Louise Martin-Chew

(she/her)

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Freelance writer specialising in the visual arts and biography. My PhD (2019) was published as Fiona Foley Provocateur: An Art Life (QUT Art Museum, 2021) and won Best Book Prize (joint) in 2022 from the Art Association of Australian and New Zealand. I am an Honorary Research Fellow, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland.

Experience

  • 2019–2025
    Honorary Research Associate, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland

Education

  • 2019 
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, PhD
  • 2001 
    James Cook University, Townsville, M.Creative Arts
  • 1984 
    University of Queensland, Brisbane, B.Arts

Publications

  • 2025
    INK 4 Centenary Edition 2025, Society of Women Writers NSW Inc
  • 2025
    Alick Sweet: A Number of Things, FireWorks Gallery
  • 2025
    VAULT 51, Art Ink
  • 2025
    the cat came back: Stephen Hart's Sculpture, AndAlsoBooks
  • 2023
    Donna Marcus: Radiate, HOTA
  • 2022
    Speculative Biography: Experiments, Opportunities and Provocations, Routledge
  • 2022
    World of Wonder: Margot McKinney, Museum of Brisbane
  • 2021
    Fiona Foley Provocateur: An Art Life, QUT Art Museum
  • 2020
    women of brisbane: Judy Watson, Museum of Brisbane
  • 2020
    HECATE 46.1&2, 2020, The University of Queensland
  • 2015
    Courting Blakness: Recalibrating Knowledge in the Sandstone University, University of Queensland Press
  • 2015
    Assembly Lines: Alick Sweet, FireWorks Gallery
  • 2012
    Robert Brownhall: Australian Stories, Sarah Brownhall
  • 2012
    Linde Ivimey, UQ Art Museum
  • 2009
    Judy Watson: blood language , The Miengunyah Press, MUP
  • 2008
    The Heart of Everything: the art and artists of Mornington and Bentinck Islands, McCulloch & McCulloch Australian Art Books

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    John Oxley Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    State Library of Queensland
  • 2019
    Graduate Digital Research Fellowship
    Role:
    Fellow
    Funding Source:
    University of Queensland
  • 2014
    Regional Arts Development Fund Grant
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Arts Queensland
  • 2014
    Australia Council for the Arts New Work (Established) Grant
    Role:
    Lead Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australia Council for the Arts
  • 2012
    New Work Grant Established
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Australia Council
  • 2012
    Australia Council for the Arts New Work (Established) Grant
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australia Council for the Arts
  • 2011
    Regional Arts Development Fund Grant
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Arts Queensland
  • 2010
    Australia Council for the Arts New Work (Established) Grant
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australia Council for the Arts

Professional Memberships

  • National Association of Visual Arts
  • Australian Society of Authors
  • Queensland Writers Centre
  • International Association of Art Critics

Contact Louise for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision