Catriona Moore

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Catriona Moore (born 1956) is an Australian art historian, art theorist and academic. [1]

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Background and research interests

Dr. Catriona Moore's education and research since the 1970s has explored modernism, Australian feminist art, environmental and comparative post-colonial visual art. [2] As a member of the Artworkers Union Affirmative Action for Women in the Visual Arts committee in the 1980s, Moore's career has been dedicated to feminist art and activism in Australia. [1] More recently Moore has contributed to collaborative feminist projects such as FavourEconomy and JANIS I: Feminism in Contemporary Art: If Not Why Not?, as recorded in the Australian Feminist Art Timeline. Moore is co-founder of the research cluster Contemporary Art and Feminism [3] through which she has curated exhibitions, [4] presented conference papers, [5] [6] published books and articles, [7] [8] [9] and convened discussions and symposia. [10] [11] [12] Moore is Senior Lecturer, School of Letters, Art and Media (SLAM), Department of Art History, [13] the University of Sydney.

Selected publications

Moore is author and editor of multiple publications that have developed Australian feminist art discourse. [14]

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