Footscray Art Prize 2021 - Exhibition Catalogue by Maribyrnong City Council

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This exhibition is held on the traditional lands of the Kulin. We offer our respect to the Ancestors, Elders and families of these traditional lands, and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Footscray Art Prize was established by Victoria University, Maribyrnong City Council, Footscray Community Arts Centre and the Rotary Club of Footscray in 2016. Held biennially, this national visual art prize contributes to Footscray’s reputation as a thriving cultural hub that supports and fosters the arts. The exhibition of shortlisted works provides an opportunity to celebrate this artistic vibrancy and creativity.

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2021 Judges

Footscray Art Prize $10,000

Kirsty Grant

Local Artist Acquisition Prize $10,000

Vikki McInnes

Street Art Prize $5,000

Myles Russell-Cook

Emerging Artist Prize $2,000 Young Artists Prize Primary $500

Dawn Tan (Young Artists)

Secondary $500

Rosie Kalina (Young Artists)

To find out more, visit www.footscrayartprize.com. The shortlisted artworks below are ordered alphabetically with the Artist Surname.

MESSAGE FROM THE JUDGES What a joy it was to see the breadth and depth of entries into this year’s Footscray Art Prize. We would like to express a heartfelt thanks to all the artists that entered for holding their nerve during these most challenging of times and express a resounding congratulations to all the finalists. The exhibition of shortlisted artworks provides a fascinating glimpse into contemporary creative practice around the country, both in terms of trends in the material means artists are working with, and the issues that are most relevant. Following lockdown, and a year when many artists were forced to adapt their practice to work in new ways and often under extreme circumstances, each of the entries is a testament to the power of all artists creativity during difficult times. It’s quite a show! Footscray Art Prize judging panel Kirsty Grant Vikki McInnes Myles Russell-Cook

MESSAGE FROM THE PARTNERS Footscray is a thriving creative hub, and has developed an enviable reputation as a centre of arts and culture, which is reflected in the success of the Footscray Art Prize to date. This year, the Prize has contended with the challenges of a pandemic. It is therefore more important than ever that we; Victoria University, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Maribyrnong City Council and Rotary Club of Footscray, uplift the Footscray arts and culture sector and continue to offer opportunities such as this. Footscray Art Prize provides a platform for a vast number of artists to truly announce their presence and be seen by acclaimed judges and thousands of spectators. We look forward to hosting the work of talented artists from across Australia here in Footscray once again! Footscray Art Prize Committee Victoria University Maribyrnong City Council Footscray Community Arts Centre Rotary Club of Footscray

Footscray Art Prize $10,000

Darcey Bella Arnold Errored inclusion, 2020 Acrylic on canvas board, two panels Darcey Bella Arnold’s current practice considers the artists’ close and unique relationship with her mother, Jennifer. Jennifer has an acquired brain injury, which has altered her use of language. As one of her carers, Arnold’s work is a meditation on language, image making and familial relationships. VIC

Georgia Banks She’s Beauty, She’s Grace, 2019 Video, running time 5 minutes 42 seconds She’s Beauty, She’s Grace is a document from an immersive endurance performance, during which I spent 43 weeks doing everything I could to transform myself physically, socially, and mentally in order to excel at pageantry. VIC

Paul Briggs Enter the Dragon/Footscray, 2019 Digital photograph Heavenly Queen Temple, Footscray, under a prophetic sky. Shot in digital black and white infrared. VIC

Peter Burke Take lasagne out of fridge, 2021 Ink, acrylic and charcoal on paper This a drawing of a handwritten note found on a footpath in Melbourne. In its original location it is seemingly banal, but when it is detached from its original context it makes a compelling artefact. With scant explanation, we are left to read between the lines. VIC

Nicholas Burridge Fluid Rock, 2021 Basalt, volcanic glass, steel cable Nicholas Burridge contributes to a lineage of material transformation through the re-forming of the material basalt, the rock we walk on in the Victorian Volcanic Plains. This intervention upon the stone is one that remembers Melbourne’s geologic past while also being an expression of our current geologic epoch, the Anthropocene. VIC

Simon Clark Gaskin Gardens, 2020 Paper and card collage, graphite, ink This collage, created in 2020, depicts the facade of Gaskin Gardens, a twelvestory residential housing commission complex for elderly residents, situated in Footscray. The confinement of the residents during the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 seemed intensified by the Brutalist exterior of the building; this was no utopia, quite the opposite. VIC

Jenna Corcoran I WLD WLK, 2020 Video, running time 3 minutes 12 seconds I WLD WLK represents the daily walks allowable during the months of ‘stay at home’ orders in Melbourne, which for the artist tallied 500 miles (over 800km). The piece represents the repetitive routine and monotony of lockdown through the meaningful performative act of walking and an intimate exploration of the local neighbourhood. VIC

David Cox Two Sisters, 2020 Ochre, charcoal and synthetic binder on canvas In the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming), two sisters walked from the Northern Territory side through the desert to Louisa Downs Station. At this place they turned to stone. They are still there today; you can see the two large hills. Lots of people from Yiyili know this story. WA 12

Carolyn Craig Proximal Noise: Principles and actions against Anoxia, 2020 Photo etchings This work considers how the breath/voice are sites of privilege through the idea of social anoxia (a slow suffocation from social constriction). I use the idea of ERV or the amount of air we are able to inhale as an accounting equation to measure our ability to breathe fully. NSW

Jessie Deane Needlepoint Night Docks, 2020-21 Needlepoint, thread on canvas Employing the tactile vivacity of thread, this artwork utilises contrast, colour and texture to embody the life of the working docks at night. The cold rigidity of the industrial landscape and the warm malleability of the textile medium meet in a vibrant collision of craft, art and local industry. VIC

Chelle Destefano Audist College, 2021 Video installation, textiles and found object (chair) The red cape and hat worn during Chelle Destefano's performance give a glimpse into her experiences of audism and oppression in the 1980s at school, not being allowed to sign. The colourful cape, an undertone of nun's black/white robe and hat celebrate speaking out. VIC

Cassandra Downs Bilby Vessel, 2020 Ceramic sculpture Foraged materials from Maribyrnong Valley: clay, sand, Corymbia Ficifolia sap, Eucalyptus Sireoxylon sap. VIC

Rozalind Drummond Mustafa in the high grass, 2021 C-Type colour print We talked that day, of Black Lives Matter and its profound significance. This year I began a new group of photographs. Each image alludes through subtle movements; to some occurrence that is about to take place or that may have just happened. Mustafa in the high grass. VIC

Megan Evans Mother Country, 2020 Fabric, glass, beads, cotton This work continues my investigation into the impact of colonisation on the lands, peoples and languages of Indigenous peoples across the globe. The British flag is a powerful symbol of colonial identity, white supremacy, power and privilege that still sits on the corner of the Australian flag. VIC

Mark Forbes Emptiness, 2019 C-Type photographic lustre print on archival paper, made from medium format film image on Kodak Portra 400 film Traces of beauty exist everywhere around us. This image is from my Beautiful Solitude series. The scenes depicted in this series can be found just around the corner in all of our lives. Many people however may not see the beauty in the details of everyday ordinary spaces and surrounds. VIC

James Hale 25 special, 2020 Ink on card Taking the form of an enormous grid, 25 special is comprised of one hundred individual drawings on cardboard. Relishing the shared creative impulse of writing and art making, this work draws on traditions of LGBTQIA+ intimacy and connection, while revealing a queer sensibility that’s unique to Melbourne. VIC

Lee Harrop And this, too, shall pass, 2020 Hand engraved geological core sample from the Yilgarn Craton, WA My current body of work responds to the present pandemic whilst also continuing my decade long investigation into the mining industry’s social, economic and environmental impacts. Scientists have long warned of the inevitability of new infectious diseases as a result of human impacts on the natural world. NT

Amala Groom and Saha Jones This is a sign, 2019 Acrylic, texta on cardboard THIS: It is irrefutable that climate change is a direct result of the devastating onslaught and ensuing impacts of colonisation. The world IS changing. This is a call for us to change with it. See the SIGN - sea of change. NSW

Fassih Keiso Consolidation: Youth in the Age of War and COVID-19, 2020 C-Type photograph The work exemplifies the current and ever-shifting cultural, social and political states of the world through a photographic series of Syrian female students in post-war Syria, in the age of COVID-19. These bright portraits question our cultural notions of fear and prejudice through a display of national identity and the freedom of self-fashioning. VIC

Anna Kiparis Midnight Mass, 2019 Inkjet on cotton rag The central piece from the photographic trilogy series 'Suburbanology'. A short visual story of one of Melbourne's most culturally eclectic suburbs through representation of its night aura. Footscray's diversity allows for our ethnicity and religious background to be a genuinely welcomed focus of our life. VIC

Phu La Neville meets Devil, 2020 Ceramic sculpture A pangolin named Neville and a Thorny Devil, both native to their own countries. Their fates will differ wildly. While the devil is tightly protected, Neville is critically endangered from illegal trafficking for human consumption. Neville regards Devil, safely ensconced in blooming proteas and lush vegetation, with envy and admiration. VIC

Chloe Lee Dat Thanh Bakery Sign, 2020 Wood, acrylic paint Dat Thanh Bakery is one of hundreds of Vietnamese bakeries across Melbourne's inner-city suburbs. While the bakery sits on Sydney road in Coburg, the familiarity of the signage extends to all Vietnamese bakeries. This sculpture reminds us of this common place but important staple to suburban Melbourne life. VIC

Jenna Lee dis/bound re/bound, 2021 Pages of an ‘Aboriginal Language’ dictionary, bookbinding thread, varnish This work seeks to reclaim the act of recording, translating and listing of words published in ‘Aboriginal Language’ dictionaries. Through the ritualised acts of understanding, deconstruction and reconstruction, the dictionary is translated into a new self-determined language of cultural importance. VIC

Ryan Lee Wonnarua, 2020 Video, running time 2 minutes This video-based installation work aims to provoke discussion around themes of Indigenous ways of living in juxtaposition with Western settlerstate system's unsustainable, damaging ways of using stolen lands. NSW

Kurt Medenbach Epimetheus, 2020 C-Type digital print EPIMETHEUS... we are gifts of idiocy // forgetful obscurity // nothing special // or sacred // our deepest connection with this world — consumption // consider geography — first passing through plants — harvested — digested // now shat away from earth // confined // nutrients — here ungifted // humanity is expressed through ecological constipation // confidence rides the wave of destruction. VIC

Ches Mills Intricacies, 2020 Acrylic, ink and gouache on linen As a result of global warming our glorious coral reefs are bleaching. By painting in black and white only I emphasised the elaborate detail, beauty, patterns and intricacies within the coral and in doing so aimed to stress the urgent need for action to be taken to protect them. VIC

Kent Morris Barkindji Blue Sky – Ancestral Connections #4, 2019 Giclee print on museum rag paper Based on observations of kiinki (Corellas) on my ancestral homeland, the work manipulates technological structures and nature into new forms that reflect Indigenous and western knowledge systems merging together. The transmission of Aboriginal deep time knowledge via technology and the built environment is a central focus of my art practice. VIC

Naomi Nicholls Gradient Cutting #1, 2020 Acrylic on aluminium composite panel Gradient Cutting #1 is a shaped painting. The panel is a flat sculpture, the first move in a game of strategy. Naomi Nicholls reacts in succession against each mark with a discordant colour or conflicting form, avoiding harmony until finally, an uneasy visual truce. VIC

Stephen Palmer and Nina Ross Union Banner, 2020 Banner This handmade banner was developed in discussion with a range of creative practitioners, in relation to our precarious working conditions. The banner does not represent an existent union, but speaks to the glaring absence of such a body; it is a call to arms to fellow artists and their allies. VIC

Scotty So As She, 2020 Video installation on hologram device, wood, velvet, perspex Part of a collection, As She… explores the fetishism of Oriental femininity in Sci-fi movies and advertisements. Scotty So recorded himself performing in his drag persona Scarlett, transferred the videos onto the hologram advertising device, creating the ghostly moving image of Scarlett that entertains the audience forever. VIC

Ahmad Sabra Anthem, 2019 Video, running time 3 minutes 22 seconds Anthem responds to the growing fear of Muslims in Australia by examining how Muslims are perceived in contemporary Australian society and by exploring the mechanisms of prejudice – how easy it is to make assumptions and establish stereotypes and challenge the perceptions of viewers. VIC

Johny Salama 1989, 2021 Pram, barbed wire and child’s shoe The artwork refers to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child which has been widely ratified by the states. However, children continue to be subjected to different types of violations including torture, military recruitment, starvation and arbitrary detention such as those in refugee camps. VIC

Patrick Snelling My Footscray, 2020 Postcards My sardonic postcards do not portray the pretty view, but the pretty awful. The latent economic growth of Footscray is not reflected in My Footscray postcards. Years of neglect has created an outwardly, careworn facade for this once vibrant working class suburb. VIC Series of four postcards: Shopping in Footscray | Landmarks of Footscray | Travel around Footscray | Train stations of Footscray

Linda Sok Salt Water Deluge, 2020 Handstitched Cambodian silk, water collected from Ganguddy, sea salt, reed This work centres around healing and preservation of culture following the Khmer Rouge regime. Silk weaving an art form targeted and almost erased during the Khmer Rouge. Defiant of this, Salt Water Deluge sources silk from Cambodian artisans combined with lake water and salt to create crystaline structures on silk. NSW

Riana Head-Toussaint First Language, 2020 Video, total running time 7 minutes 15 seconds (original and audio description versions) As a wheelchair-user, I speak a movement language that is seldom understood or celebrated. However, it is intricate and precise. First Language is a meditation on movement; on that inherent choreography. The video captures and archives the body, the movement, the muscle-memory: the persistence of culture through intimacy and visibility. NSW

Cassandra Tytler Oops!, 2020 Video, running time 9 minutes 59 seconds To describe epic theatre, Walter Benjamin imagines a scene where an act of family violence is interrupted by the arrival of a stranger. Oops! is a literalisation of Benjamin's concept. The look of the stranger renews the look of the viewer, shocking them into seeing a scene of violence anew. VIC

Tim Van Featherweight Cannon, 2020 Oil on board A work that captures emotional turmoil and inner conflict. It is the emotional journey of individuals facing adversity, and choosing light over dark that inspired this work. VIC

Layla Vardo Orders of Magnitude, 2020 Video, running time 5 minutes 33 seconds An archival video project charting David Attenborough’s on-screen presence from 1965 to the present via a series chronologically ordered breaths sampling Attenborough’s distinctive direct-to-camera addresses. Simultaneously celebrating Attenborough as an icon of natural history and critically addressing post-colonial sciences and the nature-documentary form. VIC For the purposes of accessibility for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, there is no captioning as the focus is on David Attenborough’s inhalation breaths that look like Mmmm Ah!

Laura Woodward And the sun was filled with salt, 2019 Salt, acrylic, acetal, aluminium, motor, fasteners, wire rope, electrical wire The concept behind this work emerged from experiences of pregnancy and child-raising. It contains two vessels of equal volume within a rotating wheel. As it turns, salt flows between the vessels, generating a constantly-tilting horizon line, revealing unexpected patterns and variations in density and tone within the salt. VIC

Emma Coulter Spatial deconstruction # 25 (perceptual vortex) Emma Coulter’s art practice utilises built forms and spatial environments as painting supports. Her artwork attempts to create a ‘window’ into the space between the community and Footscray Community Arts Centre, through the structured arrangement of colour on the building’s facade. VIC

Hayden Dewar I can hear a ringtail possum A portrait of local Aboriginal elder Uncle Larry Walsh based around the Woiwurrung phrase: "Mirring-gnay-bir-nong": "I can hear a ringtail possum". The work celebrates Uncle Larry keeping his culture alive, and the importance of the ringtail possum and Sheoak tree to the Kulin Nation. VIC

Jaime Powell Tree The work is a large-scale, site specific stereogram (aka Magic Eye). Viewed with defocused eyes, a ghostly image of the gum tree at the wall, appears from within the field of noise. This continues the artist’s exploration of mark-making and palimpsest as an expression of their personal cultural experience. VIC

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Alphabetically ordered with the first name.

Aaina Sethi Park outside my home

Aiden Bishop Everyone's Different

When we were bound at home and those days when I did not get to play with my friends, this is the park I would gaze at. It gave me so much optimism and hope that the world will evolve as a better place to live in after Covid.

My fabulous artwork Everyone's Different is about diferent people on a hill and so yeah.

Alanah Sheridan Lake Eildon & Woodland Nature Reserve One artwork is a birds eye-view of Lake Eildon. Patterns represent landscapes. The other artwork is a birds eye view of Woodland Nature Reserve. Colours represent the seasons.

Annamai Wells Nature By Hand Nature makes patterns in its own way, and as we see that, we make our own patterns too. My hand here is representing how shells always have their own way of forming and how we are a part of nature’s transformations.

Armani Mauriohooho Leopard of the skies

Astrid Bishop Midnight Vessel

I love painting animals. Especially animals with beautiful markings which I can capture with my water colour paints. I have a fascination with big cats. Cheetahs, leopards and jaguars. When I look into their eyes I feel connected to their soul.

My artwork Midnight Vessel is about a gondola from Venice abandoned in a canal, drifting off to sea. There is a fading sunset in the background lighting up the boat.

Audrey Rain, Light, Magic makes a Rainbow How I see magic in the world. The colours, the way the rain feels, the joy. These things help me to be calm.

Ayman Fazal Stained Glass I painted what came to mind and didn't know what it was until later that evening when I completed it and my mum mentioned that it was stained glass.

Ava op't Hoog Unicorn Wonderland When I imagine a unicorn wonderland, this is what I think about.

Bianca Hope in Quarantine This photo captures the hope and light still felt by the 9 year old artist in the very depths of Melbourne's Lockdown 2020.

Bill Davies Monster in the Salt This is a model of an ATM6 (All Terrain Mega Callibre 6) First Order Walker from the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi. On the salt plaines lays a wrecked Tie fighter.Above the walker stands Supreme Leader Kylo Ren's carrier.

Charlie Parker Spring Village I wanted it to be an abstract painting but with every stroke it came to life. I stepped back and saw a village, the landscape and it’s people which I expanded on.

Breanna Luu Kookaburra

Chealsea Gray Coronavirus

It's a kookaburra

The world has been changed by coronavirus we should face what we fear.

Charlotte Skeels Crazy Frog Thing

Claire Under the sea

A quirky and unusual clay scultpure, capturing the craziness of 2020.

I recreated my version of underwater life because I love mermaids and the underwater world is so beautiful. Some of this "sealife" is movable. They can be re-positioned as if they can "swim". The inspiration for my artwork comes from my love of the sea and things in it.

Christopher Joseski The Killer Corona My internal chaos dealing with a menacing Super Villain, The Killer Corona, as it rages through our lives, causing panic and confusion. Work created during the first lockdown when we didn't know how to battle it effectively.

Claire Hogan The Enchanted Waterfall of Life My artwork represents life because the flow of the waterfall never stops, like when a person dies a baby is born. The colours represent our feelings. I did two pours using acrylic paints to create a background and a foreground to add depth to my painting.

Claudia Mizzi No Forgiveness When the vexed creature is awoken all is summed and danger is within. Lock the doors and close the shutters because the evil entity is not willing to compromise. With her ebony dark skin and red blood eyes her amity is horrific and her forgiveness is none.

Ezra Kearney What do you see? A bunch of random characters in the shape of an eye, that I think look cool.

Dillon Beluli Submarine in the water

Finn Morris Marlin

Submarine coming out of the ocean.

I spotted Marlin in my dad’s ocean book and used the photo to help draw him. I used watercolour pencils for his colouring and watercolour paint for the water. I sponged the different blue colours on to create the waves in the water. I’m really proud of my artwork.

Elodie Bishop HATE and UNPOPULARITY! HATE and UNPOPULARITY is about a person in the hall of fame who is covered by hatred and unpopularity.

Gloria Gibson Spirit of Williamstown I found inspiration in the colours and energy of the crowds on Williamstown beach on a hot day.

Fin Lewington Lake Dewar

Laura Sammartino The Autumn Trees

I was inspired by the Indigenous people of Victoria that used the cross-hatching technique. I chose Lake Dewar because it's a local place in Victoria and where I first camped. The lake is central, because it was the place I gathered the most from at camp.

My art piece is called The Autumn Trees. I got my inspiration from the beauty of autumn. Orange and red leaves are the most beautiful thing about trees. When I did the tree trunk, grass and sky, I used a special technique where I moved my paintbrush in one direction.

Floyd de Lacy-Leacey The Happy Land The Happy Land.

Isabel Nham Life is Colourful Art is life. Life is colorful.

Hazel Rickards The Village of Dreams

James Sammartino Penguins in Lockdown

This is my ideal place to live, with a school that has a sustainable vegetable garden, museum with important things from history, playground, carnival, beach for relaxing, mini golf course, sports facilities, theatre, parks, trees & forests, sustainable houses and farms, and mountain landscapes.

This is a family of penguins in lockdown except it's bad weather, not Covid. They're doing what you'd do in lockdown, but mostly, they are just cuddling. I painted some water on the drawing to make it a bit more realistic and better.

Inez Hadfield Doyle Froggy cult Froggy Cult is a 3D artwork which shows toys that have taken over a child's dollhouse whilst the child is asleep. The normally cute toys have started a cult, led by the frog. They are standing in a circle with candles and stakes, the summoning.

Jayden Ly Growling Grass frogs and their habitat I am interested in Australian native frogs including the Growling Grass frog. I joined the FrogID app and started recording frog calls to help the Australian Museum conserve frog populations.My artwork is inspired by Jeannie Baker and the messages she tells her readers about environment changes.

Leanne Estelle Arenas Pink Lake Jarrah Breen Animals in the Night

Inspired by the serene and placid pink lake.

Silhouette of Australian animals in the night.

Kaeden Carson Summer Treehouse My artwork is called Summer Treehouse. It is a picture of a treehouse in the summer and makes me feel relaxed when I look at it. I used a mixture of materials to create my artwork. These materials were: different paints, cardboard, wool, a leaf, pencils and paper.

Lily Hallas Sunset at the Beach Some friends are walking on the beach with calm waves and the birds are coming down to go to their beds. They are walking on the beach before dinner looking at the sunset. Have you ever seen a beautiful sunset like this?

Kitty Sandall Louisiana My inspiration is the character Louisiana from the book "Louisiana's Way Home" (Kate Diccamilo) because she was determined and brave.

Lilian Sargent Rainbow COVID bird Covid bird sitting on branch with colourful rainbow.

Luca Motta-Reeves Mother Earth My Mother Earth drawing is about the beautiful colours of nature. The lady is any lady. Mummy maybe but all ladies. She is amazing.

Maya Macdonell A blissful summer’s night I was inspired to create this piece from a book I borrowed from the library. I learnt a lot of tips. Time in lockdown has also helped me brush up on my drawing. I was also inspired to paint the beautiful stars in the countryside.

Logan Odzovski Imagination

Monty de Lacy-Leacey Weird Creatures

Colourful combination of diverse shapes and lines.

It all started with that kick in the wall...

Matilda Herbert Explosion of imagination

Olivia Piscopo Mountain Woods

My painting is about having fun while being creative.

A landscape of mountains near the woods.

Mikayla Cutajar Peaceful Night

Ruby Morris Womby and Koa

This was an enjoyable creation to paint. The background colours I used blended nicely. The shadow aspect of the painting was my favourite to complete. When I paint, I feel at peace and free. This is how I got the name of this painting. Age 11.

Womby and Koa was inspired by our beautiful country, Australia. I love Aussie animals and plants especially when painted in watercolour. I use a combination of watercolour pencils and paints. I loved the way the watercolour bled like an ombre on both the wombat and koala.

Roman King Dino-Bird

Shiloh Parekh Pets

I am 6 years old and was inspired to draw DinoBird because I like prehistoric animals. I used a HB pencil because I like the effect it creates in a drawing.

A cat and a dog drawn with pencils and texta.

Sophie Siddiqui Girl and Teddy

Vaishnavi Poduri Eyes Never Lie

Girl and Teddy.

The eyes in this portrait speak for themselves as they are quite mesmerising. This was the reason why it was chosen to draw with every detail of attention and giving apt title for the artwork.

Tae-Marie Briggs-Kelly Self Portrait I made this drawing for my KoKoMa (that's Congolese for Grand Mother). One thing I like to do is drawing! Another thing I like is eating! Another thing I like is spending time with family! Another thing I like is hugging trees.

Vihaan Sai Nanka A Leopard A calm, unsuspecting leopard calculatively eyeing its prey at night.

Zahra Malik My cat My cat Panda is my best friend, because he had always cared for me when I was upset and whenever he was calm he would let me pat him. I love him because he's always so playful and cute.

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Alphabetically ordered with the first name.

Alana Shrubshall Ethan Here is my mischievous younger brother. He is one of my biggest teachers, making me a better person by giving me confidence. With my art he encourages me to strive and improve. He always makes the people around him laugh. In this artwork I attempted to capture his warm smile.

Ana Joseski Caterpillar Grows Up The life cycle of a butterfly. Growing up is hard work. Caterpillar grows up to be a beautiful butterfly and fly all over the garden. Ana is a caterpillar growing up to be a butterfly.

Alastair Bonanno-Clark Domino from James Bond Domino as featured in the 1965 James Bond movie "Thunderball".

Alice Mercer Yachi The original character from Alice Mercer.

Ashlin Lyons Glow This piece was inspired by the pressure and uncertainty I think a lot of young people feel, in regards to the world, themselves, and the future. A deep blue background with strokes of turquoise depicts the whirlwind of thoughts that goes through our minds everyday, but with a promising glow.

Anastacia Calleja Unknown Galaxy I wanted to make a mysterious looking resin work that could be attributed to a galaxy or a planet. I used shades of purple, gold, silver and lilac with hints of white and black to create depth in my galaxy, then used a heatgun to really incorporate those planetary details.

Bailey Mitchell Castle on the hill

Ashley Zahra Triviality

This painting is a mythological representation of the painting 'Menin Gate' which is displayed at the national war memorial. The medieval ghosts of soldiers stream out from their fortified castle to battle with fire breathing dragons at their back.

My artwork explores the meaning of triviality and how when explored through art, triviality is impossible to find. I emphasise triviality within my subject matter through semi abstract style which provided me with the opportunity to explore my theme and create an overall emotion and mood for any viewer.

Benjamin Daloran Bird of Paradise With this 3D piece, Ben was inspired to capture the natural beauty of the Bird of Paradise flower.

Ava Harpur Perfect Perfect doesn't exist, and I think most people can agree with that. This portrait of my sister crying is meaningful to me because anyone can seem amazing, enviable, and perfect but may actually be struggling (especially after COVID).

Claudia Krake Those same sad eyes

Carmen Butcher-Feary Portrait of Park Jimin

The portrait, inspired by music, is a reflection of 2020. The female figure, with a melanchoic expression is looking in to empty space symbolising looking ahead into the unknown of the future after a year of uncertainty.

This is a portrait of Korean popstar Park Jimin from the band BTS. With the broad brushstrokes, loose rendering and the impression of light filtering through the screen behind him, I have gone for a dramatic look in this piece.

Deniz Cavdar Yellow Bear The inspiration behind Yellow Bear came from a still life painting of an old toy bear. The contrast created by the purple and yellow colours depict feelings of confidence. The positive space consists of a bright toy bear surrounded by abstract lines in varying shades, bringing balance to the artwork.

Evangeline Sanderson Feet of clay - heart of hope A need for elsewhere.

Eliana Gelsi Birds on stilts Though the long days of 2020 nature was an ever-present companion. In wind and rain these pied stilts at the Western Treatment Plant grazed for insects.

Gillian Poparisut Still Human My artwork is based on how people may not feel connected to their surroundings and wish to escape to a better place. However, no matter how much we wish for something different from reality, that is part of being human.

Ethan Silva Grimm I enjoy Hollow Night and I love playing with the characters and bringing them to life. In this sketch I have humanised Troup Master Grimm and created movement and mood through my shading and details.

Izaac Kain The Inkmaster A mysterious man who goes by the name 'The Inkmaster', who has extraordinary abillities, like things that he draws can come to live. Inspired by the DC character 'John Constantine'.

Evelyn Todio Pastel Town - A Closer Look

Joanna Dang Details

This work aims to capture an intimate view of a seemingly perfect town. The minor details within the painting encourages the viewer to form their own narrative for the citizens of the town. The arm holding the balloon symbolises hope and rising above challenges.

Is it really about the texture of their skin and the finite detail of their nose? Or is it to do with the feeling they bring with them, and the exact angle of your best friend's head as she stands in front of the school gate on a Thursday afterschool?

Harper Little Bury Me Shallow Bury Me Shallow is a piece I made inspired by monochromatic and manga art styles.

Johanna Wells All That Glitters Is Not Gold Plastic kills. Literally. After storms, the waters convulse, desperately trying to rid themselves of the plastic that poisons its oceans. And so I notice. And I craft change. And you can too. Take walks along rivers, oceans. Notice. Because all that glitters probably is not gold.

Katrina Barry Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Jiawen Wang Bring back manly men My artwork explores the notion of effeminacy and femininity in our current society. Inspired by Harry Styles and the bizzare phrase often used in outdated sexism and misogyny, the painting depicts a male figure who is comfortable with himself and his own identity.

I owe an Instagram artist Humid Peach for creating this painting. My understanding of what society sees as "beautiful", looking into beauty hashtags that commonly promote make-up, clothing, and celebrity models in fashion magazine covers used to communicate the prejudice society believe today.

Kushbeer Kaur Falling leaves Leah Pikoulas NUMB

A beautiful view of leaves falling from trees in a park in autumn.

I have thoroughly enjoyed creating this piece that demonstrates the feeling of numbness. Spiritually, the heart is known as being the overall ruling centre of yourself, most importantly your emotions. However, when removed there is no life present, similar to the feeling of numbness. Feeling no pain.

Lily Ravenhall-Stokes Stay this way This work reflects friends before Covid-19 hit and they had to self isolate. It represents my hope friendships will still be the same after Covid, even with all the time that was missed. The artwork was painted in a semi-realistic style to represent the games and dreams shared between friends.

Leah Taken! Taken! can mean many different things to many different people

Malea Peda Oh Deer Oh Deer is an illustration of a young girl who is shy and only wears black and white. But when she recieves this mask as a gift from her mother she feels like when she puts it on she is able to bring out other parts of her personality.

Micaela Xerri Pursuit of Freedom The ideas reflected in this painting represent the current state and injustice towards people of colour, especially while in police custody. Seeing the recent protests in America, in the events where rights were taken away, were my inspiration. I painted this in my preferred medium, acrylic on canvas.

Liana Buger Vanitas still life Vanitas and Symbolism implemented in this Impressionist composition, inspired by Paul Cezanne's 1898 painting 'still life with skull'. This work aims to communicate the human perception of life, and use impressionist style to lighten the dark impacts of classical vanitas symbolism.

Lydian Borland Sweet stuff A stack of some sweet heart candy with colourful lights in the background.

Michael Joseski Sword of Honour A mystically powered sword used to fight to maintain honour and integrity as a person enters the murky waters that is high school. With this sword, the hidden beasts and all the social pitfalls are battled and ultimately overcome to get through the very challenging obstacle course of puberty.

Miwa Wilson To Grow Up This artwork was inspired by the feelings of growing up. I have always kept a diary since I was little and I wanted my work to reflect these feelings. My piece is a mixed media collage showing two manipulated self portraits to describe the feelings through the various changes experienced.

Micah Cheung Repurpose This is a zoomorphic creature that was created as a ramekin. What is ironic is that instead of glinding on a water bath in the oven, the creature now serves to provide water to arid plants! A repurposed life is still a life with a purpose!

Modan Lu A window to the soul They say "the eyes are the windows to the soul", which is what I aimed to depict in this artwork. I used warm colours and different brushes to create different textures in the artwork to convey the emotion of happiness within the soul, which reflects upon myself at this moment.

Mona Salami Bottle and Slouch Hat The artwork conveys memories of the past, a strong and meaningful statement. Much like a monochromatic photo, it has muted greys, a shade that speaks to you and holds many secrets. The drawing owns strong and undisguised feelings, of a life with hardship and toil.

Myan Nguyen Bottled Up My work is about how the environment is linked to emotions and the human spirit. The beakers used represent the human body/mind and the clay pieces in them are the representatation of emotions that we feel, which take the form of the 4 elements, earth, water, air and fire.

Olive Dillon Blossom

Oliver Vernon Iron Man coloured pencil drawing

This is a portrait of my cat Blossom who kept me company every day last year during online learning. She made the year bearable.

A coloured pencil drawing of Iron Man showing my skills as a coloured pencil artist.

Phoebe Zhang Embark Olivia Asencarov Brave New World

Yet, no longer enslaved, we are reborn and ready to embark on our new journey.

As a student I felt uncertain and anxious about our future due to Covid. This is a symbolic piece that represents the black plague from the past. The globe represents our entire population. The virus image is also represented at a large scale to show the impact on society.

Preethi Barashari Youth The theme of this artwork is "Childhood" where it embodies the characteristics of being a youth. The colours communicate the emotions and formation of identity as a child. It was drawn to represent the first time we encounter these emotions as a child experimenting.

Raweeha Shafiq Tranquillity This painting is made with gouache paints with absolute delicacy and intricacy. It was created with the intention of portraying the calmness one feels when being in, and was inspired by a photo I took of my parents who had the feeling of absolute tranquility.

Ruby Moloney Feelings

Rudy Daoud-Kolusniewski Fallen Clown

This is a Venn-diagram inspired piece. There is a happy side and a sad side. The sad side is dark and the happy side is colourful and in the middle the sides switch. Meaning: People who look happy on the outside can be sad/depressed on the inside - viceversa.

My artwork is inspired by rap music artists and culture. I usually draw A4 size work, this is the first time I have painted a large canvas using acrylic, pan pastels and charcoal.

Sarah Kleiner Monday Depicting a surreal aesthetic, a hybrid figure of human and marine elements resides in the centre of the canvas. An eye protrudes out of the aperture of the shell. The figure is surrounded by ocean water which is illuminated by a bright moon.

Scarlett Clarke Monsters Ink. Monsters Ink was inspired by COVID-19. The virus is the monster chasing the masked humans and eating away at our time through lockdown. I have drawn the monsters and people over a colourful acrylic painting on canvas with white spray paint splats.

Skye English 2020 Shakira Attard Skull This is a 3D piece that Shakira made in which she aimed to capture the form of a human skull.

Tegan Goldie BLM Portrait of young boy in an American BLM march wearing a mask.

It's about a patient in hospital and the chaos around them is affecting them physically and mentally in a horrible way. The surrounding shows what's happened this year and how he feels and there are symbols meaning that he's leaving the world.

Tia Lautier Limited Time This artwork is about the stuggles of depression within teens. There are many stuggles in todays society which may influence depression onto students. This is portrayed through the girl in this artwork. She has been fighting depression, however sadly, it has taken over and is becoming life threatening.

Tiffany Vuong Elapsed An earthenware sculpture that captures the nature of time. It features an alienated figure that holds a clock on each hand with a cloud on its head. The message deepens with how the figure’s reflection melts away. Accompanied with gold embellishments and a blue and pink colour palette.

Veronika Tan Scintilla The salt rocks represent gemstones: Moonstone. It speaks to the healing aspect of one's individual in times of struggle and suffering.