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Bonita Ely
Bonita Ely (born 1946) is an Australian multidisciplinary artist who lives in Sydney. Ely established her reputation as an environmental artist in the early 1970s through her work on the Murray Darling rivers. She has a diverse practice across various media and has often addressed feminist, environmental and socio-political issues.
Her work has been internationally exhibited, including in Documenta14 in Kassel, Germany and Athens, at Chisenhale Gallery, London, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Harbourfront, Toronto, the 18th Street Arts Centre,
Michael Snow, Bonita Ely, Richard Goodwin, Pia Mannikko, and Ian Howard. Bonita Ely's review for the National Sculpture Magazine of China describes "Hidden": "[it] takes us through liminal zones where nature and urban life are juxtaposed, both ceaselessly transforming, and interrelating". After returning to do her masters degree at OCAD University, Mangaard's work shifted from the confines of the screen to an expanded cinematic form of documentary art making. Her MFA thesis exhibition "Meltdown" (2017) investigates a