About the Artist

Professional Profile

Creative practitioner and visual artist specializing in sculpture, installation and industrial design. Known for invention of Sorbet Acoustics: recoverable acoustic panels made from unwanted textiles.

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Education

2023 – Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours), RMIT University, Melbourne

·Sustainability project: Sorbet Acoustic panels made from unwanted textiles

·Research and development: identifying and responding to gaps within the market

2024 – Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), RMIT University, Melbourne

·Installation and sculptural techniques i.e. mould-making and casting, hybridization of design fabrication techniques with traditional art medium.

·Virtue-led and aesthetically informed practice i.e. relational responsibility and voluntary endurance

2025 – Master of Design, Innovation and Technology (MDIT), RMIT University, Melbourne (Deferred)

Regenerative futures studio project: Designing Nature Plans for Manningham

·Biophilic and regenerative design as a response to human-caused climate change

·Exploration of urban architecture as a site of intervention for regenerative futures

·Awareness of geographic and structural impact of biodiversity on overall environmental health

2026 – Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT University, Melbourne (Current)

·Exploration of personal experiences of institutional violence within the academic environment

·Lead student artist: Glueless plywood box making at RMIT’s Creative Long Table Session

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Exhibitions and Awards

Sorbet Acoustics — Sze Tjin Yek, Melbourne (2023)

Sorbet Acoustics are acoustics panels I developed under my supervisor, Dr.Stuart McFarlane. This research-led project received publications including Architecture and Design and was awarded the James Dyson award (Australian National and Global Top 20), Good Design award, and Victoria Premier design award in 2024. It was also exhibited in Décor and Design at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2024.

Sugar Panels – Sze Tjin Yek, Melbourne (2024)

Sugar Panels are panels made only from sugar and food colouring with removable audio grille clips embedded into the crystalline structure. It was exhibited at Intersections, Testing Grounds Emporium in 2024.

The Alice Prize – The Araluen Arts Centre (2026)

My artwork ‘Snow Chrysanthemums’ developed in my Honour’s Fine Arts program with RMIT was selected as a finalist for the Alice Prize.