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Dr Drew Pettifer
Dr Drew Pettifer is Program Lead of the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Hong Kong program and Coordinator of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) in the School of Art.
Drew Pettifer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Art with a background as an artist, curator, and non-practicing lawyer. His research interests include: the archive, queer theory, gender, power, desire, representation, and contemporary social politics. His art practice works across photography, video, print, performance and installation. In 2017 he was awarded one of five university-wide Vice Chancellor's Commendations for Doctoral Thesis Excellence at Monash University for his project examining contemporary representations of masculinity and the queer gaze. More recently his practice has operated at the nexus of creative practice, critical theory, and social justice, aiming to transform our understanding of Australian history by using creative practice to foreground critical queer histories which have been systematically excluded from dominant archives. Recent exhibitions include: Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria (2023); Forget Me Not: A queer end to the bushrangers, Sarah Scout Presents (2023); Queer, National Gallery of Victoria (2022); Too Much is Never Enough, Space Place Gallery, Russia (2021); XX, Hong Kong Art Centre (2020-21); A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zeewijk, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth (2020); Obsession: Devil in the Detail, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington (2019); and Equal Love, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei (2018). His work is held in various collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Monash Gallery of Art and City of Melbourne's Arts and Heritage Collection, as well as private collections nationally and internationally.
- PhD, Monash University
- MA (Arts Management) with Distinction, RMIT University
- Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, VCA
- BA (Hons - First Class) in Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne
- Admitted to practice as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia
- Committee member, Shepparton Art Museum Artistic and Acquisitions Committee, 2020-present
- Board member, Shepparton Art Museum, 2019-2020
- Peer assessor, Australia Council for the Arts, 2017-20
- Judge, Melbourne Fringe Visual Arts Awards, 2017-2019
- Board member, Shepparton Art Museum Foundation, 2014-2019
- Board member, Bus Projects, 2011-2015
- Artist representative, Shepparton Art Museum Advisory Panel, 2010-2016
- Panel assessor, City of Melbourne Arts Grants, 2009-2012, 2020-present
- Director, Bus Projects, 2009-2011
- Board member, Blindside Artist Run Space, 2008-2009
- Dwyer, M.,Pettifer, D. (2022). Agent Bodies In: Agent Bodies Melbourne, Australia
- Pettifer, D.,Lam, L. (2021). Strengthening International Partnerships and Collaborations in the Absence of Global Mobility: A Case Study In: Proceedings of the 2021 Australian Council University Art and Design Schools Conference, Online, 28/10/2021-29/10/2021
- Pettifer, D. (2020). A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zewijk In: A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zewijk Perth, Australia
- Pettifer, D. (2019). Bill Edwards Project In: Incinerator Art Award - Art for Social Change Melbourne, Australia
- Pettifer, D. (2019). I Melt With You In: I Melt With You Melbourne, Australia
- Pettifer, D. (2018). Equal Love In: Equal Love Taipei, Taiwan
- Pettifer, D. (2018). Fanatic In: Fanatic Melbourne, Australia
- Pettifer, D. (2017). Cake Boys In: After you're done New York, USA
- Pettifer, D. (2013). Mapping the interior: In search of an inland sea In: The Solo Projects - Mapping the interior: In search of an inland sea Melbourne, Australia
1 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions4 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
- Queering the Archive. Funded by: City of Melbourne Arts Grant from (2022 to 2023)
- Raising the Zeewijk: Re-visioning queer history (Kingdom of the Netherlands). Funded by: Shared Cultural Heritage Programme 2019 from (2020 to 2020)
- A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zeewijk Publication (City of Melbourne). Funded by: City Of Melbourne - Competitive from (2020 to 2020)
- Raising the Zeewijk: Re-visioning queer history. Funded by: Australia Council for the Arts from (2019 to 2020)