Staff Profiles

Education

BA (Hons) , University of Sydney, Australia , 1972 .
DipEd , Sydney College of Advanced Education, Sydney, Australia , 1983 .

Areas of Expertise

Australian Art from c1900 to the Present Day, Material Culture, Museum Practice and Critical Debate, Biography,On-line narratives.

Teaching Areas

Australian Art, Art Administration, Writing, On-Line Teaching and Writing.

Research Supervision

Degree:	Project:	Status:
MArtAdminHons	Terra Alterius: Land of Another	Completed
MArtAdminHons	The impact of the counterculture on Australian cinema in the mid to late 20th century	Completed
PhdFineArts	YMTL(You’re the missing link) or Artworks seeking audiences	Current

Current Research Activity

Joanna Mendelssohn is currently working on threeprojects.

1. Dictionary of Australian Artists On Line (DAAO) in partnership with UNSW Library, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Sydney, Monash University, University of Adelaide,  Art Gallery of New South Wales, State Library of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery.

The DAAO is a national collaborative project, creating a 'great machine', a  tool for the generation and delivery of high quality research on Australian artists. Building on Joan Kerr’s unique editorial vision and Vivien Johnson's scholarship in the field of Indigenous art the DAAO offers researchers a resource unmatched in scope and contemporaneity. Linked to multimedia databases and information management resources of its major participating institutions the multimodal specification of the DAAO is efficiently adapted to representation of content in the field. Designed as an open access readily navigated on-line service the DAAO will provide Australian and international browsers with a rich portrayal of Australia’s visual heritage. The DAAO is also a way to both publish and to create a discourse on aspects of the lives and circumstance of Australian artists.

2. Richard and Pat Larter, mail art cultures, family and circumstance

3. Art and the 'Age of Terror': George Gittoes, Leon Golub and Max Beckmann

Publications

Books

Mendelssohn, J. , 2007 , Which School? Beyond public vs private , Melbourne , Pluto .

Mendelssohn, J. , 1996 , Letters & Liars: Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay Family , Sydney , Sydney , Angus & Robertson .

Mendelssohn, J. , 1988 , Lionel Lindsay: An artist and his family , London , Chatto & Windus .

Mendelssohn, J. , 1988 , The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay: The Etchings , Sydney , Copperfield .

Mendelssohn, J. , 1982 , The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay volume I Woodcuts , Sydney , Copperfield .

Mendelssohn, J. , 1979 , The life and work of Sydney Long , Sydney , McGraw-Hill .

Exhibitions Curated

2005, Pamela Griffith: an artist's journey through the landscape. Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea.

2006, Larter Family Values. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool.

Authored Catalogues

Mendelssohn, J. (2006). John Martin: The Rhythm of the Shadows. Maitland.

Mendelssohn, J. (2006). Larter Family Values. Liverpool.

Mendelssohn, J. (1990). The Yellow House. Sydney.

Grants

ARC LIEF grant, awarded in partnership with UNSW Library, University of Sydney, Charles Darwin University, Art Gallery of New South Wales, State Library of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, Dictionary of Australian Artists On-Line. (2005),

ARC LIEF grant, awarded in partnership with UNSW Library, University of Sydney, Monash University, University of Adelaide, Art Gallery of New South Wales, State Library of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Dictionary of Australian Artists On-Line. (2007),

Professional Associations

Dictionary of Australian Artists Online

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Board Member

Artlink
Contributing Editor

Tema Celeste
Australian Correspondent

New Matilda
Regular correspondent