About Nik Orr

MICRO-BIO

  • Monuments, colonialism and iconoclasm from a transnational perspective is my thing. Home is at my house, whether in Australia or Spain.

EXPERIENCE

  • National Art School (Sydney)
    • Editorial Consultant
    • National Art School Gallery
    • May 2018 to July 2018
  • Maitland City Council
    • Freelance Curatorial Assistant
    • Maitland Regional Art Gallery
    • February 2018 to November 2018
  • University of Newcastle
    • Sessional Academic
    • School of Creative Industries
    • February 2018 to Present
  • University of Newcastle
    • PhD Candidate
    • School of Creative Industries
    • January 2018 to Present
  • Newcastle Historic Reserve Trust
    • Visitor Experience and Venue Hire Officer
    • The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space
    • June 2017 to June 2019
  • Grupo Edelvives
    • Editorial Project Manager
    • Bilingual Learning
    • July 2013 to March 2017
  • Grupo Edelvives
    • Editor
    • Bilingual Learning
    • December 2007 to July 2013

EDUCATION

  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    • Master of Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture
    • September 2011 to October 2013

    Masters dissertation: The Construction of the Australian Identity in the Spanish Imaginary

  • Universidad Europea de Madrid
    • Master of Exhibition Design and Management
    • October 2007 to June 2009

  • University of Sydney
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons Class I)
    • March 2001 to November 2005

    Major in Sculpture, Performance and Installation

DISCIPLINES

  • History, General

  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory And Analysis

  • Art History, Criticism And Conservation

Interests

  • Colonialism

  • Monuments

  • Iconoclasm

Languages

  • Spanish

  • English

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