I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional custodians of the unceded lands, waters and skies where my studio is situated, and pay respects to their elders past and present and emerging and the stolen generations.
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An interdisciplinary creative, working across fine art, visual communications, and fashion design. Dr Kuzmycz is a practice based reasearcher and lecturer at Torrens University who explores how an open design framework could reshape wearing behaviours and reduce the underutilisation of fashion products.
Her fine art practice explores contemporary concepts of female identity, its multiplicity and self-authorship. These ideas stem from research into female archetypes from historical storytelling, film, pop culture, social psychological theories and the visual arts. Underlying narratives in her work, give the sense that the main content is in the next work or even somewhere outside the frame altogether. Leaving the viewer to imagine and piece together their own story.
Research
DOCTORAL THESIS
Kuzmycz, Alicja (2025). Open Dress-ing: Design Explorations Through Making and Wearing. RMIT University. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.30938435
CONFERENCE PAPER
Kuzmycz, A., & McCorkill, G. (2025). Idle and Active Dresses: Design Briefings from the Wardrobe. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10427
Education
current - Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing, University of Melbourne
2025 - PhD in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University
2021 - Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) First Class, RMIT University
2017 - Bachelor of Branded Fashion Design with High Distinction, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University
2010 - Master of Fine Art with Distinction, RMIT University
2003 - Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art - Painting with Distinction RMIT University
1990 - Visual Communications RMIT University (incomplete)