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TOP ARTS
VCE 2007

27 March to 9 June 2008
Admission free

Exhibiting Students 2007

Top Arts showcases works by 57 students who studied VCE Art and Studio Arts during the 2007 school year. Below is a full list of all exhibiting students, with the entire shortlist provided at the bottom of the page.

Special profiles are available on selected students:

Harry Aitken

Trinity Grammar School, Kew

Entre chien et loup 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
47.0 x 31.5 cm (image)

Calum Alexander

Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne

Tiny dancers 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
33.0 x 48.3 cm (image)

Kai Allison

Mallacoota P-12 College, Mallacoota

Sunset on the bar 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
30.8 x 46.3 cm (image) (each)

Lyri Alton

McKinnon Secondary College, McKinnon

Toxicity 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
( 1 ) 14.8 x 57.5 cm (image); ( 2 ) 11.5 x 57.5 cm (image) [detail]

Alexandra Apostolidis

Camberwell Girls' Grammar School, Canterbury

Nature versus man 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
42.0 x 38.0 cm (image)

Tim Ashby

Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction

Portrait of myself 2007 (detail)
black and white DVD, sound
2 min 43 sec

Saskia Baur-Schmid

Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree

Coastal environment L'environnement côtier 2007 (detail)
silk, organza, knit jersey, georgette, beads
dress: centre front 126.4 cm, centre back 126.4 cm; jacket: centre front 24.0 cm, centre back 29.6 cm; neckpiece: 9.6 x 49.9 cm

David Biro

St Bede's College, Mentone

Face of humanity (detail) 2007 (detail)
charcoal
103.0 x 86.0 cm (image)

Fiona Coath

Eltham College of Education,Research

Untitled.jpg 2007 (detail)
computer monitor, enamel paint, synthetic polymer paint, oil paint, paper, wood, fibre-tipped pen, coloured pencils
42.0 x 36.7 x 42.5 cm

Mairéad Dwyer

Ballarat & Clarendon College, Ballarat

The art tree (Patterns from a silver birch) 2007 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint, textile, impasto, glue, wax, tempera and shellac on canvas
101.5 x 76.0 cm

Andrew Fanning

Kew High School, East Kew

Self-portrait 2007 (detail)
pencil
42.0 x 29.5 cm (image)

Emma Fehring

St Leonard's College, Brighton

Collins Street 2007 (detail)
oil and collage on canvas
91.0 x 214.0 cm

Charles Ferry

Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne

Yosemite Valley 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
33.0 x 82.5 cm (image)

Matthew Fowler

Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury

Naked raku bottle series 2007 (detail)
porcellaneous stoneware
( 1 ) 25.7 x 14.0 cm diameter; ( 2 ) 22.0 x 14.0 cm diameter

Alex Goad

Wesley College, Melbourne

Fury 2007 (detail)
earthenware
36.5 x 28.4 x 21.5 cm

Nicole Gooey

St Leonard's College, East Brighton

Stevie 2007 (detail)
oil on canvas
167.0 x 122.0 cm

Laura Griffin

Beaconhills College, Pakenham

Intertwined 2007 (detail)
photocopy, polystyrene board
51.0 x 102.0 x 3.0 cm

Rhianon Hall

Berwick Secondary College, Berwick

Sammy 2007 (detail)
oil on canvas
35.5 x 27.5 cm

Elana Harpur

Braemar College, Woodend

Untitled 2007 (detail)
pencil, paper, metal pins, feathers on painted wood
58.0 x 83.0 x 2.5 cm

Aaron Hastings

Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North

Untitled series 2007 (detail)
two inkjet prints
( 1 ) 13.0 x 59.0 cm (image); ( 2 ) 11.0 x 49.0 cm (image) [detail]

Rebecca Hayes

St Monica's College, Epping

Tea time 2007 (detail)
inkjet print on canvas
61.0 x 55.7 cm

Daniel Kamateros

Viewbank College, Rosanna

The park (detail) 2007 (detail)
wood, modelling clay, synthetic polymer paint, resin, wire, tin foil, newspaper
78.0 x 123.0 x 80.0 cm

Keely Kelly

Ave Maria College, Aberfeldie

Untitled 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
45.0 x 30.0 cm (image)

Kara Kelly-Dalgety

Sandringham College, Sandringham

Tea gown 2007 (detail)
two cyanotypes
157.0 x 111.5 cm (overall)

Jessica Lisle

Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree

Grey places 2007 (detail)
colour DVD, sound
3 min

Alex Maisey

Monbulk College, Monbulk

Conservation – The world is in our hands 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
49.5 x 79.0 cm (image)

Anthony Mariani

Salesian College, Chadstone

Glasses 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
29.0 x 39.0 cm (image)

Katherine Mason-Phillips

Mount Waverley Secondary College, Mount Waverley

Hurricane 2007 (detail)
gesso, ink, fibre-tipped pen on board
90.0 x 60.0 cm

Lauren McCormick

Beaconhills College, Pakenham

The anatomy of an artist 2007 (detail)
artist's book: hand-coloured, eucalyptus photocopy transfers, oil paint, ink, pencil, coloured pencils, charcoal, pastel, on hand-made paper, 31 pages; cover: leather, stitched, leather binding
36.0 x 64.5 cm (open); 36.0 x 23.4 cm (closed)

Anastasia McNamara

St Catherine's School, Toorak

2007 (detail)
artist's book: inkjet print, 62 pages; cover: denim, board, feathers, sequins, cotton, gold thread, ribbon binding
30.0 x 43.0 cm (open); 30.0 x 21.5 cm (closed)

Sophie McPike

Sandringham College, Sandringham

Chad 2007 (detail)
gouache on card
23.7 x 16.2 cm

Cassie Meadows

Monbulk College, Monbulk

This side of the tracks 2007 (detail)
four inkjet prints, acetate
6.5 x 14.5 cm (image) (each)

Hannah Morgan

Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree

One of one 2007 (detail)
paper, glue, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122.0 x 91.5 cm

Stephanie-Lee Moulin

St Helena Secondary College, Eltham North

Untitled 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
40.5 x 58.0 cm (image)

Keli-Jo Murray

The Peninsula School, Mt Eliza

Tattooed trees 2007 (detail)
synthetic polymer resin
( 1 ) 45.6 x 41.0 x 0.3 cm; ( 2 ) 47.0 x 27.0 x 0.5 cm; ( 3 ) 47.0 x 39.4 x 0.3 cm

Simon O'Brien

St Leonard's College, Brighton

Fox skull 2007 (detail)
oil on canvas
182.0 x 137.0 cm

Lachlan Petras

Geelong Grammar School, Corio

Daylight conversations 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
30.0 x 79.0 cm (image)

Emma Phillips

The Peninsula School, Mt Eliza

The working girls 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
37.5 x 119.0 cm (image)

Ruby Pilven

Ballarat High School, Ballarat

Weathered vessel 2007 (detail)
stoneware
40.0 x 50.0 x 30.0 cm

Kate Price

Werribee Secondary College, Werribee

Untitled 2007 (detail)
paper, wood on canvas
51.0 x 40.0 cm

Leo Bagus Purnomo

Macleod College, Macleod

Synthesis of self 2007 (detail)
bark, glue
96.0 x 87.5 x 104.0 cm

Robert Richards

Seymour Technical High School, Seymour

Fat man 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
36.4 x 25.8 cm (image)

Melanie Roach

Gippsland Grammar, Sale

Pat's new hat 2007 (detail)
colour DVD, sound
3 min 30 sec

Deon Robertson

Mount Clear College, Ballarat

Black rain 2007 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint, ink, chalk, shellac, hessian and bitumen on canvas
118.0 x 132.0 cm

Edwina Sangster

Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree

Air É or no air 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
28.0 x 38.0 cm (image)

Alexandra Sciubba

Catholic Ladies' College, Eltham

Untitled 2007 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint on polystyrene board
(clockwise from top left) ( 1 ) 14.5 x 11.0 cm; ( 2 ) 15.4 x 12.0 cm; ( 3 ) 15.2 x 11.0 cm; ( 4 ) 16.0 x 21.6 cm; ( 5 ) 14.2 x 12.8 cm; ( 6 ) 14.4 x 13.1 cm

Hiran Silva

John Paul College, Frankston

Stippling family 2007 (detail)
fibre-tipped pen on watercolour paper
66.5 x 102.5 cm (image) (each)

Stephanie Stathopoulos

Alphington Grammar School, Alphington

Pappou 2007 (detail)
oil on cardboard
102.0 x 76.0 cm

Daniel Stojkovich

St Bernard's College, Essendon

Tower of Babel 2 2007 (detail)
etching
17.0 x 13.0 cm (plate)

Ashley Struck

St Leonard's College, East Brighton

Obsolescence 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
34.0 x 27.0 cm (image)

Dominique Taylor

Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne

Crucifixion of a model 2007 (detail)
inkjet print, collage, oil stick, pastel, pencil, charcoal, wax, fibre-tipped pen, shellac
19.0 x 28.0 cm (image)

Jackson Taylor

Princes Hill Secondary College, Princes Hill

Untitled 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
43.8 x 28.0 cm (image)

Leah Wallace

Westbourne Grammar School, Truganina

Metal shed roller door 2007 (detail)
pastel
78.5 x 38.0 cm (image)

John Wegman

Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury

Rounded forms 2007 (detail)
stoneware, copper
31.0 x 83.0 cm diameter

Verity Willmott

St Helena Secondary College, Eltham North

Untitled 2007 (detail)
inkjet print
58.5 x 41.0 cm (image)

Lauren Wolfram

Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North

EM 2007 (detail)
oil on canvas
101.5 x 122.0 cm

Davis Yu

Scotch College, Hawthorn

Mt Buller dusk series 2007 (detail)
sixteen inkjet prints
9.0 x 14.0 cm (image) (each)

Shortlist

These students were shortlisted but were not selected for the exhibition.

Jessica Airey Frankston High School, Frankston Hugo Al Atkins Wesley College, Melbourne Duncan Austin Geelong Grammar School, Corio Kirrilee Bailey Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol Benjamin Bajorek Kurunjang Secondary College, Melton Jarvis Barker St Bede’s College, Mentone Vanessa Bertolin Catholic Ladies’ College, Eltham Catherine Bladen Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Zoe Bodvai Shelford Girls’ Grammar, Caulfield Elisa Bongetti Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Jaimie Boulter Northland Secondary College, Preston Amelia Bowen Hamilton and Alexandra College, Hamilton Sarah Boyadjian Portland Secondary College, Portland Romy Bradbeer Princes Hill Secondary College, Princes Hill Amy Bradbury Oxley College, Chirnside Park Camilla Buckthorpe Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew Ashleigh Campbell Myrtleford Secondary College, Myrtleford William Cassell Melbourne High School, South Yarra Yvonne (Yuen-Man) Chau East Doncaster Secondary College, Doncaster Joshua Clements Chairo Christian School, Drouin Theia Connell Geelong Grammar School, Corio Emma Conos Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew Benjamin Cooke Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury Melissa Curtis Luther College, Croydon Cassie Darcy-Evans Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mont Albert North Rebecca Dimovski Mill Park Secondary College, Mill Park Mei Ching Doery Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Burwood Molly Driscoll Loreto College, Ballarat Ellesse Duncan Haileybury College, Keysborough Ashley Duster Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury Jules Eger St Leonard’s College, East Brighton Alexandra Elliott St Catherine’s School, Toorak Samantha England Toorak College, Mt Eliza Lyndsey Fisk Haileybury College, Keysborough Penny Forbes St Leonard’s College, East Brighton Jonathan Gooley Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne Sophie Hamann Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne Rowan Hammond Eumemmerring College, Hallam Georgia Harvey Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew ess Healy Woodleigh School, Baxter Abby Hearnden Westbourne Grammar School, Truganina Kathryn Heenan Geelong Grammar School, Corio Chantelle Herman Maranatha Christian School, Endeavour Hills Ruby Hollander-Clark Oberon High School, Belmont Jarryd Hollis Geelong High School, East Geelong Elizabeth Hutton St Catherine’s School, Toorak Alice Jones Lauriston Girls’ School, Armadale Adamantia Kellargias Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, Glen Iris Ella Kelly Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Erin Kilmartin Catholic Ladies’ College, Eltham Kaitlin Koreny St John’s Regional College, Dandenong Ali Kroger Mallacoota PÐ12 College, Mallacoota Charlotte Lane Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, Glen Iris Samantha Lentini St Columba’s College, Essendon Milan Levey-Stephens Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury Aleksandra Lobaza Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak Angus Lord Sandringham College, Sandringham Emelye Lovell Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North Clare Lynch Mountain District Christian School, Monbulk James Magree Whitefriars College, Donvale Cecil Mak Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North Sarah Matters Toorak College, Mt Eliza Rachel May Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga Kimberley Mennen Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew Brooke Meredith Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga Stephanie Milankovic Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Lewis Mitchell Wesley College, Melbourne Michael Mitsas St Bede’s College, Mentone Ryan Moroney Mazenod College, Mulgrave Linda Moseshvili McKinnon Secondary College, McKinnon Joshua Nash Catholic College, Bendigo Vanessa Natoli Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore Oliver Ness St Bede’s College, Mentone Jessica Emily Paciepnik Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Burwood Alexandra Palmer Bull Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew Helen Pappas Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew Chris Patasi Ashwood College, Ashwood Sarah Perkins The Geelong College, Newtown Daniel Petersen Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction Max Piantoni Camberwell High School, Canterbury Lisa Pilley Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda Nicole Purser Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Max Reed Scotch College, Hawthorn Stephanie Reilly Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew Ellie Rhodes Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mont Albert North Paris Richens Geelong High School, East Geelong Michaela Rinkel Toorak College, Mt Eliza Steffanie Rodd Ballarat & Clarendon College, Ballarat Jayden Rossis Whitefriars College, Donvale Lana Roubos Melbourne Girls’ College, Richmond Bianca Ruhland Karingal Park Secondary College, Frankston Jennifer Sato Catholic Regional College, Sydenham Leela Schauble St Catherine’s School, Toorak Jessica Scherini Warrandyte High School, Warrandyte Damien Schneider Goulburn Valley Grammar School, Shepparton Justin Sculli Whitefriars College, Donvale Alicia Simonds Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak Lauren Simpson Horsham College, Horsham Greta Stephens Catholic Ladies’ College, Eltham Jackson Tabert-Gallagher Ballarat & Clarendon College, Ballarat Ben Telford Mooroolbark College, Mooroolbark Nick Terry Monbulk College, Monbulk Samantha Treyvaud St Catherine’s School, Toorak Raelene Trigg Gladstone Park Secondary College, Gladstone Park Tiravan Vanichnam St Catherine’s School, Toorak Katrina Verdan St Margaret’s School, Berwick Ebony Walton Ballarat High School, Ballarat Elle Ward Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Melissa Warner Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, Ivanhoe Hayley Warren Mater Christi College, Belgrave Sarah Winter Frankston High School, Frankston Claire Wood Shelford Girls’ Grammar, Caulfield Joel Wood Ballarat High School, Ballarat Emily Wubben St Aloysius’ College, North Melbourne

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