Associate Professor Ionat Zurr, the University of Western Australia
Zurr is an artist and a researcher who formed the Tissue Culture & Art Project in 1996 which led to the establishment of SymbioticA Laboratory the Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2000. She is working at the Fine Arts Discipline, School of Design UWA.
Zurr is considered as one of the pioneers in the field of Biological Art (AKA Bioart). She often works in collaboration with other artists and scientists and have developed a body of work and projects which reach beyond the confines of art; her work is often cited as an inspiration to diverse areas such as new materials, textiles, design, architecture, ethics, fiction, and food.
Zurr exhibited in places such as Pompidou Centre in Paris, MoMA NY, Mori art Museum, GoMA Australia, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Ars Electronica, National Art Museum of China, YCAM Japan and more. She published extensively and her recent co-authored book: Tissues, Cultures, Art was published by Palgrave McMillan in 2023.
