Virginia Dowzer
Creative, Curator, Project Manager
Virginia Dowzer is a leader in Victoria’s creative industries whose expertise covers major projects and campaigns with the State Government of Victoria; City of Melbourne; Melbourne Fashion Week; Melbourne Fashion Festival; the NGV; Business of Design Week Hong Kong; Melbourne Design Week and the award-winning MPavilion. She has a passion for grass-roots creativity, emerging artists and designers and is a champion of ‘bricks and mortar’ retail, art and design experiences.
Her cultural intelligence was honed during her time working in the Textile and Dress Department at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Virginia is a collaborator and connector between government, corporate and creative industries and who brings ideas to life that offer social, economic, and creative value. She has been a guest judge on numerous creative and design award panels nationally and has held the position of creative consultant on local, national, and international projects. Virginia works and lives between Melbourne and Hobart in Australia.
Words from colleagues —
Christian Wagstaff
Creative Director
Virginia has the sharpest eye I know. She has the ability to cast her mind across the wider picture of any project whilst seeing the importance in the detail and the subtleties. Her work is loaded with emotion and realness. She brings to the surface the beauty in everything.
Andi Ross
Creative Director
Virginia is the ultimate professional – undoubtedly one of Australia’s best creatives. She answers the brief, and then goes beyond what is expected, to bring a depth and new level you never knew you needed. I am constantly delighted and surprised by her work.
Julie Wright
Course Leader
Faculty of Design, Arts & Science
In addition to being a gifted visual communicator, Virginia is an authoritative and engaging public speaker. Her keynote presentation, delivered to a packed auditorium that included Board Members, CEO, staff and students, was powerful, passionate and right on point with its message.
Ever the professional, Virginia had prepared meticulously, and her positivity left us feeling inspired and energised.
A true educated fashionista without the pain of being a diva. An absolute accurate eye for detail. Every production with her has been seamless. Virginia is hands-on and her passion exudes in every production. When I work with Virginia I know that she will come at the creative in a very different way to anybody else in the industry, including myself. There is always a method to the way in which she works with depth and reason, and I have learnt to trust this implicitly. Dedicated style queen that makes fantasy real …. a visionary with imagination … the explorer of style.Mary Darzi
ProducerBronwyn Kidd
PhotographerSamra Hussein
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