ARTLESS BASTARDS
EPISODE 5.

IAIN DAWSON

Iain Dawson is an arts professional with over 17 years’ experience working across a broad range of roles within the Australian visual arts sector. Iain spent his formative years on the far south coast of NSW, where his family still resides.

Iain is currently Director of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery in south eastern NSW.

Previous to this Iain held managerial positions in several prominent commercial art galleries in Sydney. Additionally as Director of Art Fairs for Art Fairs Australia, he oversaw major contemporary art events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane which attracted over 60,000 visitors collectively. Iain has extensive experience working with Australian visual artists and launched the careers of over 25 emerging artists through his eponymous Paddington based gallery in Sydney, Australia.

His qualifications include a Masters of Museum Studies from the University of Sydney and he holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photomedia) from the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University.

LEE GRANT

Lee is a photographic artist based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a BA (Anthropology) and a Master of Philosophy (Visual Arts) from the Australian National University. She works on commissions and longform independent and collaborative projects dealing with themes of community, identity and belonging and how landscape (both natural and inhabited) relates to these concepts.

Working across mediums, Lee’s practice combines photography, video, sound and text in projects that are often underpinned with institutional and found archives. Her practice has a strong focus on bookmaking as an outcome, as both published and limited-edition artist books.

Lee produced her first book Belco Pride in 2012, followed by The Five Happinesses in 2015. She was the recipient of the Bowness Photography Prize in 2010 and won the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2018.

Her photographs are included in the collections of the Australian War Memorial, Parliament House Canberra, the National Library of Australia, Monash Gallery of Art, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery as well as numerous private collections.

Lee continues to work on commissioned and personal projects in Australia and Asia, with a special interest in North and South Korea and Japan. More recently, she has continued her love of storytelling with contributions to several short documentary film projects including the local Far South Film production, The Oudmaker of Narooma. www.leegrant.net