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AINSLIE GATT
Ainslie Gatt is a senior curator and art
consultant, with over 20-years
experience, working in the visual arts
industry since 1994 as a curator,
gallery director, independent
consultant, art appraiser and advisor.
Ainslie specialises in collection
management, artwork appraisals,
commissions, exhibition curation,
project management, and the sale and
placement of Australian 19th, 20th and
21st-century artworks.
Additionally, she is in her final months
as a Masters Candidate in Curatorial
Studies in Fine Art by Research at the
School of Design UWA. Ainslie's
Master's dissertation explores the art
and life of Christopher Pease, focusing
on his paintings connected to Western
Australia's South West and his
Nyoongar heritage. Whilst there are
existing areas of scholarly research
documenting Nyoongar Aboriginal art,
the art of Christopher Pease in
academic research remains relatively
unexplored.
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Written in the form of a monograph,
Ainslie's Master’s dissertation
explores the art and life of Christopher
Pease, focusing on Pease's paintings
connected to Western Australia’s
south coast and his Nyoongar
heritage. Her dissertation informs the
reader on the politics of Aboriginal
identity within an Australian
exploration and postcolonial context
and Pease’s identity connected to his
Australian upbringing, as well as
providing an analysis of his art linked
to Western modes of painting.
Furthermore, this monograph informs
the reader and extends existing
scholarly research on Nyoongar
Nation art and cultural practices.
Finally, her research provides a
meaningful contribution towards the
curatorial discourse on an
accomplished Western Australian
artist.