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 2025

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)

I have been exploring the way that objects and surroundings can feel simultaneously familiar and alien, and how the relationship between the earth and the built world can be understood through the memory of touch. I am interested in illogical structures, material immediacy, and where the visual extends to the haptic.

Mikaela McBain

Mikaela McBain, Installation view, 2025. Image courtesy of the University of Melbourne. Photography by Christo Crocker.