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).

Citations

  • Ely, Bonita (2002), 'Bluey and Curley Conduct the Children’s Choir’, Artist’s book for Border Panic exhibition.

  • Ely, Bonita (2000), 'Quarry’, Artist’s book for 'Histories’ exhibition.

  • Ely, Bonita (1986), 'Memoirs of a Dogwoman’.

  • (2010), 'Australian Experimental Art Foundation website’.

    http://aeaf.org.au/exhibitions/10_tgttt.html

  • Moore, Catriona (ed.) (10 April 1977), '“Sexism and Art Education: Women’s Show Conference Papers” in Dissonance – Feminism and the Arts 1970 – 1990’, Allen and Unwin in association with Artspace, Sydney, NSW. pp. 48-51., .

  • Moore, Catriona (ed.) (1994), '“In the Wild: Nature, culture gender in installation art” in Dissonance – Feminism and the Arts 1970 – 1990’, Allen & Unwin, and Artspace, Sydney, NSW. p 228.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, (2nd edition), Melbourne, VIC.

  • Engberg, J., 'Breadline: Women and Food’, Artlink.

    http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/48/breadline-women-and-food/

  • Burke, Janine (1990), 'Field of Vision, A Decade of Change: Women Artists In the70s’, Viking Penguin Books, Australia.

  • (2006), 'Australian Video Art Archive’, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.

    http://www.videoartchive.org.au/bely/

  • Ansted, D., Baker, S., and Kett, G. (2009), 'Interventions in the Public Domain’, Griffith University, QLD.

  • Ely, Bonita (1983), 'Lake Benanee/ Dry Lake’, Murray River Series.

  • Ely, Bonita (1983), 'Controlled Atmosphere Inc: Lake Pedder Environmental Impact Statement’, Anzart, Hobart, TAS.

  • Engberg, Juliana (1999), 'Breadline: Women and Food’, Art Link, Vol. 19, No. 4.

  • Ely, Bonita (1978), 'Women’s Art Register Extension Project’, Lip magazine, pp. 64-66.

  • Ely, Bonita (2008), 'Change and Continuity: The influences of Taoist philosophy and cultural practices on contemporary art practice’, PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

See also

  • 'Bluey and Curley Conduct the Children's Choir (2002)', Bound drawings, photocopies and text. For Border Panic exhibition.
  • 'Cicada Press: The Self Portrait Project, 2004-2005, edition of 10'.
  • 'artist's book, published by Viridian Press, edition of 18; plus trial proofs, 2 printer's proof, 2 artist's proofs.'.
  • The Women’s Art Movement, Maris Flashtig, Karilyn Brown, Julie Ewington (eds.) 1978, The Women’s Show Documentation, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide