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Queensland College of Art and Design executives
Director
Queensland College of Art and Design
Prof Beck Davis
Professor Beck Davis is a designer with deep expertise in leading collaborations that span Not-for-Profit, Government organisations, university research institutes, StartUp entities and/or private enterprise. She is a fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and serves on the Board of Directors. She is also a Board Member of Art Monthly Australasia. Prior to her appointment to Griffith University, she was Head of School, Art & Design at The Australian National University.
Deputy Director
Research
Prof Susan Best
Professor Susan Best is an art historian with expertise in critical theory and modern and contemporary art. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the the Humanities. Her research focuses on critical theory and modern and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on body art and performance, minimalism and conceptual art, women's art, and Latin American art.
Deputy Director
Learning and Teaching
Dr Laini Burton
Dr Laini Burton is a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia, where she is the Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching. Her research interests centre on body politics, bio-art and design, contemporary art practice and criticism, fashion theory, performance and body/spatial relations.
Key contacts
- Tasy Nicholas
- School Manager
- Dr Petra Perolini
- Program Director, Design
- Associate Professor Julie Fragar
- Program Director, Visual Arts
- Dr Carol McGregor
- Program Director, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
- Dr Chari Larsson
- Higher Degree Research (HDR) Convenor
- Dr Natalya Hughes
- Program Director, Visual Arts (Honours)
- Dr Eleni Kalantidou
- Program Director, Master of Design / Design (Honours)
- Dr Elizabeth Shaw
- Program Director, Master of Visual Arts
Design staff
- Dr Tanja Beer – Interior and spatial design
- Professor Andrew Brown – Interaction design
- Dr Rae Cooper – Visual communication design
- Professor Beck Davis – Product design
- Dr Daniel Della-Bosca – Immersive design
- Perrin Ellis – Interaction design
- Associate Professor Dominique Falla – Visual communication design
- Associate Professor Katja Fleischmann – Visual communication design
- Dr Eleni Kalantidou – Design theory
- Dr Vincent Moug – Product design
- Associate Professor Dale Patterson – Immersive design
- Dr Petra Perolini – Interior and spatial design
- Dr David Sargent – Visual and communication design
- Dr Libbi Reed - Visual and communication design
- Peter Thiedeke – Interaction design
Visual Arts staff
- Professor Susan Best – Art theory
- Professor Elisabeth Findlay - Art theory
- Dr Laini Burton – Arts theory
- Dr Amy Carkeek – Photography
- Sam Cranstoun - Painting
- Dr Simon Degroot - LiveArt
- Associate Professor Julie Fragar – Painting
- Dr Paul Bai- Painting
- Dr Natalya Hughes – Honours
- Dr Chari Larsson – Art Theory
- Dr Tim Mosely – Print
- Dr Bill Platz – Drawing
- Dr Elizabeth Shaw – Jewellery and small objects
- Dr Martin Smith – Photography
- Michelle Vine – Interdisciplinary STEM
- Justene Williams – Sculpture
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art staff
- Dominique Chen
- Dr Carol McGregor
- Warraba Weatherall
- Dr Robert Andrew – Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellow
QCAD Galleries
- Nicola Holly – QCAD Galleries Manager