2024 Awards announced 19 November


2023 Graduates

  • Charlie Patten

    Charlie Patten

    MYCELIA – a venture into my past, honouring the previous versions of myself that allowed me to become the person I am today, as well as the people in my life who have shaped my worldview. While growth and change more …

  • Eddie Corney

    Eddie Corney

    MICROCOSM. Microcosm is a body of work investigating the patterns, convergences and linkages between life on earth.  I am interested in the linkages of life and matter through coexistence, and this project is formed on deep investigations into the natural more …

  • Eloise Iona Hurn

    Eloise Iona Hurn

    AKIN explores the merging of printmaking and collage, alongside my investigating of different copper-plate making techniques. Print-making is a rhythmic artform, and can form multiple images from one matrix. It is a very cyclical process, and I have found connections more …

  • Felicia

    Felicia

    GAME GIRLS. Game Girls is a project in response to the sexism seen in the video game industry. The portrayal of the feminine characters in video games is often hypersexual or helpless, diminishing their agency and reducing them down to more …

  • Jack Ioannou

    Jack Ioannou

    My practice explores the intersections of identity, culture, and landscape through the print medium. Inspired by the aesthetics of zines, pop culture, and historical art, my works aims to reflect the cultural narrative around ideas of power, masculinity, representation, and more …

  • James Horrocks

    James Horrocks

    FOR YOUR PLEASURE Throughout my creative practice, I aim to challenge the traditional conventions of art and identity, often working with unconventional materials and imagery I intend to redefine the measures of fine art. For this project, I wanted to 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 also searching how one gets out of it. This artwork is an autobiography that centres around my personal 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 of living across cultural boundaries. With a focus on themes of identity, diaspora, and the sense of being more …

  • Lauren Johnston

    Lauren Johnston

    My practice is informed by research and concept and is constantly evolving as I lean into different modes of making, depending on my project. Currently, I am working with sculpture, installation, and print media to expand my exploration of my 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 dynamic faces and the palette’s cheerful vitality infuse a space with personality, making it feel both artistic and more …

  • Michelle Mclachlan

    Michelle Mclachlan

    Michelle is a Melbourne based artist, specialising in printmaking, photography and alternative practices.Her work is deeply influenced by her experiences of traumatic memory. Michelle’s work is a profound exploration of her life experiences, serving as a direct documentation of the 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 of human-animal relationships. This project is inspired by my pet python, Plantbeetle, and the negative reactions I often 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 nomadic Javanese, I often feel detached from the core of my cultural identity. My family and I hail 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 things, balance. Printmaking as a medium creates images through what is taken away and what is left, making more …

  • Ryan Campbell

    Ryan Campbell

    The Assembly Line is a series of figurative monotype prints on fabric, wrapped around handmade frames. The figures within are Australians and Afghans, farmers, soldiers, mothers and ravers. Through its diverse portraits, The Assembly Line depicts the connections between a global more …

  • Sara Cope

    Sara Cope

    WHAT A RELIEF. The phrase ‘chook scratches’ sometimes refers to ‘untidy, organic marks’. What a Relief is a humorous response to three years of printmaking studies. I have created layered photographic etchings using images from my family farm, that I more …

  • Siena Shirres

    Siena Shirres

    Reflections of Light in Time is formed through the combination of traditional copper plate etching and experimental photographic techniques. This work stemmed from viewing reflections of car brake lights on a wet road; this fleeting stillness was a connection between more …