2024 Awards
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Alexandra Pellegrino
ALPHA 60 AWARD WINNER VEILED REFLECTIONS – THE WARDROBE… read more …
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Amina Qasim Zada
Winner: The Fullstop Framing Company Award. https://www.fullstopframing.com/ Highly Commended: ACAE… read more …
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Angela Sexton
Yarra Sculpture Gallery Exhibition Award http://www.yarrasculpturegallery.com.au/ WHEN PUSH COMES TO… read more …
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Betty Knibbs
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL AWARD WINNER fragments of deterioration. … read more …
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Brooklyn Rush
R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award Unearthed looks at the… read more …
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Catherine Weng
THE MOAT AWARD WINNER CACHEXIA. A surreal exploration of the… read more …
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Celine Babet
Garland Award for Innovative Storied Object Celine Babet explores how… read more …
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Charlie Patten
Megalo Print Studio Graduate Award MYCELIA – a venture into… read more …
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Christina Rankin
Winner: Tolarno Hotel Award. UNIFORM: Autobiographical reflections on the interplay… read more …
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Cien Su
Winner – Koodak Award for Enamelling – Technical Excellence (presented… read more …
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Debra Higgins
Garland Award for Innovative Storied Object. Highly commended: Chapman and… read more …
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Dhishni de Silva
Winner: ACAE Gallery Award. In my practice, I weave together… read more …
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Eddie Corney
Firestation Print Studio Graduate Scholarship MICROCOSM. Microcosm is a body… read more …
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Ella Barker
Winner: Chapman and Bailey Award. In this series of paintings,… read more …
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Eloise Iona Hurn
Megalo Print Studio Graduate Award AKIN explores the merging of… read more …
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Emily Song
JOSEPH BEUYS CAFE AWARD WINNER THE MOAT AWARD WINNER ENERGY… read more …
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Felicia
44 Frame Factory Graduate Award GAME GIRLS. Game Girls is… read more …
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Gail Hunt
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize … read more …
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Grace Rokesky
R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency Award RMIT Ceramic Student Association… read more …
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Heidi Kwong
Stockroom Kyneton – Exhibition Award R.L.Foote Design Studio – Residency… read more …
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Holly Clark-Milligan
Garland Membership Award. UNSETTLED LIVING. My grandparents said to… read more …
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Indianah (Smith-Johns)
JACK WILLET STUDIO VISIT AWARD WINNER A SLEEPWALK FROM ME… read more …
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Jack Ioannou
Print Council of Australia Graduate Award My practice explores the… read more …
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Jade Cargill
WINNER of the Sculpture Workshop Prize 2024 “Obscenity begins… read more …
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Jade Power
Fiona & Sidney Myer Ceramic Art Award Stockroom Kyneton –… read more …
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James Horrocks
Troppo Print Studio Graduate Award FOR YOUR PLEASURE. Throughout… read more …
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Katya Ryzhikh
Winner: Wayne Conduit Award. When I watch a coming… read more …
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Lachlan Vasic
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Technology Prize (presented… read more …
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Laura de Carteret
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize … read more …
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Lauren Johnston
Technician’s / Studio Karma Graduate Award My practice is informed… read more …
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Li Letitia Shen
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize … read more …
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Luke Morris
ISQUARED GALLERY EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER ALLEGORICAL AND INNATE GESTURES… read more …
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Meg Kelso
Garland Membership Award. Fugitive memories: I’ve watched you my whole… read more …
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Michelle Mclachlan
Print Council of Australia Graduate Award Michelle is a… read more …
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Milla Morgan
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL AWARD WINNER Reframing perception. As… read more …
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Minadi Gajaman Kankanamge
WINNER – Breaking the Mould Sculpture Prize for experimentation in… read more …
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Opening Night & Awards Ceremony 5pm – 8pm Tue 19 Nov
Register for the Opening Celebration HERE. read more …
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Qianxun Li
Winner – Koodak Award for Highest Academic Achievement (presented by… read more …
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Rachel Wheeler
RMIT Ceramic Student Association Club Year 3 Award AN… read more …
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Ruby Hughes
Winner – Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work (donor Professor… read more …
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Ryan Campbell
Artbox Commission Graduate Award The Assembly Line is a series… read more …
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Sara Cope
Australian Print Workshop Residency Award WHAT A RELIEF. The phrase… read more …
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Sean Leegel
621 ARTSPACE EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER Suggestion. Records of emotion by… read more …
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Siena Shirres
Sunshine Print Artspace Graduate Award Reflections of Light in Time… read more …
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Sophie Malvestuto
Winner: BDS Prize for Excellence in Sculpture From embroidering the… read more …
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Timothy Walters
Winner: BDS prize for excellence in Sculpture. Timo Walters is… read more …
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Wang Zi Yu
Winner: Trocadero Art Space Exhibition Award. http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au/ Highly Commended: ACAE… read more …
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Yuqing (Anna) Xiang
Highly Commended ACAE Gallery. Highly Commended Tolarno Award. _________________________________ The… read more …
2024 Graduates
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Alexandra Pellegrino
ALPHA 60 AWARD WINNER VEILED REFLECTIONS – THE WARDROBE AS A LIMINAL STRUCTURE OF INTERSECTING IDENTITIES explores the healing potential of… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Cien Su
Winner – Koodak Award for Enamelling – Technical Excellence (presented by Koodak Jewellery Supplies) Haeng-Bok (행복 Happiness & Luck). As a… read more …
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Cornelius Wong
DUST PIECE. With everything packed into boxes, all that’s left is dust. instagram.com/ms.homunculus read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Ella Simpson
RABBIT OUT OF A HAT: AN AMALGAMATION OF THE FEMININE UNCONSCIOUS. My unconscious. Canvas & paper & oil paint & ink. Archives.… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Essay – Possibilities Await in Synthesis: Dismantling Modes of Interpretation to Maximise Imaginative Potential within Sculpture
Essay by Jade Cargill for Contextualising Practice The topic of this essay and my art is imagination. Within a world that prescribes… read more …
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Essay – The Knight of Malta: How the unconscious informs the creation of abstract painting
Essay by Ella Simpson for Contextualising Practice Every work of art is a child of its time, while often it is the… read more …
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Essay – Abortion and Queerness: the politics of excavating the closet through confessional performance practice
Essay by Sylva Storm for Contextualising Practice Content Warning: this essay discusses abortion, reproductive rights and queer trauma and contains images of… read more …
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Essay – Animality and Autism: Honouring Shared Experiences of Otherness
Essay by Grace Rokesky for Contextualising Practice ‘Appearance and Behavioral Observations: Throughout sessions, Grace presented tidy and well-groomed. She had short stature,… read more …
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Essay – Automatic drawing and spontaneity in motion: an exercise in trusting the process
Essay by Emily Song for Contextualising Practice Introduction The tendency to overly control and calculate the result of an artwork during the… read more …
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Essay – Becoming Nomadic
Essay by Timothy Walters for Contextualising Practice Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge that I live, work and study on the unceded… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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Essay – Fragmented Identities: critiquing societal pressures and conformity within the diasporic experience through creative practice
Essay by Sahla Safia Arundati for Contextualising Practice In a globalised world, art can powerfully critique societal pressures of conformity and the… read more …
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Essay – How can the ephemerality of bioplastic revive ecocentrism for the ecological world in the Anthropocene?
Essay by Stephie Ng for Contextualising Practice ‘So, we can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have… read more …
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Essay – How to Build a Person: Magical Realism in communicating medical trauma
Essay by Tallulah Ainsworth for Contextualising Practice Building a person is no easy task. There are many parts of a human being… read more …
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Essay – Reconstruct the scene in fragments of memories: A manifesto for photographic collage
Essay by Sebastian Nuttney for Contextualising Practice This essay aims to detail my approach and methodology for photographic collages. This framework, presented… read more …
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Essay – Transformative textiles: How can the combination of textile and subtractive painting methods convey autobiographical narratives of trauma and memory?
Essay by Christina Rankin for Contextualising Practice This essay explores the connections between textile, memory, and trauma, focusing on how my artwork… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Gail Hunt
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize ALL HAIL THE GIANTS – a wooden love story for old growth… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jade Cargill
WINNER of the Sculpture Workshop Prize 2024 “Obscenity begins when there is no more stage […] A good illusion is a… read more …
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Jade Power
Fiona & Sidney Myer Ceramic Art Award Stockroom Kyneton – Exhibition Award I make art to better understand myself and my… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Li Letitia Shen
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize Since 2020, Letitia has shown abroad, with her work exhibited in group… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Qianxun Li
Winner – Koodak Award for Highest Academic Achievement (presented by Koodak Jewellery Supplies) The Whispers of Nature. When we feel saddened… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sean Leegel
621 ARTSPACE EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER Suggestion. Records of emotion by Sean Leegel. read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Ruby Hughes
Winner – Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work (donor Professor AD Hope Endowment) Growing up on the Mornington Peninsula, I have… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Qianxun Li
Winner – Koodak Award for Highest Academic Achievement (presented by Koodak Jewellery Supplies) The Whispers of Nature. When we feel saddened… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Li Letitia Shen
Winner – 2024 RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Studio Prize Since 2020, Letitia has shown abroad, with her work exhibited in group… read more …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …