Rose-Anne Gush

Rose-Anne Gush is an Assistant Professor at the IZK Institute for Contemporary Art, TU Graz. She is an art historian, theorist, and educator with a focus on political aesthetics, transnational surrealism, and critical engagements with capitalism and gender.

• Academic Affiliations: TU Graz (IZK), University of Leeds, University College London, University of Applied Arts Vienna
• Key Research Areas: Political Aesthetics, Global Art, Extractive Capitalism, Feminist Theory, Trauma and Memory

Her research explores how art navigates the spatial and temporal dimensions of capitalist modernity, with projects like The Work of Art in the Age of the Planetary Mine (2025) and collaborations with Philipp Sattler on lithium extraction. Her articles in FKW, Third Text, and Performance Research interrogate intersections of body, violence, and historical memory.

Scientific awards include the Juliane and Franz Roh Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2020) and a DFK Paris Research Grant (2021). Her teaching spans universities in Europe and the UK, including Slade School of Fine Art and University of Leeds.