Ali Bramwell is a practicing artist, independent curator, arts administrator and lecturer in Art History & Theory for the Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic.

Research interests include a particular interest in public space and the ethical and political interfaces that art produces and reveals when it is outside the usual gallery contexts. A related area of research interest is in performance; from a phenomenological perspective that thinks about personal subjectivity and affect, as well as broader political-strategic potentials. Her projects include the staging of solo projects as well as curated projects involving other artists. She has been working as a sculptor since 1990 producing a range of exhibitions and public projects both nationally and internationally. Recent projects include a permanent public sculpture work in Germany and exhibitions in Sweden, Bosnia, Australia, South Korea as well as New Zealand.

Aside from her research activities she has a well developed interest in practical policy development in relation to local arts infrastructure, with experience in gallery management (governance and administration) in addition to independent project management and art-political lobbying activity of various kinds. Currently a board member for the Dunedin City Council Art in Public Places Committee.

All of my art projects and various exhibition experiences are detailed under projects :: index.

Other professional information and experience is organised under the headings listed below::

:: contact details

:: current employment

:: education

:: grants

:: professional experience

Curriculum Vitae. Ali Bramwell

b. 1969 Otahuhu, New Zealand.

Contact Details           top

34 Cambria Place, Dunedin Central, Dunedin.
E-mail: ali[at]springsteelchicken.co.nz

Current employment            top

Currently teaching part time at Dunedin School of Art in Art History and Theory.

Education           top

2000-2001. Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture. Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin.
1998-1999. Bachelor of Fine Art, Dunedin School of Art at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin.
1987-1990. Diploma of Craft Design, Jewellery, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.

Grants           top

2006. Timaru District Council, creative communities fund
2005. Dunedin City Council, discretionary arts fund
2005. Creative New Zealand, out of time.
2004. AsiaNZ Foundation, travel grant
2002. Creative New Zealand, presentation and promotion
2002. Asia2000 Foundation, travel grant
2002. MFA scholarship, sponsored by Retail Solutions
1991. QEII Arts Council, new craft artist

Professional experience            top

2006-current. DCC Art in Public Places committee
2002-current. Organizing committee for annual Korean based arts festival Nine Dragon Heads, International Environment Arts Symposium as New Zealand coordinator and artist liaison.
2002-2007. Board of Trustees, Otago Sculpture Trust.
2004-2006. Manager of the Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin.
2005. Curator and project manager for Terminus Public Art Project held in two venues, Nelson and Dunedin, NZ.
2003. Project Manager. Casting in bronze a privately commissioned 320kg (2.3m)statue of Sir Edmund Hilary. Sited at the Hermitage, Mt Cook. (figurative artist, Bryn Jones)
2002/03. Curator and project manager for Co-Incidence, a site based sculpture symposium.
2001- 2004. Board of Trustees, Blue Oyster Arts Trust, governing board for The Blue Oyster Gallery, a project art space in Dunedin.
2001. Artist liaison and project manager for the ‘Artists at Work’ residency program hosted by Otago Polytechnic School of Art.
2001. Visual Arts coordinator for Dunedin’s first Fringe Festival.
1991-1997. self employed contemporary jeweller, metal smith, non ferrous foundry (mainly bronze) and product designer.