Dr. Ionat Zurr is an Australian artist, researcher and curator.[1] She is also a lecturer for the University of Western Australia (UWA),[2] and has been a visiting tutor in Design Interactions for the Royal College of Art.[3] Zurr, together with Oron Catts, founded the Tissue Culture & Art Project in 1996, they were both guest artists at CERN in 2019.[4] Zurr worked for more than 20 years at SymbioticA, UWA's Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts,[5] and is a pioneer of making art with living, engineered tissue.[6]
Zurr is the Chair of the Fine Arts discipline at UWA's School of Design, and instigated the Master of Science (Biological Arts), an interdisciplinary program involving both art and science.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (2012). "Ionat Zur: Biography". Design and Art Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Ionat Zurr". UWA Profiles and Research Repository. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Working with Life: Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr". Royal College of Art. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts". Arts at CERN. CERN. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Wynne, Emma (16 September 2018). "Cutting-edge bio-art challenges ideas of what belongs in a gallery". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Bromilow, Varnya (24 March 2010). "Working with living tissue continues to blur the boundaries". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Rossi-Linnemann, Camilla; De Martini, Giulia, eds. (2020). "Contributors". Art in science museums: towards a post-disciplinary approach. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-58952-0.
Further reading
edit- Zurr, Ionat (26 April 2011). "Ionat Zurr: Brisbane Interview" (Interview). Queensland: Gallery of Modern Art.
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