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
Urban Screens Melbourne 08 (USM08)
Date
2008
Place
Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.milanigallery.com.au/artist/bonita-ely?do=cv
exhibited at
When You Think About Art
Date
2008
Place
Ewing and George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Heat: Art and Climate Change
Date
2008
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Murray's Edge
Date
2008
Place
Milani Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Also shown in 2009 at Art Gallery of New South Wales/COFA Exhibition Space, COFA, UNSW, Sydney.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Henri Warland Art Prize
Date
2007
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Five by Five
Date
2007
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Procession
Date
2006
Place
Mai's Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Cleveland Street Project
Date
2006
Place
Performance Space, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
States of Transformation
Date
2005
Place
College of Fine Arts Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
National Sculpture Prize
Date
2005
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Even
Date
2004
Place
Mildura Arts Centre, Lake Benenee
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wildlife Documentary
Date
2004
Place
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Also shown in 2005 at Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Outside In
Date
2003
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Reverb
Date
2003
Place
Mai's Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Outside Inside: Fragments of Place
Date
2003
Place
Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
This was the Future: Australian Sculpture of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and Today
Date
2003
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
3 Foot Square
Date
2002
Place
College Of Fine Arts [COFA], University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
BORDERPANIC
Date
2002
Place
Performance Space and Museum Of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002
Date
2002
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Histories in the Making
Date
2001
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, The University of NSW, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, NSW.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Inside Mawson's Sleeping Bag: the Poetics of Heroism
Date
2000
Place
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

In 2001 this was also shown at Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide; Bellas Gallery, Brisbane; & Stills Gallery, Sydney

Type
Exhibition
Spitting and Biting
Date
2000
Place
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Shifting Currents
Date
1999
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
We Are Australian
Date
1999
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

travelling

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Juggernaut [Asian Biennale of Contemporary Art]
Date
1999
Place
Dhaka, Bangladesh; Customs House, Sydney, NSW; Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Occurred at three different venues that year.

Type
Exhibition
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