Associate Lecturer - Art and Design Theory

Career Summary

Brigita studied the classics at Monash University in the 1970s, and librarianship in the 1980s at the University of Tasmania. She subsequently worked for the State Library of Tasmania and then as an arts administrator for Glenorchy City Council where she established the Moonah Arts Centre. In the mid 1990s she returned to study at the University of Tasmania’s School of Art. She was awarded the University Medal in 1999, and in 2004, completed her PhD, which explores the links between language, bureaucracy and subjectivity through installation and was awarded the Dean’s commendation. Brigita has been teaching art theory at the School of Art since 2000 but also exhibits regularly in solo and group exhibitions and has completed commissions for the State Library of Tasmania and the National Library of Latvia. She has received numerous artist grants and has undertaken residencies in London, Paris, Gorge Cottage in Launceston, and Port Arthur, Tasmania.

Research Interests

Brigita’s research is focussed on the way language, history, bureaucracy and identity are explored through visual art. Her other key interests are installation, the conceptual art movement, post-structural theory, contemporary Australian art, and art of the Asia Pacific region. Brigita is currently exploring the links between early forms of writing and cryptography with the assistance of an Australia Council New Work Grant.