‘…Chasingancestors 003 Installation by Australian artist Vicki McConville at the 2014-15 Kochi Biennale. 5000 yrs ago boats were made of bark, reeds, wood and animal skin #indianocean #art #personalhistory #books #connections…’ Amrita Shah, @amritareach, 2022

‘…McConville’s work is a series of installations titled “Reconnaissance” based on the trading of images and iconographies, especially related to Kochi and its links with world history. One of her installations features a suspended fishing boat draped in fishing nets upon which historical images related to trade and colonial methods of torture are juxtaposed to create beautiful patterns that belie the macabre elements…’ 
Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Inspiration from a port, Sharmistha Ray, 22 Dec 2014, https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/9FQeN0KPysr75r5oeRVb3K/KochiMuziris-Biennale-Inspiration-from-a-port.html?facet=amp

‘…Behold, a world opens up. Like a baroque science museum, bizarre  and varied, gathered from afar and presented with an intimacy and luminosity – the perception of which is ample reward for submitting a wide eye to narrow oculus ..’   Robert Nelson, The Age, 2005  

‘…Chicken bones have never looked so good …’   Megan Backhouse, The Age, 2005  

‘…a stunning, evocative and uplifting installation…’   David Ritchie, Deakin University, 2004  

‘…kaleidoscopic effect… it’s mandala like images…a perfect contemporary rendering of this ancient symbol ..’   Lesley Duxbury, RMIT University, 2004  

‘…(where) traditional  meets technology …’   Megan Backhouse, The Age, 2002  

‘…not your average bush artist..’   Stephen Crafti, The Age, 2000  

‘…recommended… rich in association…’   Peter Timms, The Age, 1999