Dr. Bonita Ely has a cross-disciplinary art practice that, although addressing universal values, pioneered Australian environmental and socio-political art. From 1972 to 1975, she explored urban pollution in England and New York, returning to Australia to address the effects of environmental destruction beginning to emerge across the continent. The Murray River Project (1978–2014) includes Murray River Punch (1980, reprised 2008, 2014) where the Murray River’s pollutants are the recipe’s ingredients. Public artworks include sculptures in Hue, Vietnam (1998, 2002, 2006), which inspired Ely’s PhD that examined the influences of Taoism on contemporary art. Recent artworks address the inter-generational affects of PTSD as an outcome of war. Ely is an Associate Professor in the Sculpture, Performance, and Installation Studio, University of New South Wales (UNSW), and a founding member of the Environmental Research Institute of Art, UNSW. Ely lives and works in Sydney.