Anita Kocsis

Anita is senior lecturer in Multimedia Design at The National School of Design and coordinates the postgraduate program. Anita received her Bachelor of Education at Melbourne University in 1987 (Art and Design) and via scholarship attended the Budapest Art Academy in Hungary completing a Post Graduate degree (1990). On her return she was accepted as a studio artist at 200 Gertrude St, Melbourne. Her MFA (Fine Art) RMIT (1997) was titled Alternative Space: hybridizing 3D computer worlds and painting. During this time she also completed the Advanced Diploma in Electronic Design and Interactive Multimedia. Anita’s ten year exhibition history is in Installation and Electronic Arts. She has exhibited nationally and in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Holland and the USA.

Qualifications
1994-97 Masters of Fine Art, R.M.I.T. Melb, Australia.
1994-95 Advanced Diploma in Electronic Design and Interactive Media, Melb, Australia
1989-90 Post Graduate Scholarship Fine Art, Hungarian Academy of Art, Budapest
1984-87 Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts), Institute of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Professional Activities/Awards
2003- ? APA Scholarship, PHD, UNSW, I-Cinema.
2003 Australia China Council Residency.
2000 Australia Council Fund for Professional Development
The Digital Arts Center in Ojai California, USA.
ANAT Workshop and Conference Fund
1999 ‘Log In’ residency (ANAT and 200 Gertrude St)
1998 Australia Council development funding for nervous_objects
1997 -Creative Collaboration In Virtual Communities. University of Sydney.
ANAT -Australian Network for Art and Technology- Summerschool, Hobart.
1996 -Australian Universities Language and Literature Association 29th Congress
1991-93 -Studio residency at 200 Gertrude Street .Gertrude Street Artists' Spaces, Melbourne
1994-95 -Studio residency at M.R.C. St Kilda, Melb.

Education Employment:
2002-2003   Senior Lecturer- Post Graduate Coordinator in Multimedia Design
2001 Lecturer in Multimedia Design
Swinburne National Institute of Design Melbourne.
2001-97 Swinburne University of Technology
Coordinator (2001) Lecturer (97-2000)
Electronic Design and Interactive Media

2000-94 Masters Assessor
(Visual Arts/Multimedia Design various Universities in Melb)
RMIT (Fine Art and multimedia sessional)

Publications

2002 Red 01, technoculture sonic occupancy ACCA publication.
2000 Hybrid life forms Netherlands Media Art Institute publication.
Jennifer Sexton. Screengems.com, The Weekend Australian, pp16-18,Sep 9-10
Robert Nelson, Abscence makes the art grow fonder,The Age, February, Agenda, p7
Robert Nelson,http://www.spongeart.com.au/, Review, Invisible Viridian
Ned Rossiter, The ephemeral makes its mark, RealTime, April-May, p40
James Verdon, Invisible Viridian, ACCA Catalogue
1999 -ANAT Newsletter, March, Aug
RealTime, Aug, Working the Screen Issue
1998 -Honor Hager,The Artlink guide to sites on the world wide web, Artlink Vol 17.
-Morrison Anne,Browsing_Moo _Media, Mesh no 11,Altered States.
-Lingua Elettrica,an Internet.au-publication
1997 -John Conomos,Browsing Beauty Catalogue,http://www.nimf.com/beauty/context/conomos1.html
-Australian Universities Language and Literature Association
29th Congress. Documentation of Abstracts.
-Applications of Modern Theatre/Multimedia/Language and Literature Studies.
1996 -RMIT Department of Fine Art Catalogue
-RMIT Post Graduate Association Handbook.
1995 -Robert Nelson Saying it with flowers with wit and colour, The Age ;March
1993 -Marie Sierra-Hughes, From the Ground Up, Agenda (March 1993)
1991 -James Harley and Shiralee Saul, Potlatch, An Installation Publication #3.