We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

VCA Art 2024

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

To me, memories, dreams, sensations, and the act of painting itself all possess a sense of fluidity. These elements aren’t fixed but continuously shift with feelings, the passage of time, or the depth of thought, closely linked to personal consciousness. Through my practice, I aim to evoke and capture these elusive sensations.


I view my practice as a form of meditation or a dialogue between my self-awareness and the world. Through painting, I seek to recreate the atmospheres I experience in dreams, memories, or reality. Much of my work revolves around natural phenomena, plants, and animals, restructured through abstraction or extraction to form new connections. In my practice, I try to embody a fluid consciousness, linking with different landscapes, plants, and animals to sense distinct energies and atmospheres, then bring them to life on the canvas.

Jiayi Zhou

, Image Courtesy: University of Melbourne