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

Graduate Certificate of Visual Art

Our bodies are living archives.
Our skin holds stories. Every wrinkle, blemish, and scar is a quiet testimony of memory, identity and connection.
Working across mediums, I am drawn to slow, painstaking artistic processes that allow me to dwell with the narratives of others. In my current work, I gather the stories behind people’s scars, hand stitching their memories in thread. Although my work is rooted in my lived experience, my practice is not strictly autobiographical. A thread of my own truth runs through each work, a binding to the stories entrusted to me, drawing me back to reflection on my own body, my own archive.
My practice is a dialogue of shared vulnerability; we all have a body. I hope to invite reflection, considering what truths are inscribed upon us, what memories we hold, and how our hidden testimonies act as a thread of connection between us.

Yasmin Tamberlin