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

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)

Limestone carving is a physically arduous process, a contest of desire between the stone’s fragile body and my own. This empathetic relationship renders the material an active agent in collaboration.

My practice is always aiming to foreground the powerful forces of passive objects through tender consideration of material- I draw ideas from new materialism, poetry, and erotica.

These alien forms presented here are inspired by the coast I grew up on, where the persisting remnants of other than human things are both visible and penetrate deep into the loamy earth.

Ruby Day-Smith

Ruby Day-Smith, Installation View. Image Courtesy of University of Melbourne.