Professor Marie Sierra

Director of CoVA
Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne


Professor Marie Sierra is the Director of CoVA alongside being the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. She was formerly the Deputy Dean at UNSW Sydney, Faculty of Art and Design. Her practice as an artist and as an arts writer draws on her research on nature as a social construct. Examining issues around the consumption of both goods and natural resources, she has held numerous solo and group exhibitions within Australia and overseas. She has won awards for her artwork, and has had five Australia Council Grants, three Australian Research Council Grants, and an Australian Office of Learning and Teaching grant. She currently serves on the Melbourne Theatre Company Board and the Australian National Academy of Music Board.

See all staff profiles