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

Honours

Immersed in the construction of surreal landscapes generated from dreams and memories, I make paintings as a means for analyzing the relationship of and between experiences. These oil paintings are semi-biographical secrets held within abstract forms and figurations. The paintings are external representations of internal experiences traversing feelings of guilt and honesty, pleasure and desire. A meditation in time.

Alongside my painting practice, I created an installation viewing the form of an audience. Conceptually forming the inner workings of being viewed within the confines of my body and actions of day-to-day life. A mental panopticon viewing cyclical personas of all that I am.

Wylie Siassios

 Image Courtesy: University of Melbourne.

 big peices, 2023, oil on linen, 104 x 120 cm

2023, collection of paintings and ink drawings on wood and paper