Leoni Schmidt
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AwardsInternational Arts in Society Award for Excellence in the Field of the Arts, 2008; Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching, 2011
ThesisKoordinate in die visuele vorm en betekenis van die skilderkuns in die moderne tyd (Coordinates in the visual form and meaning of painting in the modern era). (1982)
Leoni Schmidt | |
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| Awards | International Arts in Society Award for Excellence in the Field of the Arts, 2008; Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching, 2011 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of South Africa University of the Witwatersrand |
| Alma mater | University of Johannesburg |
| Thesis | Koordinate in die visuele vorm en betekenis van die skilderkuns in die moderne tyd (Coordinates in the visual form and meaning of painting in the modern era). (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Professor Peter Engel |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art history and theory |
| Institutions | Otago Polytechnic |
| Doctoral students | Caroline McCaw |
Leoni Schmidt is a South African-born New Zealand art historian and full professor in and previous Head of the Dunedin School of Art and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Otago Polytechnic and Deputy Chief Executive (Academic) at Otago Polytechnic Auckland International Campus in New Zealand.
Leoni has supervised and assessed many postgraduate students up to the Master's level in the Dunedin School of Art and other universities and polytechnics, and doctoral candidates at other institutions. She also mentors candidates in Otago Polytechnic's Doctorate of Professional Practice programme.[1]
