Dr Anna Nazzari
Curtin University (Bentley, WA)
| D.O.B.: | 1976 |
| EMPLOYMENT: | |
| 2005-2020: | Lecturer at Curtin University's School of Design and Art, OUA Art Studies – unit coordinating visual art research and studio practice, tutoring in art theory and studio practice in the undergraduate program. |
| EDUCATION: | Curtin University, Bentley, WA |
| 2004-11: | PhD – Casino Sisyphus - The Absurd Fate of Gender Ambiguous Narratives |
| 2003: | Bachelor of Arts (Art) with Distinction and First Class (Hons) |
| GRANTS: | Department of the Culture and Arts |
| 2014: | Recipient of Development Grant for the Production of New Work |
| AWARDS: | Films: |
| 2019-20: | Dark Water (co-director and writer) |
| Best Horror Short Film, San Jose Film Festival, Costa Rica | |
| Best VFX, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Calcutta | |
| Cetaphobia (co-director and producer) | |
| 2015: | Best Horror/Sci-Fi Short Film, Paris Short Film Festival, Paris |
| Best Experimental Short Film, International Horror Hotel, Ohio, USA | |
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Official selection in Cellar Door Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada |
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| Curtin University Awards | |
| 2005: | Executive Dean's Award |
| 2004: | Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship |
| 2003: | Honours Theory Award |
| 2002: | Outstanding student in third year visual research |
| Outstanding student in third year studio | |
| High Achievement Certificate | |
| Vice Chancellor's List, Semester 2 | |
| Vice Chancellor's List, Semester 1 | |
| 2001: | Vice Chancellor's List, Semester 1 |
| Shining Star Award | |
| 2000: | Vice Chancellor's List, Semester 1 |
| CURATORSHIP: | |
| 2006: | De-Function - Moores Building, Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
| EXHIBITIONS: | Solo |
| 2013: | The Oracle – Turner Galleries, Northbridge, WA |
| 2011: | Horse Play – Turner Galleries, Northbridge, WA |
| 2010: | Casino Sisyphus – DOFA Graduation Show John Curtin Gallery, Bentley, WA |
| 2004: | Gadgeteer - Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, VIC |
| Collaborative Solos | |
| 2019: | Fauna Flesh Flora - Turner Galleries, Northbridge, WA |
| Dark Water - Linden New Art, St Kilda, Victoria | |
| 2017: | Open Water: The Offering - Firstdraft Gallery, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW |
| Open Water: The Offering - Moana Project Space, Perth, WA | |
| Open Water: The Offering - Art Biennale, High Tide, Fremantle, WA | |
| Group | |
| 2022: | What Remains - Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup, WA |
| Strangers on the Shore - Holmes a Court Gallery, West Perth, WA | |
| 2021: | Totemism: Climate Altered Species - Spectrum Project Space, Mount Lawley, WA |
| The Dark Side - Gallery 25, Mount Lawley, WA & There Is, Northbridge, WA | |
| Transmigrations - Niysztor Studio, Palmyra, WA | |
| 2018: | Animaze - Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, WA |
| Dark Swan - Packenham Street Art Space, Fremantle, WA | |
| The Alice Prize - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT | |
| 2017: | Trespasses - Turner Galleries, Northbridge, WA |
| 2016: | Fright Night Film Festival - Outer Loop, Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| Polygraphics: Walking the Line - Central Gallery, Perth, WA | |
| 2015: | Basement Films: Experiments in Cinema - The Guild Cinema, Alberquerque, New Mexico |
| The Scrimshaw Project - Spaced 2, Future Recall - Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA | |
| 2014: | Fremantle Print Award - Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA |
| Staff Show - Pakenham Street Art Space, Fremantle, WA | |
| Otherworldly - Heathcote Museum and Gallery, Applecross, WA | |
| Flawless Measures – Melody Smith Gallery, Carlisle, WA | |
| 2013: | Staff Show - Moores Building, Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
| 2012: | Staff Show – Moores Building, Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
| Joondalup Art Prize – Joondalup Shopping Centre, Joondalup, WA | |
| A Magnificent World - Venn Gallery, Perth, WA | |
| 2008: | Engaging Place(s) Engaging Culture(s) – Conference Exhibition, Curtin, Bentley, WA |
| 2007: | Economy – Pica - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts |
| 2006: | De-Function - Moores Building, Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
| Devil at the Church - The Church Gallery, Northbridge, WA | |
| From Space to Place - Pica - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA | |
| 2004: | Figured Out - The Church Gallery, Claremont, WA |
| Terminal - Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Fremantle, WA | |
| 2003: | When Will I See You Again - Curtin Graduation Show, John Curtin Gallery, Bentley, WA |
| Hatched - National Graduate Exhibition, PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA | |
| 2002: | Gift Horse - Moores Building, Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
| ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: | |
| 2014: | The Scrimshaw Project, Spaced 2, Future Recall, Western Australia Museum, Albany - November - December |
| 2013: | The Scrimshaw Project, Spaced 2, Future Recall, Western Australia Museum, Albany – November - December |
| 2004: | From Space to Place, International Art Space, Kellerberrin, WA - August - September |
| ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS: | |
| 2013: | Sullivan, G: Spaced: The Next Frontiers, Arts & Culture, Scoop 66 Summer Edition |
| 2013: | Weston, G: Octopus Oracle is Serious Fun, The West Australian, Weekend Extra, April 20 |
| 2011: | Nicholls, A: Wooden Parlour Games, Australian Art Review, Set-Oct Issue#29 |
| 2011: | Spencer, R: Undiscovered: Anna Nazzari, Australian Art Collector, Apr-Jun Issue#56, 134 |
| 2008: | Coates, E: Out of the Box: Economy in Perth, Art Monthly, June 2008 Issue#210, 29 |
| 2008: | Costantino, T: Economy, Artlink, Volume 28, 91 |
| 2006: | Spencer, R: An Uncanny Landscape, The West Australian, Weekend Extra, November 25, 13 |
| 2003: | Nicholls, A: Emerging into Australia, (review of Hatched), Shout Newspaper, June/July Issue, 10 |
| White, M: Triple J, interview for Hatched | |
| Willan, F: Roadkill, Perth Independent, June Issue, 10 | |
| Smith, N: Artists in Embryo, The West Australian, May 28, 6 | |
| 2002: | Tasker, S.J: Siblings Differ in Art Style, Kalgoorlie Miner, December 27, 27 |
| Banks, R: Saddling up a Gift Horse, The West Australian, July 9 | |
| BOOK CHAPTER: | |
| 2016: | "Residency: An Account of Otherworldly Dwelling and the Artefacts of Place" In Visual Arts |
| Practice and Affect: Place, Materiality and Embodied Knowing. | |
| Editor Dr Ann Schilo. Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield, London. |