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Al Cugliari

Al Cugliari Guerilla
Oil on canvas
75 x 55 cm

Sacre Coeur

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Lilly Skipper

Lilly Skipper
Untitled
Inkjet print on Myki fines
14 x 42 cm

Catherine McAuley College

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Aimee Lee

Aimee Lee
Iudicium Mentis- Judgement of Mind
Digital photography and rendering printed on canvas
40.64 cm x 50.8 cm (each)

Haileybury Girls College

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Dorothy Ye

Dorothy Ye
象山蹲在台风中
(Xiangshan County squats in a typhoon)
Woodblock prints on paper
Dimensions variable

Ruyton Girls School

Ideas behind the work…
A reflection of my memories of a hometown against the rapid urbanisation of China. The difference in clarity and colour represent the changing and warping nature memories have, despite all being derived from the same woodcut block.

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Milana Cutugno

Milana Cutugno
Jane and Polly, the Creator and Protector
Mixed media sculpture
Dimensions variable

Methodist Ladies’ College

Ideas behind the work…
Being inspired by both American artist Greer Lankton and traditional Guatemalan worry dolls, Jane and Polly, the Creator and Protector elicits feelings of discomfort and unease through the distorted yet anthropomorphic doll, ‘Jane,’ however to combat the anxiety caused by Jane, feelings of protection and reassurance are created from the traditional doll, ‘Polly.’

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Javouna Aqili

Javouna Aqili
Being Green
Oil on plywood
119 x 80 x 65 cm

Dandenong High School

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Lincoln Farquhar

Lincoln Farquhar

University High School

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Alex Fimeri

Alex Fimeri
here in my heart
Cyanotype prints digitally arranged on satin
180 x 130 cm

Williamstown High School

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Perin Gulsen

Perin Gulsen
Untitled
Gouache on paper
29.7 x 42 cm

Roxburgh College

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Kendrick

Kendrick
coexisting energy
Mixed media
Dimensions variable

Haileybury College

Ideas behind the work…
In a culture where toxic masculinity exists, I created a world where I can celebrate my coexisting femininity and masculinity without fear.

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Ella Davidson

Ella Davidson
Vices, Virtues and the Digital Dilemma
Circuit boards and acrylic paint on wood
60 x 77 cm

Footscray High Schoolr

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Mary Shaw

Mary Shaw
I of the Needle
Oil paint, ribbon, MDF board
30 x 20 cm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

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Ava Schäller

Ava Schäller
126 House
Watercolor and Graphite on pumpkin stained wood plank, glitter, nails, flower button
16 x 21 cm

Swinburne Senior Seccondary College

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Emai Owen

Emai Owen
Bilum
Bilum bag, slip clay, plaster, string, wool, spray paint, enamel paint
Dimensions variable

St Michael’s Grammar School

Ideas behind the work…
The Bilum Bag is part of the rich heritage that is within Papua New Guinea. It is used to carry foods, goods, and newborn infants. The word "bilum" is also Tok Pisin for "Womb", where all life begins.
My intention with this installation, is to reflect on my journey from tribal violence in my birth country, to my life in Australia, the toll of separations from birth family, and to some extent, the guilt for what I’m so privilege to have now.

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Sienna Pavlovski

Sienna Pavlovski
Weaving of self
Embroidered muslin, silk, lace, charms
75 x 40 cm

Sacre Coeur

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Alex Morris

Alex Morris
Untitled
Oil on plywood
21 x 29.7

Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour

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Scarlett Davis

Scarlett Davis
Nurture
Oil and acrylic paint on canvas
45 x 60 cm (each)

St Catherine’s School

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Evelyn Dinham

Evelyn Dinham
untitled
3D prints, spray paint, wax, resin, Barbie
Dimensions variable

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

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Thomas Yao

Thomas Yao
Oil Tree Planting
Oil on canvas
52 x 39 cm

Haileybury College

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Rachael Castelino

Rachael Castelino
intimate
Oil on canvas
29.7 x 42 cm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

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Mia Gionfriddo

Mia Gionfriddo
All Power To The Empress, All Power To The Soviets
Digital Painting
75 x 58 cm

University High School

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Tao Hollingsworth

Tao Hollingsworth
A Teenage Perspective
Mixed media
Dimensions variable

University High School

Ideas behind the work…
My work centers around common misconceptions about mental health among teenagers as well as an under-recognized reality. Stereotypically, teenagers are known to be moody and angsty individuals. I portray this concept with the cyanotype prints positioned on the exterior of the lanterns. Each print aims to further emphasise these stereotypes and symbolize how people commonly see teenagers. The interior of the lanterns are utilized to demonstrate the underlooked realities of what it means to be a teenager in the 21st century. These images contradict stereotypes by illustrating teenagers in a more optimistic and positive light. Each image is a candid photograph taken to depict an unfabricated moment of happiness or joy in typically teenage life.

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Eve Mathies

Eve Mathies
Divinity and Eminence
Textiles
53 x 84 cm (laid flat)

Catholic College Wodonga

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Jasper Lawrence

Jasper Lawrence
Self Portrait
Acrylic on canvas
182 x 167 cm

Trinity Grammar School

Bottom Arts 2023


Free entry
440 Docklands, Docklands VIC 3008
NC G02, Star Cresent

Thursday 25 May–Thursday 1 June
12pm–6pm



Bottom Arts is an unjuried, student-run exhibition where the only prerequisite is a rejection notice from Top Arts, to which the whole project will be submitted at the end of 2023.
If it is rejected then it will qualify for Bottom Arts 2024 and the exhibitions will snowball until accepted (which would get all the rejected files/works from the previous years in by proxy).




Exhibiting Students