Top Arts 2026
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square
Ground Level, NGV Design Studio
13 Mar – 19 Jul 26, free entry
The annual Top Arts exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists from across the state who are completing their VCE studies to showcase their skills, enthusiasm, and creativity. In 2026, the exhibition highlights the increasingly innovative use of materials and techniques employed by students completing their VCE studies in Art Making and Exhibiting and Art Creative Practice in 2025.
Top Arts 2026 offers a captivating look into the inventive and imaginative spirit of young artists.
Image: Verity Ladiges Ribbons 2025 (detail). Gladstone Park Secondary College
Shortlisted Students
The work of the following students was shortlisted by the selection panel but not included in the final selection for the exhibition.
Abigail Airey
McKinnon Secondary College
James Anderson
Padua College
Lynna Bai
Mount Waverley Secondary College
Maddi Bare
Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak
Eden Beaumont
Rochester Secondary College
Maggie Betts
Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak
Beatrice Bilney
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Alexander-John Black
Melbourne Grammar School
Aidan Borg McGlone
Essendon Keilor College
Chilli Cabello
Bass Coast College
Camille Carlisle
Caulfield Grammar School
Alexandra Carroll
Presbyterian Ladies’ College
Eunice Chan
Waverley Christian College
Kai D’Orsa
Geelong Grammar School
Drusilla Dickenson-Bray
Victorian College of the Arts
Emily Dickson
Eltham High School
Niza Din
Wellington Secondary College
Asya Elmasri
Ilim College Dallas Secondary
Akeesha Fernando
Sacred Heart Girls’ College
Fiona Finch
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Riley Finn
Alice Miller School
Charlotte Fraser
Portland Secondary College
Tessa Frid
Caulfield Grammar School
Delilah Vlasak Galante
McKinnon Secondary College
Maverik Grassby
Virtual School Victoria
Jasper Grieve
Footscray High School
Oliver Hadisutanto
Wallan Secondary College
Darcy Hambridge
Caulfield Grammar School
Lexi Harbottle
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Max Harding
Wurun Senior Campus
Zoe Holbrook
Caulfield Grammar School
Poppy Holden
Prahran High School
Isobel Holland
Belmont High School
Helena Ines
Methodist Ladies’ College
Rianna Interlandi
Essendon Keilor College
Raphael Jenshel
Victorian College of the Arts
Jialin Ke
Fintona Girls’ School
Sofiia Konstantinidis
Victorian College of the Arts
Athan Kordas
Strathmore Secondary College
Peggy Lane
Koonung Secondary College
Naomi Lee
Toorak College
Nile Lee
Wurun Senior Campus
Felix Lees
Sacred Heart College
Katelyn Livic
Ringwood Secondary College
Serah Mahajan
Genazzano FCJ College
Anneliese Maikousis
Strathcona Girls Grammar
Siena Mapley
Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak
Reuben Miller
De La Salle College
Leigh Nguyen
Melbourne Grammar School
Sophie Nicholls
Balcombe Grammar School
Sonya Noguchi
Victorian College of the Arts
Sheridyn Pamela
St Columba’s College
Olga Pavlovic
Caulfield Grammar School
Theodora Prattis
Wesley College
Nikta Rashidi
Doncaster Secondary College
Georgie Rath
Wesley College
Jack Robinson
Mentone Grammar
Angelic Sapounas
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
Charlie Scott
St Joseph’s College
Maddy Spiess
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School
Alyssia Sportelli
Our Lady of Mercy College
Eliza Stewart
Maranatha Christian School
Veronica Talakouras
Wurun Senior Campus
Ava Tamvakis
Nazareth College
Jade Tenner
John Paul College
Indigo Thornton
Victorian College of the Arts
Amelia Trefz
Vermont Secondary College
Melody Tse
Caulfield Grammar School
Skylar Vincitorio
Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Minnie Walker
The Hamilton and Alexandra College
Betty Wang
Toorak College
Glyn Wang
Tintern Grammar
Shylah Wyatt
Doncaster Secondary Collage
Nadia Yang
Glen Waverley Secondary College
Annabelle Yong
Balwyn High School
Matthias Yuen
Balwyn High School
