Rate My Professor Anna Nazzari

Dr. Anna Nazzari is a Lecturer in Fine Art for the Open Universities Australia (OUA) program at Curtin University’s School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities. She joined Curtin University in 2005, initially at the School of Design and Art, where she has unit coordinated visual art research and studio practice units and tutored in art theory and studio practice within the undergraduate program. Nazzari holds a PhD from Curtin University (2004-2011), with her thesis titled “Casino Sisyphus - The Absurd Fate of Gender Ambiguous Narratives,” and a Bachelor of Arts (Art) with Distinction and First Class Honours (2003), also from Curtin.

Her academic interests center on fine art practice and online art education. Nazzari’s artistic practice explores mythological tales, superstitions, and unusual events through painting, sculpture, installation, and film. She has presented solo exhibitions such as “The Oracle” (2013), “Horse Play” (2011), and “Gadgeteer” (2004) at venues including Turner Galleries and Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts. Group exhibitions include “Animaze” at Fremantle Arts Centre (2018), “Trespasses” at Turner Galleries (2017), “Fremantle Print Award” (2014), and international screenings like Experiments in Cinema in Albuquerque (2015). Collaborative works feature “Fauna Flesh Flora” (2019) and “Open Water: The Offering” (2017). Key publications include her book chapter “Residency: An Account of Otherworldly Dwelling and the Artefacts of Place” in Visual Arts Practice and Affect: Place, Materiality and Embodied Knowing (2016, Rowman & Littlefield), co-authored article “Assessing the Image: Creative Practice in an Online Learning Environment” in The International Journal of the Image (2014), and catalogue essays like “Modernism the Time of Our Lives” (2016) and “One Place and Another” (2015). She received the Curtin University Humanities Excellence & Innovation in Teaching Award (team, 2016), Executive Dean’s Award (2005), Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship (2004), Honours Theory Award (2003), and multiple Vice Chancellor’s List entries. Films co-directed by Nazzari, “Dark Water” (2019-20) and “Cetaphobia” (2015), won awards including Best Horror Short Film at San Jose Film Festival and Best Horror/Sci-Fi Short at Paris Short Film Festival. Additional contributions include artist residencies such as The Scrimshaw Project (Spaced 2, 2014-2015) and curating “De-Function” (2006).