Working across drawing, painting and sculpture, I investigate spatial, material and hierarchical approaches to making and reconfiguring things to become artworks. An investigation of conditions ensues; conditions of the gallery, materials, sculpture, painting… And what happens when we fall between these
Bio Statement: Amelia Faye Perri is a ballet-trained artist and emerging arts manager currently completing a Master of Arts Management at RMIT University. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Bachelor of Arts in Modern Ballet, her practice and
Bio Statement: Working with textiles and garment construction techniques, Asha Syms’ approach to fashion is rooted in storytelling through design and finish. While completing her Master of Arts (Arts Management), her practice has increasingly focused on sustainability and education around
Bio Statement: My cultural background plays a key role in shaping my interest and motivation for curating this specific event. I grew up bicultural, with my mum being Australian and my Dad being Balinese. As someone who has been involved
Sacred Unfolding Sacred Unfolding employs intuitive ink painting, patterns, and fabric installation to explore spirituality, Buddhist philosophy, and phenomenology, drawing on my lived experience to reflect on our shared human condition. At its core, my work seeks to reveal inner
Helimlich: My Dear Little Grotto Hide me. Don’t look at me. Just let me lie here. Let me curl away under the comfort of my own security. I don’t want to leave here, and I can’t. It hurts me, and
Uniform: An auto-theoretical reflection on agency and conformity within schooling institutions as an adolescent girl with ADHD Uniform employs a combination of representational and abstract painting techniques, drawing, and repurposed school uniform textiles to research the interplay between gendered expectations,
Bio Statement: David Xu is a graduate of Master of Arts Management student. He is passionate about LGBTQIA+ rights as a member of the Asian LGBTQIA+ community. His curatorial practice often focuses on the lived experiences of Asian LGBTQIA+ individuals
Invisible Transfers. As a young person, my father and I would often look through the binoculars, watching the pilot boats disembark at the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse. Due to the difficulty that large ships have entering Melbourne’s commercial port, shipping pilots
Bio Statement: Effye Chen is a Creative Producer, Event Planner, Marketing Strategist, and Designer who combines a decade of multinational marketing experience with artistic vision to empower artists and designers in engaging with diverse audiences. Born, educated, and professionally active
Bio Statement: Haotian Huang is a master’s in arts management with a background in painting and environmental design and an avid fan of electronic music and visual art. He has watched over 100 artists perform over the past nine years,
Bio Statement: Huafei Du is a fashion designer with a strong interest in curatorial practice and contemporary arts. Her work explores the intersection of fashion, exhibition-making, and culture narratives through interdisciplinary approaches. She is particularly passionate about innovative materials and
Hi! My name is Isabell Maria Bilous, I am a Romanian Mix Media Artist, I have been practicing art for nearly 7 years, and I specialise in Printmaking (specifically Aquatint and Mezzotint). My inspiration comes from my experience as a
A Perfect Failure An installation of multiple works, exploring the themes of Empathy, Empowerment, Family, Social Justice and Housing (especially the failures of the private sector and government.) Through creating a large painting / drawing using hessian and plaster, I
Bio Statement: Jaeeun (Jay) is a South Korean producer and coordinator with practical experience across theatre, events, and arts management. Her roles have spanned producing, marketing coordination, and venue management, where she honed skills in overseeing budgets, teams, and performances.
AN EXISTENTIAL ABSURDITY OF VASTNESS The city exists in an uncanny liminal state, where belonging feels impossible, pressed beneath national identity, political handovers and
Bio Statement: Nihkee N. has a cultural background in Southern China, with an academic background in Visual Arts from the University of Sydney and current postgraduate studies in Arts Management at RMIT. Nihkee’s creative practice is centered around creative design,
Bio Statement: As an international student from China, I decided to study in Australia, starting my journey as an overseas student in high school. After completing my Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Business, I pursued a Master’s degree in Arts Management.
Bio Statement: Junke Zhang, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is currently pursuing a Master of Art Management. This emerging academic field not only broadens her career prospects but also enables her to integrate art creation with business operations,
ENCHANTED BY THE FEELING Enchanted by the Feeling reimagines intimacy through soft sculpture, self-portrait photography, and immersive installation. Employing play, performance, and fluidity as queer methodologies, Kate seeks creative new perspectives on the experience. Through embodied practice, these strategies facilitate
FLUID AND UNFOLDING invites you to romanticise the mundane. Love between queer and trans, disabled and neurodiverse people, exists in a realm of its own. Small, sacred moments of care-giving are interwoven into the queer experience. To chosen family, friends,
Bio Statement: Le Tram Anh Nguyen is a Vietnamese international student pursuing Master of Arts Management at RMIT University. With over five years of experience in the Vietnamese music and events industry, she has worked on artist management, bookings, live
Wondering the third space: navigating the politics of personal and collective identity through deconstructive installations and sculptures. The installation project uses multimedia sculptures to explore Qin’s complicated relationship with her life under China’s collectivism. By deconstructing and reconstructing everyday materials
Bio Statement: Lucy Elbrish is an Australian artist graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and currently completing her, Master of Arts Management from RMIT University. Her plans are to get a big studio in a suitable place to create
I MADE IT COZY SO YOU’D FEEL THE TENSION This installation transforms a domestic scene into the site of protest and reclamation. Born from a conversation in the first year of my degree that exhibited patriarchal bias, the installation asks
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Bio Statement: Promise Mudzingwa is stage manager, designer, director and killer storyteller. Graduating from a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts degree (Majoring in Theatre Practice) at Excelsia College, she received training in stage management by Mary Benn, a nationally known stage
Bio Statement: Quynh Hoa’s curatorial practice centres on the question ‘What does it mean to be a Vietnamese in the contemporary world?’. In the journey of answering this question, she wants to investigate narratives that have been neglected in the
Bio Statement: Rachael Marie D’cruz is a Master of Arts Management students at RMIT University with a background in art history and curating. Originally from Singapore, her academic and professional focus centres on inclusive and community-responsive curatorial practice, particularly amplifying
Bio Statement: Bec Gynes is an interdisciplinary creative and arts worker. With an undergrad in Fine Arts from the VCA, her love and care for the arts comes from the underpinnings first learnt as an artist. With main interests in
BETWEEN MOMENT AND MEMORY. I am intrigued by the space between experiencing a moment and holding it as memory. Why do we hold certain moments in our minds and not others? How does the energy of lived experience transform into
Bio Statement: Stella Wadeson (she/her) is a multidisciplinary arts worker engaging working with people from all walks of life. She is an artistically driven, enthusiastic collaborator who is actively working in the arts and culture. Through using the simple fluidity
AWARD WINNER – BDS Sculpture Prize for outstanding folio, 2025 Teagan is a sculpture-based artist with a vested interest in repurposing and reimagining overlooked and discarded objects from her immediate environments. Her practice is characterised by an intuitive and
SECOND SKIN “As I stretch the hood over my face, I enter my second skin. Anonymity is my armour, self-expression is my tool, and with them I build my relationships and join a community of likeminded freaks.” Second Skin is
Bio Statement Ulises Resendiz is a Mexican-born, St Kilda–based symbolist-surreal artist whose work explores the tension between beauty and contradiction. As an LGBTQIA+ creator, Ulises uses vibrant colours and bold imagery to express layered emotional and cultural experiences. His art
Bio Statement: Uvini Ashcharya Yahampath is a Master of Arts (Arts Management) student at RMIT University, with a background in fashion and textile design from Sri Lanka. Her practice explores the intersection of fashion, abstract expression, and mental health, using
Bio Statement: Vanessa Tang is a Naarm/Melbourne-based arts manager and artist. Formerly an educator, she is passionate about connecting art with the public and creating inclusive cultural experiences. Since moving to Melbourne, Vanessa has become involved in the street dance
Space and Memory: Mapping Lived Experience Through Mixed Media Installation and Expanded Painting Space and Memory (2024–25) traces the quiet emotional landscapes of home, memory, and belonging. Having lived across many countries, I carry fragments of each place—rooms, shadows,
Bio Statement: Yu Tian is a postgraduate student in Arts Management, with an undergraduate background in Music Education. With expertise in both music and arts management, her research focuses on how art can serve as an emotional support tool within
