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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Shergill, Navdeep
De Lorenzo, Catherine
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2010
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2010

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Related recognitions
  • Short listed - National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • 1985 Visual Arts Board, Australia Council - Kiffi Rubbo Memorial Art Award Grant (received)
  • Henri Worland Memorial Arts Prize (received)
  • Henri Worland Memorial Arts Prize (received)
  • 1985 Visual Arts Board, Australia Council - Kiffi Rubbo Memorial Art Award Grant (received)
  • Short listed - National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (received)