Sasha Grbich Explained

Sasha Grbich
Birth Name:Sasha Grbich
Birth Place:South Australia
Nationality:Australian
Field:installation art
Training:Adelaide Central School of Art, Flinders University, University of South Australia
Awards:Samstag Scholarship
Website:Personal website

Sasha Grbich ([1]) is an Australian installation artist, arts writer and arts educator. She is a 2018 Samstag Scholar and lectures at Adelaide Central School of Art.

Biography

Grbich graduated from the Adelaide Central School of Art in 2003 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons), and received a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Screen Studies, Minor in Italian) in 2004 from Flinders University.[2] She received a Master of Arts from the University of South Australia in 2015, where she wrote her thesis on social art making.[3] In 2011, she was a producer for ABC Open.[4] Since 2012, she has lectured at Adelaide Central School of Art.[5]

Artistic style and subject

Grbich is an installation artist who uses sound and film to explore the world around us. Curator Andrew Purvis describes her work as interacting with audiences and local environments to create artistic experiences.[6] She prefers to highlight other people’s voices in her work,[7] as in her work, Small Measures, which was recorded in Auckland and entailed many local people including Auckland’s Oceanian Choir.[8]

Awards/Prizes/Residency

In 2018, she was awarded a Samstag Scholarship.[9] [10]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sit Down With... (A MOD. exhibit). YouTube. 30 May 2020.
  2. Web site: CV . Sasha Grbich . 21 March 2019 . en.
  3. Book: Grbich . Sasha . Performative encounters: making conversations with local worlds . University of South Australia . 21 March 2019 . English . 2015. 951543553 .
  4. Web site: ABC OPEN: Sasha Grbich . open.abc.net.au . 21 March 2019 . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Sasha Grbich . Adelaide Central School of Art . 21 March 2019 . en . 13 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Sasha Grbich . www.unisa.edu.au . University of South Australia . 21 March 2019 . en-AU.
  7. Web site: Dow . Steve . Julian Day and Sasha Grbich awarded 2018 Samstag scholarships . Art Guide Australia . 21 March 2019 . 5 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Grbich . Sasha . SmallMeasures (Auckland), 2017 . Vimeo . en.
  9. Web site: Sasha Grbich . www.unisa.edu.au . University of South Australia . 21 March 2019 . en-AU.
  10. Web site: Dow . Steve . Julian Day and Sasha Grbich awarded 2018 Samstag scholarships . Art Guide Australia . 21 March 2019 . 5 October 2017.