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Jonathan Holmes
UTAS Home Professor Jonathan Holmes
Jonathan Holmes
Emeritus Professor/Honorary Fellow
Centre for the Arts, Administration, Level 1, Hobart CBD Campuses
Biography
Jonathan studied at Monash University and the University of Tasmania. He was appointed to the Tasmanian School of Art at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education in 1973 and remained a member of staff when the School became a faculty of the University of Tasmania. He taught art history and theory at the School of Art for 35 years until his retirement in 2012. He continues to supervise PhD and Masters by research candidates and has been involved in the successful supervision of over thirty-five candidates since 1994.
He was a member of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council from 1978 through to 1982 and was a Trustee of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 1990 until the end of 1993. Before his retirement, Jonathan had been Deputy Head of the Tasmanian School of Art for several terms and he served as Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning with the Faculty of Arts, UTAS for five years from 2005. In 2010 he was appointed as Discipline Scholar in Creative and Performing Arts with the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
- Discipline Scholar in Creative and Performing Arts
- Australian Learning and Teaching Council
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Research Themes
His chief research interest is the history and curating of contemporary Australian art and much of the writing he does has been published in exhibition catalogues that are associated with the University of Tasmania's Plimsoll Gallery. He also has a research interest in wilderness and natural environment issues, particularly in relation to the visual arts, and continues to undertake research in the field of nineteenth century French art and criticism.
Fields of Research
- Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) (190502)
- Art Theory and Criticism (190199)
- Crafts (190501)
- Lens-based Practice (190503)
- Art Criticism (190101)
- Art History (190102)
- Visual Arts and Crafts (190599)
- Design History and Theory (120301)
- Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development (130202)
- Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy (130201)
- Education (139999)
- Art Theory (190103)
- Performance and Installation Art (190504)
- Environmental Sciences (059999)
- Conservation and Biodiversity (050202)
- Visual Cultures (190104)
- Historical Studies (210399)
- Language, Communication and Culture (209999)
- Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing (199999)
- Environmental Impact Assessment (050204)
- Computer Gaming and Animation (190202)
- Human Geography (160499)
- Journalism and Professional Writing (190399)
Research Objectives
- The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) (950104)
- Arts and Leisure (950199)
- Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing (970119)
- Education and Training (939999)
- Learner and Learning Achievement (930101)
- Education and Training Systems Policies and Development (930501)
- Recreation (950103)
- Library and Archival Services (890302)
- Cultural Understanding (959999)
- Work and Institutional Development (940599)
- Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Mining Environments (960508)
- Environment (969999)
- Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments (960505)
- Stone, Ceramics and Clay Materials (870304)
- Understanding Australia's Past (950503)
- Clay Products (861003)
- Heritage (950399)
- Citizenship and National Identity (940106)
Publications
Total publications
60
Highlighted publications
(3 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Chapter in Book | Holmes JH, 'Atelier', Atelier: Australian Artists in Paris, 1980-2000. Irene Briant, Stephen Bush, Anne MacDonald, Daniel Moynihan & Debra Phillips, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Holmes, JH (ed), Hobart, pp. 2-19. ISBN 1862951853 (2004) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2001 | Other Creative Work | Holmes JH, 'Figure It: Recent Works by Julie Rrap, Sally Smart, Brigita Ozolins, Mary Scott and Justine Cooper', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 24 (2001) [Catalogue] | |
| 1999 | Major Creative Work | Scott MG, Holmes JH, Knights MA, 'Rosamond: an exhibition of works by the recipients of the Rosamond McCulloch 4 month Studio Residencies, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris 1991-1998', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. pp 36/8 col and 8 b/w illus (1999) [Recorded Creative Work] Co-authors: Scott MG; Knights MA |
Journal Article
(11 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Holmes JH, 'In black and white: W.C. Piguenit's mono chrome paintings and the imaging of the Tasmanian wilderness in the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia', Kanunnah, 3, (June-July) pp. 1-12. ISSN 1832-536X (2008) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2008 | Holmes JH, 'Editions variees. Nicholas Goodwolf's recent etchings', Imprint, (43) pp. 20-21. ISSN 0313-3907 (2008) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2008 | Holmes JH, 'Mutant Hybrids: Penny Smith's Recent Stoneware and Porcelain', Ceramics: Art & Perception, (74) pp. 1-12. ISSN 1035-1841 (2008) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'Blindspot: regional art histories in Australia', Artlink, 26, (1) pp. 68-73. ISSN 0727-1239 (2006) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'How Australian printmaking has benefited from Australia Council overseas studio residencies', Imprint, 41, (2) pp. 18-22. ISSN 0313-3907 (2006) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'CONVERGENCE: Crossing the Divide', Craft Arts International, (65) pp. 107-110. ISSN 1038-846X (2005) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'A Snapshot of Visual Arts in Regional Australia', Craft Arts International, (61, June) pp. 68-75. ISSN 1038-846X (2004) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'More than Just an Exchange', Object, 44, (June) pp. 49. ISSN 1038-1856 (2004) [Letter or Note in Journal] | |
| 2000 | Holmes JH, 'The art of living dangerously', Artlink, 20, (4) pp. 27-30. ISSN 0727-1239 (2000) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 1998 | Holmes JH, 'You need to go abroad - to make your name?', ArtLink, 18, (4) pp. 22-27. ISSN 0727-1239 (1998) [Non Refereed Article] | |
| 1996 | Holmes JH, 'Les Blakebrough's Southern Ice', Ceramics: Art and Perception, (24) pp. 72-75. ISSN 1035-1841 (1996) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] |
Book
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Holmes JH, Batchen G, 'Anne Ferran: the ground the air', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 60. ISBN 978-0-9775334-5-9 (2008) [Authored Research Book] | |
| 2007 | Malpas J, Holmes JH, 'Leigh Hobba: the space of presence', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 64. ISBN 0-9775334-3-3 (2007) [Authored Research Book] Co-authors: Malpas J | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'Les Blakebrough: Ceramics', Craftsman House and Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Fishermans Bend, Victoria, pp. 144. ISBN 0975730398 (2005) [Authored Research Book] |
Chapter in Book
(11 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Holmes J, 'A pink Moke, fur coat and the flying duck collection', Impresario: Paul Taylor, The Melbourne Years, 1981-1984, Surpllus and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), H Hughes and N Croggon (ed), Australia, pp. 113-123. ISBN 9781922099082 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2007 | Holmes JH, 'Les Blakebrough', Smart Works: Design and the Handmade, Powerhouse Museum, Grace Cochrane (ed), Sydney, pp. 74-75. ISBN 978 1 86317 122 9 (2007) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2007 | Holmes JH, 'Tokyo: Floating World', Tokyo: Floating World, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Jonathan Holmes (ed), Hobart, pp. 5-9. ISBN 9781862954151 (2007) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2007 | Holmes JH, 'Intimate and Distant Landscapes', Intimate and Distant Landscapes, Devonport Regional Gallery, Dr Anne Morrison (ed), Devonport ISBN 978-0-9775913-3-6 (2007) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'Larger than Life: Tasmanian Colonial Portraits', The sin eaters : Terry O'Malley's post colonial convict portraits, Knocklofty Books, Terence O'Malley (ed), West Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 8-20. ISBN 0646464507 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005', Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Holmes, JH (ed), Hobart, pp. 5-33. ISBN 1-86295-306-6 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'London: Looking East', London: Looking East, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Jonathan Holmes (ed), Hobart, pp. 5-23. ISBN 0975730711 (2005) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'Walking into Art', Nature/ Culture Raymond Arnold Prints 1983-2004 , Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Katherine McDonald (ed), Melbourne, pp. 3-12. ISBN 0975124528 (2005) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'An Uncanny Knack: Pat Brassington's Surrealist Quest', Print Matters : 30 years of the Shell Fremantle Print Award : Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle Arts Centre, Thelma John (ed), Fremantle, pp. 20-21. ISBN 0975730711 (2005) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'Some reflections on Craft and Design in Tasmania: the 1970s and the 1980s', Design Island : contemporary design from Tasmania, Object, Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Parkes, Brian (ed), Darlinghurst, N.S.W, pp. 20-29. ISBN 0975175912 (2004) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'Atelier', Atelier: Australian Artists in Paris, 1980-2000. Irene Briant, Stephen Bush, Anne MacDonald, Daniel Moynihan & Debra Phillips, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Holmes, JH (ed), Hobart, pp. 2-19. ISBN 1862951853 (2004) [Research Book Chapter] |
Review
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'Emily Floyd's 'The Outsider' at the John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, W.A', Art and Australia, 43, (3) pp. 436. (2006) [Review Single Work] | |
| 1997 | Holmes JH, 'Containment', Art and Australia, 35, (2) pp. 292-293. (1997) [Review Several Works] |
Conference Publication
(4 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Holmes JH, 'Going Solo: a report on survey exhibitions in Australian public museums in the 1970s', Survey: Current art and design research and practice within Australian tertiary art and design schools, 1 - 4 October 2003, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania EJ (2003) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 1996 | Holmes JH, 'Convergence Divergence (Papers presented at the Hobart Conference of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, September, 1995)', University of Tasmania for Australian Council of Unuversity Art and Design Schools, Hobart, pp. 98. (1996) [Conference Edited] | |
| 1995 | Holmes JH, ''Bi-culturalism, multi-culturalism and the visual arts'', University of Tasmania for Australian Council of University and Design Schools, Auckland, pp. 128 pp. (1995) [Conference Edited] | |
| 1995 | Holmes JH, ''Rediscovery: Australian Artists in Europe'', Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, Auckland, pp. 107-117. (1995) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] |
Major Creative Work
(23 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Holmes JH, 'Christl Berg: Waterfront', Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, 1, pp. 28 (2011) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2010 | Holmes JH, ''On a twitch of the tide' in Christl Berg: Watefront', Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council, Hobart, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, 1 (2010) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Brassington P, Lee FMJ, Holmes JH, 'The Arresting Image: Roger Ballen, Amanda Davis, Fred Fisher, Alicia King, Tim Macmillan, Sanja Pahoki, Sally Rees', Plimsoll Gallery, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, First, pp. 34 (2009) [Published Creative Work] Co-authors: Brassington P; Lee FMJ | |
| 2009 | Brassington P, Lee FMJ, Holmes JH, 'The Arresting Image: Roger Ballen, Amanda Davis, Fred Fisher, Alicia King, Tim Macmillan, Sanja Pahoki, Sally Rees', Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, pp. 34 (2009) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Brassington P; Lee FMJ | |
| 2009 | Holmes JH, Brassington P, 'The Wharmby Collection: Contemporary Art from Tasmania and South Australia', Plimsoll Gallery, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania (2009) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Brassington P | |
| 2008 | Holmes JH, 'The Stuff of History', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, pp. 48 (2008) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2008 | Holmes JH, Vella JM, 'Onaroll', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, pp. 32 (2008) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Vella JM | |
| 2007 | Holmes JH, Zika P, 'Tokyo: Floating World', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania (2007) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Zika P | |
| 2007 | Zika P, Holmes JH, 'Full Frontal: Images from within the studio', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, pp. 32 (2007) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Zika P | |
| 2006 | Holmes JH, 'Senses of Place: Art in Tasmania, 1970-2005', Plimsoll Gallery, Plimsoll Gallery, pp. 33 (2006) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, 'London: Looking East', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania (2005) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2005 | Holmes JH, Blakebrough L, 'Flora Tasmanica', Plimsoll Gallery, Uni of Tasmania & Southern Ice, Plimsoll Gallery, Uni of Tasmania & Southern Ice, pp. 40 (2005) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Blakebrough L | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'Atelier: Australian Artists in Paris, 1980-2000. Irene Briant, Stephen Bush, Anne MacDonald, Daniel Moynihan & Debra Phillips', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, pp. 50 (2004) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2004 | Holmes JH, 'Sun Ju Han: Islands', Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania (2004) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2003 | Holmes JH, 'The Barcelona Studio: Fragments of a Brief History', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, pp. 48 (2003) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2003 | Zika P, Holmes JH, Lendis CJ, 'Painting Tasmanian Landscape', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, 1, pp. 32 (2003) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Zika P; Lendis CJ | |
| 1999 | Scott MG, Holmes JH, Knights MA, 'Rosamond: an exhibition of works by the recipients of the Rosamond McCulloch 4 month Studio Residencies, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris 1991-1998', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. pp 36/8 col and 8 b/w illus (1999) [Recorded Creative Work] Co-authors: Scott MG; Knights MA | |
| 1997 | Holmes JH, 'Uccello's Chair', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 9-15 (1997) [Recorded Creative Work] | |
| 1997 | Holmes JH, 'Breaking the 'skin' of things', Cradle Mountainn Visitor's Centre, Hobart, pp. 3 (1997) [Recorded Creative Work] | |
| 1997 | Zika P, Holmes JH, Marshall J, Tabacco W, Gates M, 'Re:Search. Tony Bishop, Wilma Tabacco and Philip Watkins', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 36 (1997) [Recorded Creative Work] Co-authors: Zika P | |
| 1996 | Hay PR, Holmes JH, Cupit S, Bonyhady T, 'Imagine Nature: Raymond Arnold, Rebecca Greenwood, Leigh Hobba, Anne MacDonald and David Stephenson', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1, pp. 72 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work] Co-authors: Hay PR | |
| 1996 | Holmes JH, Zika P, 'Tangibility? Three Installations', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1, pp. 32 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work] Co-authors: Zika P | |
| 1995 | Holmes JH, ''Southern Ice: New Works by Les Blakebrough'', L.Blakebrough, Hobart, pp. 4 (1995) [Recorded Creative Work] |
Other Creative Work
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Zika P, Holmes JH, Lendis CJ, 'Painting Tasmanian Landscape', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 32 (2003) [Catalogue] Co-authors: Zika P; Lendis CJ | |
| 2001 | Holmes JH, 'Figure It: Recent Works by Julie Rrap, Sally Smart, Brigita Ozolins, Mary Scott and Justine Cooper', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 24 (2001) [Catalogue] | |
| 2001 | Holmes JH, ''Terra Spiritus' in Between Phenomena: The Panorama and Tasmania', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 3 (2001) [Catalogue] |
Other Public Output
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Fountain W, Holmes J, 'Creative Arts Learning and Teaching Network', Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, Australia, pp. 1-9. (2013) [Government or Industry Research] Co-authors: Fountain W | |
| 2013 | Fountain W, Holmes J, 'Discipline Scholars Network', Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, Australia, pp. 1-8. (2013) [Government or Industry Research] Co-authors: Fountain W | |
| 2012 | Holmes JH, Jones SM, Yates BF, 'Being TEQSA Ready: Mapping helps provide the evidence', Campus Review, Australia, June 2012, June 2012 (2012) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Jones SM; Yates BF |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
10
Total funding
$666,120
Projects
Design and art of Australia online, a transformation of the dictionary of Australian artists online (2010)$400,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($400,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Infrastructure
- Administered By
- University of New South Wales
- Research Team
- Johnson V; Mendelssohn J; Wells Andy; Harley R; Chan Leong; Bennett Jill; De Lorenzo C; Holmes JH
- Year
- 2010
- Grant Reference
- LE100100201
The Shifting Locus of Artistic Practice: A Survey and Critical Analysis of Solo Exhibitions in Australian Public Galleries, 1970-2000 (2003 - 2005)$88,720
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($88,720)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH; Malpas J; Zika P; Judd C; Kunda M
- Period
- 2003 - 2005
- Grant Reference
- LP0347324
A Survey and Critical Analysis of Solo Exhibitions in Australian Public Galleries 1975-2000 (2002)$12,500
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($12,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH; Malpas J; Zika P; Kunda M
- Year
- 2002
Contemporary Australian Art and the Role of the Australian Council (1999 - 2001)$85,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($85,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Large
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Period
- 1999 - 2001
- Grant Reference
- A59905839
'Nadar's' Tassel Chair and other Studio Props': A Study of the Structure of the Photographic Studio in Mid-nineteenth Century France (1999)$7,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($7,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Small
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Year
- 1999
Contemporary Australian Art and the role of the Australian Council (1998)$10,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Small
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Year
- 1998
Supplementary funding (1997)$8,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($8,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Supplementary
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Year
- 1997
Natural Environment and Wilderness Management: Library Resource Development in the fields of Visual Arts and Design (1997)$15,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Infrastructure Support Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Year
- 1997
Contemporary Australian art and the role of the Australia Council. (1996)$7,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($7,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Supplementary
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH
- Year
- 1996
Art at the threshold: contemporary Australian visual art at the Fin de Millenium and its allusions to Fin de Siecle art and sensibility (1990 - 1992)$32,900
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($32,900)
- Scheme
- Grant-Small
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Holmes JH; Colless EC; Levine F
- Period
- 1990 - 1992
Research Supervision
Completed
42
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Regarding the Savages: Visual representation of Tasmanian Aborigines in the 19th Century Candidate: Gregory Patrick Lehman | 2017 |
| PhD | Expatriatism: A New Platform for Shaping Australian Artistic Practice in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries - A Case Study of Six Artists Working in Paris and London Candidate: Stephen Geoffrey Rainbird | 2016 |
| Masters | Memorist Evocation: Painting as a mnemonic device Candidate: Michael William Nay | 2016 |
| PhD | An Exploration of Pre and Post-stressed Timber Forms Utilising Plantation-growth Eucalypt Timber Candidate: Phillip McChristie Blacklow | 2016 |
| PhD | Imagined Portraits: Reviving Figures from Australia's Past Candidate: Amy Elizabeth Jackett | 2013 |
| PhD | The Bersila Workstation: A New Work-furniture Concept Candidate: Abdul Aziz Zalay | 2013 |
| PhD | Attention to Distraction: A Visual Investigation of Temporal Experience through Time-based Media Candidate: Raef Gilbert Sawford | 2013 |
| PhD | The Museum as Art: Site-specific Art in Australia's Public Museums Candidate: Lucy Emma Hawthorne | 2013 |
| PhD | Nineteenth Century Natural History Art and Belonging in Tasmania Candidate: Anita Hansen | 2013 |
| PhD | Toward an Ontology of Pop Music Candidate: Samuel George Acres | 2012 |
| PhD | Of Things Dark and Distant: Mythic Unknowing through Installation Practice Candidate: Peter Hugh Waller | 2012 |
| PhD | Inside Reductive Abstraction (still): Sensation, Visual Perception, Memory and the Aesthetic Experience of the Object Candidate: Dorothy Anne Mestitz | 2011 |
| Masters | In The Frame: A visual exploration of the Low Art framework and High/Low dialectics of contemporary literary crime fiction through painting and multi-media assemblage. Candidate: Carol Joan Rodwell | 2010 |
| PhD | The Politics of Imperfection: the Critical Legacy of Surrealist Anti-colonialism Candidate: Maria Kunda | 2010 |
| PhD | On the Brink of the Abyss Candidate: Mary Alison Knights | 2010 |
| Masters | The Raw, the Rotted and the Interruption of Cooking: A Visual Investigation Candidate: Andrew Robert Rewald | 2009 |
| PhD | Suspension of Disbelief: The Representation of Poetic Faith Through Time-Based Media Candidate: Matthew David Warren | 2009 |
| PhD | Changing Places, Creating Situations: A National and International Visual Investigation into Temporary Art in Public Places Candidate: Elizabeth Jane Woods | 2009 |
| PhD | Extracting Meaning from Strangeness: Strategies to Enhance Viewer Engagement with Contemporary Art in the Public Art Museum Candidate: Jane Alexandra Deeth | 2008 |
| PhD | Knowledge, Knowing and Being: An Investigation of Software Art as a Vehicle for the Exploration of Emerging Concepts in Language and Cognition Candidate: William Hart | 2008 |
| Masters | Association, Recognition and Place: Imaging the Landscape in Van Diemen's Land 1804-1854 Candidate: Philip John Hutch | 2008 |
| Masters | The Illustrations and Work of William Archer Candidate: Anita Hansen | 2007 |
| Masters | The Space of the Australian City: Representations and Contestation (1990-2005) Candidate: Stuart Peter Solman | 2007 |
| Masters | The Referencing of 'Stringed Things' of Belief by Contemporary Artists Candidate: Therese Odile Mulford | 2007 |
| PhD | Colour, Space and Environment: An Investigation of Repetition Through the Aestheticisation of Consumer Culture Candidate: Mohd Fauzi Sedon @ M. Dom | 2007 |
| Masters | Spatial Hysteresis: Glimpses of Our Yielding Place Candidate: Lucy Bleach | 2007 |
| PhD | Colour Music: Musical Modelling in James McNeill Whistler's Art Candidate: Arabella Teniswood-Harvey | 2006 |
| Masters | Saint Sebastian and the Wounded Forest - Painting a Personal Relationship with the Tasmanian Landscape Candidate: Andrew John Lendis | 2006 |
| PhD | That Which is Between Internal and External: A Visual Investigation Candidate: Rowan Miranda Reynolds | 2006 |
| PhD | A Sculptural Re-Interpretation of Aspects of European Two Dimensional Visual Art in the Period 1910-1940 Candidate: Richard Percival Fisher | 2006 |
| PhD | An Investigation into the Ontological Significance of Sculptural Objects Candidate: Colin Francis Langridge | 2006 |
| PhD | Repetition and Difference: Poetic Invocations of Nature in Visual Art Candidate: Maria Teresa MacDermott | 2005 |
| PhD | The Memory Palace: Scale, Mnemonics and the Moving Image Candidate: Shaun Paul Wilson | 2005 |
| PhD | Language, Knowledge and Subjectivity: a new visual interpretation Candidate: Brigita Tija Ozolins | 2004 |
| Masters | Exchangeability: Sculptural Alternatives through the process of material embellishment Candidate: Trudi Ann Brinckman | 2004 |
| Masters | DRAWN: An Exploration of Space, Perception and Three-dimensional Line Drawing Candidate: Dorothy Anne Mestitz | 2004 |
| PhD | Investigating Photography's influence upon the experience of being Candidate: David Ian Martin | 2004 |
| PhD | Pebbles to Postcards: An investigation into the activity of tourist art, souvenirs and other artefacts of travel Candidate: David Leslie Hume | 2004 |
| Masters | The imaging of Antarctica: artistic visions in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic since the eighteenth century Candidate: Lynne Andrews | 2002 |
| PhD | Towards the photographic sublime, 1982-2000 Candidate: David Stephenson | 2001 |
| PhD | The image of reality: its relationship to photography Candidate: Jessica Mirembe Seymour Ball | 2000 |
| Masters | Louis XIV's youthful spirit: The 1699 redecoration of the Versailles menagerie Candidate: Jennifer Susan Spinks | 2000 |