Bonita Ely b. 1946

  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Video Artist)
Bonita Ely established her reputation as an environmental artist in the early 1970s through her work on the Murray Darling rivers. She has a diverse practice across various media and has often addressed feminist, environmental and socio-political issues. Dr Ely is Head of the Sculpture, Performance and Installation Department at COFA, University of New South Wales, where she is a founding member of the Environmental Research Institute for Art (ERIA).
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Bonita Ely established her reputation as an environmental artist in the early 1970s through her work on the Murray Darling rivers. She has a diverse practice across various media and has often addressed feminist, environmental and socio-political issues. Dr Ely is Head of the Sculpture, Performance and Installation Department at COFA, University of New South Wales, where she is a founding member of the Environmental Research Institute for Art (ERIA).

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2010
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  • Victorian Law Courts, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
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  • Narodna Gallerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (collected in)
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia (collected in)
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ (collected in)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (collected in)
  • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy (collected in)
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (collected in)
  • National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (collected in)
  • National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Staatliche Museum, West Berline, Germany (collected in)
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (collected in)
  • Museo de Arts de Sao Paolo, Brazil (collected in)
  • Perci Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD (collected in)
  • Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC (collected in)
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  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)