Fine Art

Our research

Our research expertise and dedication reflects the diverse approaches found in contemporary visual culture and the built environment.

The Second Studio: Drawing on Contemporary Art in the Gallery

The Second Studio research project explores drawing as a method for learning in the gallery, positioning the gallery as an alternative studio space for observation, experimentation, and embodied inquiry.
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Asian Art Publics

Understanding new art and museum participation in Asia.
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The Body is a Big Place

Bio-art explores organ transplantation and the gift of life.

Meet us

Our academics

Led by Associate Professor Spiros Panigirakis, our academics are acclaimed international artists, historians and cultural commentators.

Our alumni

Our alumni respond to the significant challenges confronting culture and society now and into the future.

Associate Professor Spiros Panigirakis

"Fine Art provokes thought, inspires action, and responds to the important challenges of our time."

Erin Hallyburton

My sculptural practice seeks to produce new conceptions of the body and space in contemporary art through the application of a fat critical lens.

What's new

From peer recognition to exhibitions and overseas workshops, our people are having an impact.

Discover Fine Art, Art History & Curating

Information session

Experience Days: Fine art folio-building at Monash

Workshop

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

Exhibition

Mapping Country: Dr Jahkarli Romanis wins 2026 Mollie Holman Award

For Pitta Pitta woman Dr Jahkarli Romanis, the Australian landscape is far more than a set of digital coordinates. It is a repository of memory, a site of colonial tension and a profound connection to her Ancestors. As a recipient of the 2026 Mollie Holman Award, Dr Romanis is thrilled and honoured to be recognised for her work that challenges viewers to consider Australian history and land through the lens of Indigenous Knowledges.
20 May, 2026

Lauren Brincat announced as 2026 Prato Campus Artist in Residence

Monash University’s Prato Campus will welcome acclaimed Australian artist Lauren Brincat as the 2026 Prato Artist in Residence, where she will spend more than three months developing a new body of work titled Textile Acts: Resistance, Ritual, and Radical Forms in Prato.
16 March, 2026

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