Brigita Ozolins
{{Short description|Australian artist}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Brigita Ozolins
| nationality = Australian
| alma_mater = Monash University
University of Tasmania
| known_for = Installation Art
| website = {{URL|www.brigitaozolins.com.au}}
}}
Brigita Ozolins is an Australian installation artist and senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania. She won the Qantas Contemporary Art Award in 2008 and her work has been commissioned for the Museum of Old and New Art and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Art career
In 1994, Ozolins suffered a head injury which motivated her to enroll at the University of Tasmania art school.{{Cite news |last=Rish |first=Gabrielle |title=TasWeekend: Drawn to depth |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/tasweekend-drawn-to-depth/news-story/981ae4ac1676d617a45e7ef09768a97d |work=Mercury}} She graduated in 1999 and won the University of Tasmania's University Medal.{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2023-12-20 |title=University Medal |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/university-medal |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}
In 2008, Ozolins won the {{USD|30000}} Qantas Contemporary Art Award which she used to travel, retracing her mother's journey from Latvia.{{Cite news |date=2008-06-18 |title=Art award for UTAS lecturer |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-06-18/art-award-for-utas-lecturer/2475974 |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
= Notable art installations =
Ozolins was commissioned to make the installation Kryptos by David Walsh for the Museum of Old and New Art in 2005.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-05 |title=Kryptos |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/artworks/kryptos/2994700 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=ABC Radio National |language=en-AU}} The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery featured Ozolins’ 2011 installation The Reading Room which explored 'how the written and spoken word affects our understanding of the world, others and ourselves'.{{Cite web |last=Services |first=IT Web |title=Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery {{!}} Explore the mystery of books in The Reading Room |url=https://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/newsselect/2011articles/explore_the_mystery_of_books_in_the_reading_room |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-10-08 |title=Come in from the cold to the Reading Room |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/artworks/come-in-from-the-cold-to-the-reading-room/3587128 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=ABC Radio National |language=en-AU}}
Personal life
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Category:Australian installation artists