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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exhibited at
Date
1987
Place
Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Phototropic
Date
1987
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dogwoman Makes History
Date
1986
Place
First Draft, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Bonita Ely: Dogwoman makes history
Date
1986
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Bonita Ely: Dogwoman makes history. [Melbourne]: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 1986
[8] p : ill ; 30 cm + 1 sheet

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Installation
exhibited at
Making Appearances
Date
1985
Place
Charlottenberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Perspecta
Date
1980
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Murray River Project
Date
1985
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Performance, Jabiluka UO2
Date
1984
Place
Praxis, Freemantle, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1984
Place
Praxis, Freemantle, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Continuum '83
Date
22 August 1983 - 3 September 1983
Place
Tokyo, Japan
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Performance Festival
Date
1983
Place
Kunsterhaus Bethanien, West Berlin, Germany
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Continuum, Survey of Australian Art
Date
1983
Place
G Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Controlled Atmosphere
Date
1983
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Murray River Project
Date
1983
Place
Adelaide Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mount Feathertop project
Date
1981
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Sculpture, Installation
performed at
Murray River Project
Date
July 1980
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Residency at Experimental Art Foundation. Bonita Ely, Murray River Project, work in clay tablets; performance in Rundle Mall (August) River Murray Punch

Tags
Environmental art
Website
http://aeaf.org.au/
participated in
Women at work: a week of women's performance, documentation, videotapes and seminars
Date
2 June 1980 - 6 June 1980
Place
George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Vic.
Type
Performance
exhibited at
15 Sculptors
Date
1980
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

travelling exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Security Show
Date
1980
Place
George Paton & Ewing Galleries, University of Melbourne. HQ, installation.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mt Feathertop Project
Date
1979
Place
Art Projects, Melbourne, VIC
Description

This exhibition was later shown in Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane in 1981

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
25 March 1978 - 28 May 1978
Place
Mildura, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Women's Show
Date
4 August 1977 - 28 August 1977
Description

The Women’s Show- a month of activities organised by the Women’s Art Movement: a large, national exhibition of work by women, many media, unselected, part of a larger programme of events held in many venues and including video, photography, theatre, music, literature, film and a conference organising collectives for various areas; exhibition collective included Julie Ewington, Helen James and 13 others

Experimental Art Foundation JamFactory basement exhibition August 4-28 1977

Type
Other event
Tags
Experimental Art Foundation, Women's Art Movement
exhibited at
Self-images
Date
23 February 1977 - 12 March 1977
Place
One Central Street, Sydney
Type
Exhibition
Tags
One Central Street, Women's Art Movement, Feminism
exhibited at
Women's Postal Event
Date
1977
Place
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian and New Zealand Post-Object Show-A Survey
Date
1976
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Post-Object Art in Australia and New Zealand: A Survey
Post Object Art in Australia and New Zealand

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Experimental Art Foundation
Website
http://aeaf.org.au/
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