Dexter Rosengrave is a curator, producer and artist currently based in Boorloo/Perth.
In late 2014, Dexter joined the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) team in nipaluna/Hobart as an invigilator, laying 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 of the monumental art program commemorating the 10th anniversary of Dark Mofo in 2023.
As a curator and producer, Dexter is drawn to flamboyant and subversive works that transcend boundaries and disrupt perspectives. They have a particular interest in large-scale, site-specific projects and immersive performances.
In their own art practice, Dexter often explores themes of the unconscious, absence and presence, 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 After-Image. Dexter has exhibited their work both nationally and internationally.
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.
Dexter is currently pursuing full-time postgraduate studies in Creative Arts Therapies at Murdoch University.