self by making works… read more …

  • Charlie Patten

    Charlie Patten

    Megalo Print Studio Graduate Award MYCELIA – a venture into my past, honouring the previous versions of myself that allowed me to… read more …

  • Charlotte Nheu

    Charlotte Nheu

    KIPPLE. Kipple pays homage to the object and its collector. This work’s nomenclature follows Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of… read more …

  • Christina Rankin

    Christina Rankin

    Winner: Tolarno Hotel Award. UNIFORM: Autobiographical reflections on the interplay between conformity, gender and neurodiverse thinking. Uniform explores the intricate dynamics of… read more …

  • Cien Su

    Cien Su

    Winner – Koodak Award for Enamelling – Technical Excellence (presented by Koodak Jewellery Supplies)   Haeng-Bok (행복 Happiness & Luck). As a… read more …

  • Cornelius Wong

    Cornelius Wong

    DUST PIECE. With everything packed into boxes, all that’s left is dust. instagram.com/ms.homunculus           read more …

  • Dai Shijie

    Dai Shijie

    The theme of my project is an imaginative exploration of unreal dragons: Dragon is Everywhere. The entire project reflects my ongoing exploration… read more …

  • Daisy Giuffrida

    Daisy Giuffrida

    UNTITLED captures the idea of abstract ceramic forms that combines two textures. One with a fluid, glossy surface that reflects light and… read more …

  • Debbie Ewington

    Debbie Ewington

    FRAGMENTS AND THREADS. My art journey started in earnest five years ago. My daughter had just commenced her first year at RMIT… read more …

  • Deborah McHugh

    Deborah McHugh

    SHEARED HAIR, SHAVED HEAD. I am a sculpture artist based on Wadawurrung Country with a background in textile art. My practice interprets… read more …

  • Debra Higgins

    Debra Higgins

    Garland Award for Innovative Storied Object. Highly commended: Chapman and Bailey. Searching for Light, The One Tree, and the Universe in a… read more …

  • Dhishni de Silva

    Dhishni de Silva

    Winner: ACAE Gallery Award. In my practice, I weave together cultural influences, memories, emotions, and the subtleties of everyday existence. Observation is… read more …

  • Eddie Corney

    Eddie Corney

    Firestation Print Studio Graduate Scholarship MICROCOSM. Microcosm is a body of work investigating the patterns, convergences and linkages between life on earth. … read more …

  • Ella Barker

    Ella Barker

    Winner: Chapman and Bailey Award. In this series of paintings, I am thematically concerned with creating intriguing geometric compositions of figures and… read more …

  • Ella Simpson

    Ella Simpson

    RABBIT OUT OF A HAT: AN AMALGAMATION OF THE FEMININE UNCONSCIOUS. My unconscious. Canvas & paper & oil paint & ink. Archives.… read more …

  • Elli sheeran

    Elli sheeran

    Nothing happens in a vacuum. “I believe that neurobiology can contribute to an understanding of aesthetics, but it cannot do so in… read more …

  • Eloise Iona Hurn

    Eloise Iona Hurn

    Megalo Print Studio Graduate Award AKIN explores the merging of printmaking and collage, alongside my investigating of different copper-plate making techniques. Print-making… read more …

  • Emily Marker

    Emily Marker

    Masking tape, paper, and other bits and pieces: material exploration and jumping between tasks. Over the last year, my practice has focused… read more …

  • Emily Song

    Emily Song

    JOSEPH BEUYS CAFE AWARD WINNER THE MOAT AWARD WINNER ENERGY IN MOTION AND A ‘MOVING DRAWING’ – transformations of individual drawings expand… read more …

  • Essay – Ecological Obituaries: Mourning the More-than-Human

    Essay – Ecological Obituaries: Mourning the More-than-Human

    Essay By Holly Clark-Milligan for Contextualising Practice Acknowledgement I pay my respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations, Traditional Custodians… read more …

  • Essay – Encountering Illness Narratives through Contemporary Practice

    Essay – Encountering Illness Narratives through Contemporary Practice

    Essay by Eugenie Gullifer-Laurie for Contextualising Practice Pain To experience ineffable pain, when it has no identifiable source and no external mark… read more …

  • Esther White

    Esther White

    The focus of this project continues themes I am continually drawn back to in my practice. Broadly, my practice comes from a… read more …

  • Ethan Lazaric

    Ethan Lazaric

    DREAM CATCHERS. Dreams are an essential part of the human condition, acting in the subconscious mind of every individual. Through sculpture, I… read more …

  • Felicia

    Felicia

    44 Frame Factory Graduate Award GAME GIRLS. Game Girls is a project in response to the sexism seen in the video game… read more …

  • Gabrielle Turco

    Gabrielle Turco

    My practice is greatly impacted by my experiences with undiagnosed neurodivergence, growing up queer, and grappling with mental illness. While these features… read more …

  • Gail Hunt

    Gail Hunt

    Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize   ALL HAIL THE GIANTS – a wooden love story for old growth… read more …

  • Georgia Drummond

    Georgia Drummond

    Here With Me is an immersive installation designed as a sanctuary for conversation and connection. Amid the overwhelming negativity and isolation we… read more …

  • Grace Mitchell

    Grace Mitchell

    STEALING FOG is an exploration of concealment. I work in an expanded painting practice, with most of my works being concerned with… read more …

  • Grace Rokesky

    Grace Rokesky

    R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award RMIT Ceramic Student Association Club Year 3 Award UNTITLED is a large-scale nest-like structure that aims… read more …

  • GyuIn Hanh

    GyuIn Hanh

    THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL AWARD WINNER At last, You Become Me. At last, I Become You (2024) Through this project, I… read more …

  • Heidi Hess

    Heidi Hess

    sixteen years away. My digital painting series sixteen years away, draws from my experiences being an expat until adulthood and the sense… read more …

  • Heidi Kwong

    Heidi Kwong

    Stockroom Kyneton – Exhibition Award R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award Walkers Ceramic Award – Accademic Excellence RMIT Ceramic Student Association Club… read more …

  • Holly Clark-Milligan

    Holly Clark-Milligan

    Garland Membership Award.   UNSETTLED LIVING. My grandparents said to never buy a house near a willow tree. They said its roots… read more …

  • Huihua Gu

    Huihua Gu

    Huihua Gu (b.2003) is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on painting and sculpturing. He also explores tremendous areas and ideas, always… read more …

  • Idgie Kagan

    Idgie Kagan

    CONTENT NOTE: reference to gender-based violence. This work was created on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung… read more …

  • Imogen Mathews

    Imogen Mathews

    LANDSCAPES AND TREPIDATION. Utilising a combination of oil paint on wood and paper, my works explore the complexities of human fear through… read more …

  • Indianah (Smith-Johns)

    Indianah (Smith-Johns)

    JACK WILLET STUDIO VISIT AWARD WINNER A SLEEPWALK FROM ME TO YOU. When sleep becomes me, I dream of walking from me… read more …

  • J. Findlay

    J. Findlay

    Welcome to my suburban backyard, where I invite you to immerse yourself in the sensory experience of my nature-inspired art installations, collectively… read more …

  • Jack Ioannou

    Jack Ioannou

    Print Council of Australia Graduate Award My practice explores the intersections of identity, culture, and landscape through the print medium. Inspired by… read more …

  • Jade Cargill

    Jade Cargill

    “Obscenity begins when there is no more stage […] A good illusion is a bad illusion, and a bad illusion is a… read more …

  • Jade Power

    Jade Power

    Fiona & Sidney Myer Ceramic Art Award Stockroom Kyneton – Exhibition Award   I make art to better understand myself and my… read more …

  • James Horrocks

    James Horrocks

    Troppo Print Studio Graduate Award   FOR YOUR PLEASURE. Throughout my creative practice, I aim to challenge the traditional conventions of art… read more …

  • Jeffrey Chieu

    Jeffrey Chieu

    Beyond the Uncertainty is a mixed-medium animation project that explores the concept of uncertainty and the experience of having those feelings, while… read more …

  • Jermaine Ibarra

    Jermaine Ibarra

    WILD COMBINATION focuses on the act of ‘authoring’ and ready-made simulacra. Wild Combination reflects on the immateriality of memory, the arduous effort… read more …

  • Kai Hidalgo

    Kai Hidalgo

    HYPHENATED SPACE. As a print-maker and mixed-media artist, my work navigates the evolving relationship between heritage and modernity, shaped by my experience… 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • Sean Leegel

    Sean Leegel

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

  • 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 …

  • 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

    Timo Walters is a sculptural artist whose work explores the imaginative potential to reconstruct human subjectivities and narratives by investigating the interconnectedness… 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

    From embroidering the earth’s mantle to embodying the earth’s core: a note to the spinner. While it is wedged often in discomfort,… 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 …