George Criddle

George Criddle is a Lecturer in Visual Arts at La Trobe University's School of Visual Arts & Design, where they engage in experimental socially engaged projects spanning sculpture, installation, video, and performance. As a queer British-Australian artist-researcher, their practice critically interrogates settler colonialism through interdisciplinary collaboration with Indigenous communities.

Education:

• PhD, Monash University
• Masters of Fine Art, Monash University
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Curtin University

Research centers on Critical Settler Art methodologies, exploring how settler artists can confront inherited colonial privileges through truth-telling practices informed by Catherine Malabou's philosophy and First Nations scholarship. Their work utilizes family narratives as sites of decolonial inquiry and manifests in community-led projects on Yamaji Country, emphasizing embodied practices like ritual and performance to address historical erasure.

Recent publications reveal consistent focus on settler accountability in Australian art history, with interdisciplinary approaches bridging visual arts, performance studies, and critical Indigenous theory. The work demonstrates evolving methodologies from academic research (PhD thesis) to community co-creation (opera projects).

Scientific Awards:

• APHIDS Supermassive Program (2024)
• Art On The Move Development Exhibition Touring Grant for 'Silence Listening' (2024)

No formal PhD/Master's advisees are documented, but Criddle actively mentors emerging artists through programs like Kings Artist Run Gallery's Emerging Writers Program (2023). Grant funding supports community-engaged research including memorial ceremonies and cross-cultural artistic productions.

As an associate member of Artery Cooperative studio complex, Criddle collaborates with Yamaji artists on truth-telling initiatives including the 170-Year Remembrance Ceremony for the Pelican Spring Massacre and 'Murla-na Bula Wula Bulangul', a Naaguja-style opera addressing colonial violence.