Visual Arts 2023

My body of work explores a Surrealist outlook on the power of our dreams. The ephemeral nature of our dreams can be connected to moments within our life. Despite the absurdity of it, the paranormal journey we are taken on while asleep can feel like reality.

My body of work aims to depict the connection that my family and I have with our culture, particularly pertaining to our ‘roots’, and where we come from, as well as including the additional aspect of our Australian identity, through my parents’ immigration. By collaging different images together, I hope to establish the different aspects of each of our lives that are brought together, along with our experiences that make us who we are today.

Lost in Transit explores familiar idioms and their complex cross-cultural miscommunication. By drawing literal interpretations of these idioms in the context of travel imagery, I am highlighting the problems we encounter when making translation assumptions. Juxtaposing my drawings with 3D objects, I further challenge this disconnect through the clash of media.

My body of work serves to address the ephemeral nature of humanity by capturing fleeting individual moments to uncover the significance of even the smallest of experiences. My unstaged, candid photographs observe individual perceptions of time in a world of chaos, exploring our collective navigation of life.

Idiosyncrasy explores the ambiguous interrelationship between the mind and the body, displaying the subject’s inner working on its exterior. By highlighting representative external elements, it reflects the subtle nuances of human experiences and one’s ability to be vulnerable and exposed. Through the experimentation and contrast between the delicate black and white imagery with the layered texts, it stimulates introspection, inviting the audience to delve into the notions of their own emotions and thoughts.

Contagion acts as an exploration into the innate human desire for control. Drawing upon the capacity and limits of the human ability to regulate our environment, my body of work explores the fraught relationship between nature and the survival of humankind. It is in nature itself that we recognise the ultimate fragility of our own existence. 

My work aims to capture the essence of connections and an individual’s journey. Each unique map speaks to the personal stories of every individual, creating a tapestry of memories, dreams and the enduring bonds that unite a family—as well as symbolising the interconnectedness of our shared history and personal narrative that has shaped the individual.

My body of work explores the manipulated nature of selfhood and how it is influenced by external perception. Through disfiguration of the subject and abstraction of colour, I aim to express the feelings of vulnerability and uncertainty that come with being defined by others’ judgement.

While exploring the concept of existence, Devoid aims to capture a dissociative sense of life. My images are a metaphor for a feeling of emotional alienation, within spaces that may seem familiar. The underlying divorce of consciousness is represented in these spaces, painting a fragmented narrative of life as we assume it to be.

My body of work is an experimental study, capturing intricate textures of an overarching landscape. The black and white imagery explores the raw and untouched elements of our earth, revealing beauty in often unnoticed minute moments. I seek to provoke comforting emotions, as humans realise how very small they are in comparison to our world.

My body of work aims to examine the burden of expectations experienced by teenagers, both self-imposed and enforced upon them. It attempts to depict the quiet and reflective moments in which raw emotions surface and contemplation occurs to produce an emotive and impactful work. Through experimenting with the tedious technique of stippling, I aim to tangibly materialise the profound intensity and pressure which defines the adolescent experience.  

Commonly referred to as a ‘backpackers’ paradise’, Bondi is a famous tourist magnet that captivates millions of visitors every year. During the day, thousands of people swarm the beach, crowded and congested, though at night, everyone disappears. Now that the site has become a ghost town, vacant and deserted, the unoccupied coast allows one to digest its true ambience.

Our bodies are wired in a not too dissimilar way to a machine. My body of work examines the intricate relationship between human biology and bodily organisms with man-made machines.