The Stony Rises Project

Curator - Lisa Byrne

Lisa Byrne has been an independent visual arts curator and writer since 1997. Leadership positions include Director, Monash Faculty Gallery (2006–7); Director/Curator, Canberra Contemporary Art Space (1998–2007); and Assistant Curator Photography, The Australian Centre for Photography (1996–8). Lisa has written numerous published catalogue essays, journal articles, artist interviews and critical reviews. She is currently in PhD candidature in the School of Art, RMIT University. Her projectbased research examines the contribution artistic research makes to the generation of new knowledge within an academic context. Lisa has actively contributed to other leading visual art and publishing organisations through mentor roles and board memberships.

Major exhibition projects include Social Capital, Witnessing to Silence, The Great Dividing Range, Blind Spot, Artificially Reconstructed Habitats, Love is Blind II, Burnout, Dimensions Variable, All in an Afternoon, Findings, Double Life, Peripheral and The Stony Rises Project. 

Interview

The Stony Rises Project

A NETS Victoria Touring Exhibition developed by the RMIT Design Research Institute. Curators: Lisa Byrne, Professor Harriet Edquist and Associate Professor Laurene Vaughan

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