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 2023

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture)

 To embrace ridiculousness and impracticality; to delight in tension.
 To be tucked into a shoe and slipped into pockets.



Materialising predominantly in sculpture and performance, my work examines the relationship between body and ‘the ornament’. Creating tactile, sensory sculptures which act as adornments, I aim to warp the standard function of clothing and worn objects that I adore, and to solve issues of incompatibility between the body and these incongruent forms. Through this interruption, a tension between beauty and purpose arises, a conflict of subjective success as object.

Bec Powell

 Image Courtesy the University of Melbourne.

, Ink on Paper, 2023. Image courtesy of artist.