Louisa Bufarde­ci

Born Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia 1969 
Lives and works in Melbourne

Louisa Bufarde­ci is a Mel­bourne-based artist, researcher and edu­ca­tor with over twen­ty years of pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence. Her art prac­tice draws on and ques­tions forms of rep­re­sen­ta­tion such as map­ping, data and sta­tis­tics when they are used as tools of look­ing and know­ing to rep­re­sent human expe­ri­ence. She uses a wide range of media includ­ing instal­la­tion, dig­i­tal prints, needle­points, neon lights, draw­ing and more. She has been work­ing with string fig­ur­ing for the last five years.

Bufarde­ci has par­tic­i­pat­ed in major inter­na­tion­al exhi­bi­tions includ­ing the NGV Tri­en­ni­al in 2018, the Asia-Pacif­ic Tri­en­ni­al in 2012, and the Asian Art Bien­ni­al in 2009. Her work has been includ­ed in numer­ous solo and group exhi­bi­tions in Mel­bourne, oth­er Aus­tralian cities and over­seas. It is in the col­lec­tions of major muse­ums and gal­leries in Aus­tralia includ­ing the Nation­al Gallery of Vic­to­ria and the Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary Art in Syd­ney. As well as work­ing on the pro­duc­tion of art projects, Bufarde­ci con­tributes to the local art com­mu­ni­ty by teach­ing at var­i­ous local insti­tu­tions, vol­un­teer­ing as a guide to con­tem­po­rary art at her local com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre, and by men­tor­ing young artists. She is cur­rent­ly tutor­ing in the Crit­i­cal and The­o­ret­i­cal Stud­ies pro­gram at the Vic­to­ri­an Col­lege of the Arts.

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