Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) has launched its annual student exhibition, featuring works from more than 800 graduating students across the broad discipline areas of art, design and architecture.
MADA Now 2025 is now open at Monash University’s Caulfield campus until 5 December.
From the Bachelor of Fine Art, Niosha Khademideljou’s Gathering Around the Korsi reimagines artmaking as a shared experience, while exploring themes of identity, memory and community. The installation brings together a korsi (traditional Persian couch), ceramic tiles, Sofre-Ghalamkar textiles, and tar audio works to create a space for participants to reflect and engage in conversation.
Justine Walsh’s Honours project, Listening, Singing in the Half-Light, weaves together Irish language and folklore with the stories, ecologies, and hydrogeology of Boandik Country (Limestone Coast, South Australia). The installation features intricate limestone carvings and audio of a sean-nós (traditional style of Irish singing) song as Gaeilge (in Irish).
Bachelor of Industrial Design student Fairuz Jahan’s FITTED rehabilitation unit supports knee surgery recovery by enabling safe, assistive movement and guided home-based exercises.
Recognised as a finalist in the 2025 Victorian Premier Design Awards, Lucy Corcoran’s Communication Design project FLOJO is a children’s board game designed to promote early and inclusive menstruation education.
In Architecture and Urban Planning and Design, the Inclusive City studio by Qinglan Yang, Yiming Liu, Retno Palupi, Zahrul Basimah and Deynanti Primalaila explores how Melbourne’s industrial areas could be repurposed into mixed-use spaces where production, services and community life intersect.
Emma Dehghani participated in the studio Tracing Embassy, which responds to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, celebrating its resilience and adaptability. Referencing the tensile form of tents, the structure is lightweight and flexible, with openings and skylights showing constellations of cultural significance.
Professor Mel Dodd, Dean of Monash Art, Design and Architecture, said MADA Now is a celebration of bold new ideas.
“MADA Now celebrates work that is both experimental and engaged, proving that creative leadership has a vital role to play in imagining and shaping more inclusive, healthy, and regenerative futures,” Professor Dodd said.
Associate Professor Spiros Panigirakis, Head of Department of Fine Art, said the exhibition demonstrates the students’ incredible academic journey.
“It’s always a privilege to be part of the journey our students go on from when they first join our programs to now when they’re about to graduate,” Associate Professor Panigirakis said.
“It’s exciting to see the work emerge from the classroom and into the exhibition space where the broader community has an opportunity to engage with the art.”
Feature Image – MADA Now 2025 features works from more than 800 graduating students. Image credit: Monash University
