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

Honours

I make large colourful oil paintings of ethereal figures in surreal spaces: windswept gardens, ominous courtyards, cavernous dwellings, and tumultuous channels of water. This body of work contains inexplicit narratives that reflect childhood experiences. It explores the theme of beauty as it responds to grief and the fragmented self, synthesising found imagery, memory, and observation to give form to feeling.

Lily Holmes

Lily Holmes, Installation View. Image Courtesy of University of Melbourne.