Dr Patricia Flanagan
Doctor听of Philosophy, (Public Art)听University of Newcastle Australia;
Master of Fine Arts, (Public Art and New Artistic Strategies)听1st class,听Bauhaus University Weimar Germany;
Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Sculpture)听University of Newcastle Australia;
Associate Diploma in Arts (Fashion Production, Custom Clothing)听awarded with honours听TAFE NSW听
Dr. Patricia Flanagan is an artist, designer and academic whose work is represented in private and public collections in Australia, Ireland, Germany, Italy and China. Tricia听has an extensive听international exhibition portfolio including听the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Taipei Museum of听 Contemporary Art and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Berlin and was听the听representative for Oceania at the Tournai Contemporary Textiles Biennial Belgium.
Tricia's work has, at its foundation, a systems thinking approach. Her practice听includes,听critical and speculative wearables, site-specific sculptural installation, social sculpture and performance installation, often combining听hand crafted听art and design听practices with digital technologies.
Tricia established the Wearables Lab at the Academy of Visual Art at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2009. She currently works as a Lecturer for the University of New South Wales in the School of Art and Design, Faculty of Arts,听Design and听Architecture where she is the co-director of the Interactive Media Lab and Lead Researcher Wearables at the Creative Robotics Lab.
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
鈥� Creative Australia Contemporary Touring Initiative
鈥� Creative Australia Fellowship (Experimental Media)
鈥� New Columbo Plan, Mobilities Grant, Australian Government
鈥� 91色情片 Art and Design, New staff research award
鈥� Hong Kong Heritage Museum new work commission for Fashion + Paper,听Scissors & Rock听
鈥� Hong Kong Baptist University New Staff Research Award, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
鈥� Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning Award, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
鈥� Heinrich Boell Foundation Travel Scholarship
鈥� Travelling Scholarship Award, The University of Newcastle, Australia听
鈥� HCR-CMA Landcare Grant for Denman Creek Public Art Project, Denman Australia
鈥� BHP Biliton, Mt Arthur Coal, Community Grant to produce an Education Kit for Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and launch the publication with an exhibition in February
鈥� Country Arts Support Program, 鈥楻egional Arts Fund鈥� Grant, TEATRO EXO, Artist in Residency 鈥� Upper Hunter, Denman, Merriwa, Gloucester & Singleton Australia. Awarded by Arts Upper Hunter Regional Arts Development Office
鈥⑻鼳ustralian Postgraduate Scholarship Award
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鈥� Powerhouse, Sydney Museum of Applied Arts and Science -听Visiting Research Fellowship
鈥� Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University - Visiting Fellowship
鈥� Max Fabre Foundation Award for Environmental Awareness
鈥� Newton-John Award for Excellence in Creativity and Innovation - Finalist
鈥� Project Anywhere - Parsons New School -听Selected participant
鈥� 7th International Contemporary Textile Triennale, Tournai Belgum -听Selected to represent Oceania
鈥� Tantrum Theatre, Newcastle听Australia -听Artist in-residence
鈥� Palais Youth Venue, Newcastle City Council听Australia -听Artist in-residence
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Tricia investigates hybrid practices emerging at the intersection of digital technologies and听traditional art and design practices, specialising in new materials, wearables,听and generative design听through research projects such as:
鈥� Landrelations (National Tour)
鈥� Brigalow Belt Arts Project
鈥� Femufacture听in collaboration with the Japan Foundation of Sydney, Sydney Design Festival, and Art Month Sydney
鈥� The Peripatetic Institute for Praxiology and Anthropology听
鈥�听The Haptic InterFace Project
鈥� Research Creativity 鈥撎齈raxis
Tricia is on the steering committee for the World Craft Council affiliated, Knowledge House of Craft听and is the founding member of TTIGOC听(Tracing the Intangible Gestures of Craft) a collaboration with Chinese ethnic minority master craftspeople and researchers at GYPEC Guiyang, China.听
My Research Supervision
Syna Chen (PhD),听Co-performance Fashion: redefine the role of human beings in the fashion industry through human and non-human perspectives in the speculative fashion world听
Jingwen Yuan (PhD),听听Poetic translations and embodiment: Virtual materials and data transformations in contemporary jewellery practice
Jaiying Qian (PhD),听 Co-Creative Textiles: Bridging Digital and Biological Interfaces in Smart Textile Production
My Teaching
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