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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associate of
Michael Goldberg
1952
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
friend of
Liz Ashburn
1946
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Installation Artist)
associate of
Sean Cordeiro
1946
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Claire Healy
1946
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Ms Louise Owen
1946
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Peter Leslie Pinson
1946
Curator, Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
Emanuel Raft
1946
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter), Designer (Jewellery Designer), Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)

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