Rufus Punton (b.2004, Australia)

Education

2026 (Current) Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2025 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) with Distinction, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Exhibitions

2026 Surface, Space, Screen, Site 8 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2026 Selected Graduates of RMIT 2025, Subtwentyseven Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2026 Prelude, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2026 Opal Fever, Collingwood Yards (CY Space), Melbourne, Australia

2025 RMIT Graduate Exhibition (Bachelor of Fine Art), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2025 Fitzroy Painting End of Year Exhibition, Fitzroy Painting, Melbourne, Australia

2024 Interior Spaces, Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Keep Black Spark Alight, Black Spark Arts and Cultural Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Gippsland Print Award Exhibition, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2024 Collin Holden Print Commission, Print Council of Australia, Victoria, Australia

2023 Fifty Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 Top Arts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Awards & Scholarships

2026 Semi-finalist, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Sydney, Australia

2025 Wayne Conduit Award, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2025 Sub 27 Exhibition Award, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2025 Jack Ward Scholarship, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2025 Gavin Teague Memorial Scholarship, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

2024 Collin Holden Print Commission Finalist, Print Council of Australia, Victoria, Australia
2023 Selected artist, Top Arts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Commissions

2026 Official poster commission for Opal Fever, directed by Lucy Knox. The film received the gold screen award (Documentary under 10 minutes) at the young director award during Cannes Lions.

Art industry related work

2024-2025 Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Gallery assistant