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 (Painting)

Through stitching, taping and taxidermy, my work transforms found material – once considered banal and domestic – into artefacts of mythical origin. Forgery becomes a legitimate means of restoration, as the line between fact and fiction disintegrates.

The practice ritualises the picking and peeling of historical imagination. The palimpsestuous sculptures form a productive entanglement of the present and past; challenging the audience's relationship to both personal and collective histories.

Frances Waite

Image Courtesy the University of Melbourne.

Inkjet prints and sheepskin jacket, 2023.

 Inkjet print, synthetic hair, wood wool and string, 2023.