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Bianca Hester is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Design & Architecture at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is an artist, writer, and educator specializing in critical place-based practice and artistic research, focusing on environmental aesthetics within the settler-colonial Anthropocene. Her investigation into colonial inheritance, extraction, environmental crises, and the evolution of extinction is evident across various specific locations in Australia. Hester employs relational feminist methodologies, blending experimental fieldwork with geologic records, embodied site-writing, and sculptural production. Notable recent exhibitions include projects at Bundanon and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Hester has published several practice-led publications and completed her PhD at RMIT University, where she has also won several awards for her work, including the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture. She is also involved in supervising graduate research projects and is a founding member of the Open Spatial Workshop collective. As co-director of Research Engagement at UNSW, she plays a pivotal role in bridging artistic practice with ecological and spatial research.
University of New South Wales • Sydney, Australia
Teaching and researching in Arts, Design, and Architecture.
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