Caroline Borghetto is a Torquay-based emerging artist. She works across various mediums, primarily in abstract, she explores painting, mixed-media, collage, drawing and photography. Caroline has been creating art since 2008 and committed to her artistic journey more seriously in 2020, she has recently completed studies in visual arts to consolidate knowledge and explore mediums.

Caroline’s art practice is rooted in the beauty of imperfection—an exploration of the marks, scars, and traces that make us human. In a culture increasingly focused on smoothing, erasing, and perfecting, she is drawn to what remains when we resist that urge: the crow’s feet from years of laughter, the soft folds of time, the evidence of childbirth etched into skin. These signs of life are not flaws—they are proof of experience, resilience, and identity. Her work becomes a visual metaphor for this philosophy.

Through abstract mark making, she explores the tension between restraint and spontaneity—between structure and surrender. Each piece is a dance between control and freedom, echoing the everyday push and pull of trying to hold things together while also letting go. In this way, her work becomes both a reflection and a quiet rebellion—an invitation to embrace complexity, vulnerability, and the raw, textured beauty of being alive.

Caroline's artistic journey is a testament to her dedication to the arts, having been awarded two residencies, including the Neighbourhood Lab Artist Residency at Platform Arts, and exhibiting a number of times over the last four years, Caroline has immersed herself in creative discovery and growth. As an Exhibition Coordinator at Hoop Gallery, a not-for profit artist led gallery in Torquay, Caroline has discovered unparalleled fulfilment in guiding artists and curating spaces that invite audiences in to explore the immense gift and diversity of art and artists.

Caroline's studio is in the Ashmore Arts artist community on Wadawurrung Country.