Qualifications and Experience
- Member, Metro Tunnel Arts Advisory Panel, ongoing
- Judge with Bruce McLean, Curator of Indigenous Australian Art at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Art Awards, Cairns, July 2018
- Member, CIMAM, International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, 2018-current
- Fellow and Interlocutor, Centre of Visual Arts CoVA, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, 2018-current
- Melbourne Art Fair Talks Curatorial Committee, 2018
- Member, Buxton Contemporary Programming Sub-Committee, Buxton Contemporary, 2018-current
- Member, Academic Champion’s Committee, Ian Potter Museum of Art, 2018-current
- Member, Art Association of Australia & New Zealand, current
- Member, Museums Australia (Victoria), current
- Engagement Fellow, RMIT University, 2018
- Member, Challenge Group: HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast with LACMA, NAC and Carriageworks, 2018
- Chair, Design and Creative Practice Expert Advisory Panel, RMIT, 2018-current
- Mentor, Mentor Walks for Women, 2018-current
- Assessor, Melbourne Art Fair 2018
- Juror, 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson, 2018
- A + A Associates, Art + Australia Advisory Group, 2017-current
- Judge 2018 BalletLab McMahon Contemporary Art Award, 2017
- Guide for International Patron’s Tour to Venice Biennale and documenta, Germany, 2017
- Assessor Sir, John Monash Scholarships, 2017
- Member, Margaret Lawrence Gallery Steering Group, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, 2016-current
- Member International Association of Art Critics, Paris, 2010-current
- Convene Melbourne Art Foundation Award panel, 2015
- Judge Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photo Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, 2015
- Develop mentorship scheme for emerging arts professionals at MPavilion with support from philanthropic organization Helen MacPherson Smith Trust, 2014-5
- Instigate and secure funds for outback camp and new collaborative commission between Tjanpi Desert Weavers & Fiona Hall, Whisper in My Mask: TarraWarra Biennial, 2014; exhibited at Venice Biennale 2015
- Appoint and supervise Assistant Curator of Episodes: Australian Photography Now, 13th Dong Gang International Photo Festival, Korea; secure funds from Creative Victoria, Australia Korea Foundation and VCA; manage stakeholder relations and budget, 2014
- Assessment panel for Hannay Visual Arts Commission, ANZ Trustees, 2014
- Correspondent for Flash Art International, 2005-2013
- Plan, manage and convene Curatorial Lab with international biennial curator Hou Hanru, Asialink, University of Melbourne, 2013
- Instigate workshop on collaboration, Locality and Mobility, in partnership with NGV, Gertrude Contemporary, Asialink and Artsonje Centre, Seoul funded by Arts Victoria and Department of Business and Innovation, in Korea, 2012
- Plan and deliver Utopia@Asialink workshop at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi with Raqs Media Collective, 2011
- Member, Assessment Panel, Programming, Arts Victoria, 2009
- Contributing editor for Photofile magazine, 2008-9
- Correspondent for ARTit, Japan, 2006-9
- Commissioning Curator (with Max Delany), M.M.M. Victoria Italy Cultural Exchange Program including keynote lecture by Massimiliano Gioni (Trussardi Foundation, Milan; New Museum, New York) in conjunction with Melbourne Art Fair and City of Melbourne; instigate international curators’ residency at Gertrude Contemporary, 2006
- Mentor for Emerging Writers’ Program, Gertrude Contemporary and Express Media, 2005
- Member, Cultural Affairs Advisory Board, City of Melbourne, 2004-6
- Visual Arts Reporter, ABC radio, The Sunday Show, 2004-5
- Manage and initiate Curatorial Lab: a program for emerging curators, auspiced by Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne & Metro Arts, Brisbane; a series of workshops for emerging Australian curators, August -September 2001
- Complete Dunlop Asia Leadership Program, 1998
- Self-directed Curator in Residence at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1996
- Professional development at Asialink, Adelaide Festival and Asia-Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, 1994
- Complete Master of Arts, Visual Arts & Museum Studies, Monash University, 1991-1992
- Winsome Callister Award for the Best Fourth Year Art History Student, Monash University, 1990