Dexter Rosengrave is a curator, producer, and artist based in nipaluna/Hobart. In late 2014, Dexter joined the Museum of Old and New Art team as an invigilator and gained a unique perspective from this firsthand experience. This laid the foundation for their subsequent roles within the organisation.
From 2014, Dexter held various positions within MONA and its festivals, gaining extensive experience in curatorial and production processes. Some notable highlights include working as an Artist Assistant for Mike Parr in 2019, serving as a Producer for the late-night event Faux Mo as part of MONA FOMA in 2022, and most recently collaborating with Leigh Carmichael as a Curator and Senior Producer for the monumental art program commemorating the 10th anniversary of Dark Mofo.
As a curator and producer, Dexter is drawn to multi-layered works that transcend boundaries and challenge perspectives– they're particularly interested in large-scale and site-specific projects, immersive performance, and First Nations contemporary practice.
In their own art practice, Dexter often explores themes of materiality, loss, and desire through performance, video and sound. Dexter has maintained a strong focus on creative development since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (1st Class) from the University of Tasmania in 2018. They were the 2018 recipient of a funded Rosamond McCulloch Studio Residency in Paris, the same year Dexter was also awarded an ANZ & Sydney Mardi Gras Community Grant to develop their project, Body as an Archive: Tracking the Transgender Experience in Tasmania. In 2019, Dexter won the major prize in the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award for their video work, The Afterimage. Dexter has exhibited their work across Australia; highlights include Sydney Contemporary, the Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery and Michael Bugelli Gallery.
Throughout their career, Dexter has had the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse range of artists, including Marina Abramović, Florentina Holzinger, Tianzhou Chen, Mike Parr, Cassils, Caleb Nichols-Mansell, United Visual Artists, Bill Viola, Jason Phu, EJ Son, Curtis Taylor, Nathan Coley, Marianna Simnett, Nathan Maynard, Soda Jerk and many more.