Young Archie - Bunjil Place

See the artwork of budding artists at this exhibition celebrating our youngest creatives aged 5 – 18 years. 

Over the past few months, children and young people across Victoria were invited to participate in the Young Archie portrait competition. From over 200 applications received, 58 artists are now showcased in this very special exhibition.  

Featuring works on paper by finalists across four age categories, Young Archie at Bunjil Place showcases portraits of people significant to each artist.  

Exhibiting artists: 

• Basheera Aahin 
• Jerusha Abeysiriwardena 
• Alana Baile 
• Odeta Better 
• Mikayla Brooke 
• Sofia Ceban-Geysman 
• Justin Charlestio 
• Hrithika Chivukula 
• Harry Clements 
• Nash Cole 
• Amelia Curtois 
• Jessamine Curtois 
• Layla Daoud 
• Sarani Dassanayaka 
• Ayuni Dassanayaka 
• Téa Maegan Davies 
• Reshaan Hasmin De Silva 
• Catrina Ee 
• Geenaari Epasinghe 
• Oscar Fan 
• Sophie Fitzgerald 
• Enelsa Frankel 
• Dinudi Gamalath 
• Iraj Hasani 
• Gracelyn Hasthorpe 
• Iliana Haviaridis 
• Erin Hicks 
• Shelby Holyoak 
• Tiani Jayasena 
• Dinara Jayawardena  
• Ayla Lynne Johnston 
• Maddy Johnston 
• Vidusha Vithum Kodagoda 
• Urvi Kruttiventi 
• Ashton Larive  
• Alicia Lewis 
• Simona Ling 
• Lily McGloin 
• Lenny McNaughton 
• Eliza Mittal 
• Robina Nasiri 
• Bao (Peter) Nguyen 
• Sailor O'Reilly 
• Adhrith Paratal 
• Indra Pate 
• Sithuli Minara Peiris 
• Sandali Tehara Perera 
• Rishika Prakash 
• Alexa Pricone 
• Ipshita Roy Chawdhury Aradhaya 
• Manuthi Nesakya Samaraweera 
• Sesali Diyansa Senevirathna 
• Lisath Sirimanne 
• Ekam Singh Soor  
• Attina Townsend 
• Sayul Oshane Wimalasiri 
• Sunny Wu 
• Minahil Zaidi 

Free in the Studio. 

_{Header image: Peter (Bao) NGUYEN, Grandfather 2022, oil on paper, Young Archie Competition 16 – 18 years category © the artist}

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