EDUCATION
| 2001 – 2006 | PhD, University of Sydney, Sydney (awarded 2007) |
| 2007 – 2008 | Master of Animation, University of Technology, Sydney |
| 1995 – 1998 | Master of Arts (Hons), University of Western Sydney, Sydney |
| 1989 – 1993 | Diploma in Painting, Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy |
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
| 2015 |
Buljan, K. and Carole M. Cusack. Anime, Religion and Spirituality: Profane and Sacred Worlds in Contemporary Japan. UK: Equinox. |
BOOK CHAPTER
| 2016 |
Buljan, K. 'Spirituality-Struck: Anime and Religio-Spiritual Devotional Practices' in Carole M. Cusack and Pavol Kosnac (eds), Fiction, invention and Hyper-reality: From Popular Culture to Religion. INFORM Volume. UK: Ashgate. (forthcoming). |
ACADEMIC ARTICLE
| 2010 |
Buljan, K. ‘Animated Film: Genres and Audiences – Western and Japanese Animated Films’, Lumina: Australian Journal of Screen Arts and Business, AFTRS, issue 4, pp. 193-208. |
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
| 2009 | Buljan, K. 2009, ‘The Uncanny and the Robot in the Astro Boy episode Franken’, Animation Studies: Peer-reviewed Online Journal for Animation History and Theory [Animated Dialogues Journal Issue], Society for Animation Studies http://journal.animationstudies.org/katharine-buljan-the-uncanny-and-the-robot-in-the-astro-boy-episode-franken/ |
| 2008 | Buljan, K. 2008, ‘Marion Borgelt’, Design and Art Australia Online, June |
| 2008 | Buljan, K. and Hartney, C. 2008, ‘Ken Unsworth’, Design and Art Australia Online, May |
ANIMATION RELATED REVIEWS
| 2010 | Buljan, K. 2010, ‘SIAF 2010 (Sydney), Conference Report’, Society for Animation Studies Newsletter, Vol. 23, Issue 2, Fall, pp. 11-15. |
| 2009 | Buljan, K, 2009, ‘Sydney Animation News 2008’ consisting of ‘AIAF 2008 at the University of Technology, Sydney’ and ‘Sydney’s Young and Promising Talent, Graduate Design Show 2008, The University of Technology, Sydney’ and ‘Animania Festival 2008’, Society for Animation Studies Newsletter, Vol. 22, Issue 1, Spring, pp. 13-20. |
| 2008 | Buljan, K. 2008, ‘Sydney Animation Events 2007-2008’ consisting of ‘First Wave: Celebrating the Outstanding Achievements of the Master of Animation First Generation of Graduates’ and ‘Animania (Sydney)’, Society for Animation Studies Newsletter, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Spring, pp. 16-17. |
ART RESIDENCIES
| 2015 – 2016 | A. R. P. Artist Residency Program, Oxford Street, Sydney (part of 'Making Space for Creativity' by City of Sydney) |
| 2015 | Artist Residency, University of Tasmania, Inveresk, Launceston, TAS |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2015 |
Launceston's Playful Spirits, University of Tasmania, Inveresk, Launceston |
| 2001 | Dynamics of Phenomenology of Self, T. A. P. Gallery, Sydney |
| 1998 | Is There Life Before Death, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2016 | Directors Cut at the 64th Blake Prize for Religious Art, the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula (online exhibition) |
| 2015 | Mosman Art Prize 2015, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman |
| 2015 | Albany Art Prize 2015, Albany, Western Australia |
| 2015 | Introducing, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 2013 | The 62nd Blake Prize for Religious Art, Galleries of University of New South Wales, COFA, Art, Media and Design, UNSW, Sydney |
| 2012 | Luci di Natale 3 - 6a Rassegna Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea, Arte Del Terzo Millenio, Cascina Farsetti, Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, Italy |
| 2011 | Metropolis, 2-person exhibition, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | Ephemeral Moments, 2-person exhibition, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Relations, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1997 | The Fourth International Female Artist’s Art Annual, Art Addiction International Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1996 | UWS Campus Prize Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, NSW |
| 1996 | Springboard - Art Carnival Event, (Opened by Hon. Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) AMES, Parramatta, NSW |
| 1995 | XV Review of Contemporary Art 1995, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | II International Festival of Contemporary Painting, Centro d’Arte e Cultura ‘La Tavolozza’ Sanremo, Italy |
| 1994 | Art and Words, Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 1994 | Biennale Romana’94, Galleria Spazio Visivo, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | 1st Bienniale d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea, Istituto Tecnico Ragioneri n. 3, Sassari, Italy |
| 1994 | Arte Spoleto - Festival’94, Review of Contemporary International Art, Galleria Forum Interart in Via Salaria Vecchia, Spoleto, Italy |
| 1994 | La Telaccia d’Oro 1994, 19th Competition, Galleria ‘La Telaccia’, Turin, Italy |
| 1994 | Primavera 1994, Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy |
| 1994 | Premio Italia 1994 Arte, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | Picasso e Le Donne, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | Primavera 1994, Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy |
| 1993 | Natale Forum, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1993 | Artisti Contemporanei, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1993 | Omaggio a Miro, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2015 | Sparaci, Silvio (ed.). Annuario D'Arte Moderna 2015- Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, Italy: ACCA. |
| 2014 | ___________. Annuario D'Arte Moderna 2014 - Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, ITaly: ACCA. |
| 2013 | ___________. Annuario D’Arte Moderna 2013-Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, Italy: ACCA. |
| 2012 | ___________. Annuario D’Arte Moderna 2012-Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, Italy: ACCA. |
| 2005 | ___________. Annuario D’Arte Moderna 2005-Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, Italy: ACCA. |
| 2002 – 2003 | Politi, Giancarlo (ed.). Art Diary International 2002 – 2003, Milan, Italy: p. 18 |
| 1999 | ‘Student Donation’ in adLibrary, issue 02, November, p.1, The University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Australia |
| 1997 | ‘We Are Different-The Fourth International Female Artist’s Art Annual’, (exh. cat.), Art Addiction, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 16. |
| 1996 | ‘Springboard - A Carnival Art Event’, (exh., cat.), AMES, Parramatta, Australia, p. 6. |
| 1995 – 1996 | Binci, Marco (ed.) 1995/96, Art and Words- Selection ’95/96, Osimo, Italy: p. 41. |
| 1995 | Politi, Giancarlo (ed.) 1995, Art Diary Italia 1995, Milan, Italy: p. 215. |
| 1995 | Sparaci, Silvio (ed.) 1995, Annuario D’Arte Moderna Italiana ’95, Rome, Italy: ACCA, pp. 154-155. |
| 1994 | ‘Inaugurata La Rassegna Di Pittura e Fotografia’, in Corriere Dell’Umbria, No. 168, June, p. 22, Perugia, Italy |
| 1994 | Liali, Daniela 1994, in Silvio Sparaci (ed.), Annuario D’Arte Moderna Italiana ‘94-Artisti Contemporanei, Rome, Italy: ACCA, p. 110. |
| 1994 | ‘Mostra Primavera ‘94: Omaggio All’Arte e Alla Cultura’, in Galleria Veneta: Rivista D’Arte e Cultura, No. 6, June, p. 3, Florence, Italy |
| 1993 | Conti, Mario 1993, ‘Omaggio A Miro’’, in Image Inside: Periodico dell’Informazione Europea d’arte/cultura/scienza/economia, No. 1/7, January - July, p. 3, Rome Italy |
| 1993 | Marsella, L. T. 1993, ‘Coppa Image e Targa Colosseum: due prestigiose manifestazioni di successo’, in Image Inside: Periodico dell’Informazione Europea d’arte/cultura/scienza/economia, No. 1/7, January-July, p. 2, Rome, Italy |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Ward Library, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Sydney, Australia
Domus Croata Beato Ivan Merz, Rome, Italy
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Works are held in private collections in Australia, Italy, Finland and Switzerland.
SELECTED AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
| 2016 | Selected for 'Directors Cut' at the 64th Blake Prize for Religious Art, the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula |
| 2015 | Finalist at the Mosman Art Prize 2015, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, Sydney |
| 2015 | Finalist at the Albany Art Prize 2015, Albany, Western Australia |
| 2013 | Finalist at the 62nd Blake Prize for Religious Art, Galleries UNSW, COFA, Art Media Design, UNSW, Paddington, Sydney |
| 1997 | Diploma of Excellence, The Fourth International Female Artists, Art Annual Art Addiction International Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1995 | Awarded a European Parchment: “To have contributed with esteemed masterpiece to the spreading and exaltation of art values and European Culture”, XV Review of Contemporary Art, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | First Place in the foreign artists section, II International Festival of Contemporary Painting, Centro d’Art e Cultura ‘La Tavolozza’, Sanremo, Italy |
| 1994 | Diploma, recognised as “Distinct” artist in the section of painting, Premio Art and Words, Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 1994 | Prize and Attestation of Merit, Biennale Romana’94, Galleria Spazio Visivo, Rome, Italy |
| 1994 | Diploma of Honour, 1st Bienniale d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea, Istituto Tecnico Ragioneri No. 3, Sassari, Italy |
| 1994 | A Cup Prize of Italy ’94 and Certificate of Recognition, Premio D’Italia ’94, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1993 | Plaque ‘Colosseum’, Artisti Contemporanei ’93, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
| 1993 | Plaque ‘Ommagio a Miro’, Omaggio a Miro — celebrating one hundred years since the birth of the Spanish artist Juan Miro, Galleria Forum Interart, Rome, Italy |
ACADEMIC WORK
| 2013 | Sessional Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney |
| 2011 |
Sessional Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney Guest Lecturer, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney |
| 2008 – 2010 | Sessional Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney |
| 2010 | Guest Lecturer, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney |
| 2007 | Guest Lecturer, University of Sydney |
| 2004 | Guest Lecturer, University of Sydney |
ANIMATION PANELS
| 2008 | Invited Speaker, Animania Insight Panels:‘Magic, Spirits, and a Touch of ‘Sakura Wind’: Fantasy, Myth and Spirituality in Anime and Manga’ and ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Animania: Humour and Comedy in Anime and Manga’, Animania, Australian Technology Park, Sydney |
| 2007 | Invited Speaker, Animania Insight Panel: ‘Cross-Cultural Communication and Education Through Anime and Manga’, Animania, Town Hall, Sydney |
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
| 2013 | Buljan, K.‘On Sacredness in Sacred Seven Anime’, Addressing the Sacred Through Literature and the Arts Conference, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, August (forthcoming) |
| 2010 | Buljan, K. ‘On Japanese Animation’, Sydney International Animation Festival Symposium, Design, Architecture and Building Faculty, University of Technology, Sydney, September |
| 2007 | Buljan, K. ‘Sadness in Her Eyes: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya’, Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference: Melancholy, Nostalgia and Religious Imagination, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, September |
| 2007 | Buljan, K. ‘The Uncanny and the Robot in the Astro Boy episode “Franken”’, Animated Dialogues 2007 Conference, Monash University, June |
| 2004 | Buljan, K. ‘From an Aesthetic Pattern to the Spiritual Experience’, Postgraduate Research Seminar, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, October |
| 2004 | Buljan, K. ‘Ex Nihilo and the Story of Magna Mater, International Conference Seeking the Centre, Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, February |
| 1998 | Buljan, K. ‘Is There Life Before Death?’, Postgraduate Seminar, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, April |