curating: exhibition-making
2023-24
Stringcraft: Bilum + Dilly Bag exhibition co-curator with Gina Koczberski. Curtin B418 Exhibition Space, Bentley WA.
Stitch as Code exhibition Co-Curator with Aleksa Bijelovic. Curtin B418 Exhibition Space, Bentley WA. Both exhibitions in development for presentation as part of the official program of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (IOTA24)
2021
Curiosity and the Cloth, Co-curator of Fashion show at Boola Bardup Museum, presented as part of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial IOTA21.
2020-21
Light & Shadow: cultural artefact in a digital world Research exchange exhibition, Project Research Space, Curtin University; Eurasia University exhibition space, Xi’an China; FutureLab Education Exo, Shanghai China.
2020
Zero Waste exhibitions, presented in association with Good Sammy Industries sustainable fashion project collaboration and Curtin Pop-up Shop.
2017
MARS Home Planet project and exhibition. International project presented in partnership with HP. Product Design, Industrial Design, Digital Design and Fashion Design student participation and support from local HP representative. Presentations made by international colleagues. Exhibition presented at Curtin St Georges Terrace. Project and exhibition co-curator Qassim Saad.
China Graduate Fashion Week. Curtin student showcase. Curator/coordinator, Curtin presented as the first non-Chinese University solo showcase
2016
Fashioning Technology, Reine Square, Perth. Telstra Perth Fashion Festival Exhibition co curated with Bradley Quinn (UK)
2014
Fremantle on the edge project: reflections on community, cultural development and pedagogy. Rina Tiware, Marina Lommerse & Dianne Smith (Eds) M2 Models and Methodologies for Community Engagement. Springer / co-authored book chapter with Nancy Spanbroek.
Fashioning Forms exhibition / curation. Central Gallery, Perth.
International Residency, Scenographer Bob Verhelst (Belgium). Masterclass held for local practitioners and exhibitors selected for Fashioning Forms exhibition.
2012
3 ROOMS - OBJECT, DESIGN + THE BODY, Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore. Co-curator with Emily Wills.
Re-a Prefix. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe Japan & Museum of Western Australia – Perth, Western Australia. / co-curator with Moira Doropoulos (Aust) and Keiko Kawashima (Japan)
2010
Dune – curator and coordinator of exhibition showcasing WA Fashion at Shanghai Fashion Week, Shanghai China.
Beyond Garment – curator. Commissioned by Perth Fashion Festival Exhibition hosted by Western Australian Museum-Fremantle.
2011
Fremantle on the Edge [FoTE] – Teaching and Learning Project / co- convenor and co-curator with Nancy Spanbroek (IA), Rochelle Doney (Design) and Lynne Churchill (Arch). [FoTE] was a multi-disciplinary project that invited artists, designers and students to re-think the city’s public, private and commercial places and spaces. FoTE Program included 2009 Curtin International Residency with internationally recognised Netherlands artists Maria Blaisse & Cocky Eek.
2008
House of Tarvydas, John Curtin Gallery, Perth Western Australia. Exhibition Curator and catalogue author.
Looking Out, John Curtin Gallery, Perth Western Australia. Exhibition Curator and catalogue author.
2006/7
[ex]changing Traditions, exhibition Co-curator with Moira Doropoulos & Keiko Kawashima, Kyoto International Contemporary Textile Art Centre, Japan.
2006
Showcasing WA Wool Fashion Design, World Merino Conference. Curator and coordinator. Secured Department of Culture and the Arts WA Designer Fashion Funding.
2004
the space between textile_art_design_fashion, Co-convenor, co-curator of international Conference and Exhibition. Exhibition presented at John Curtin Gallery. Program of exhibitions also presented at key galleries throughout the Perth CBD as part of the event Art Map. Conference attended by ~ 300 local, national and international delegates.Take a minute to write an introduction that is short, sweet, and to the point. If you sell something, use this space to describe it in detail and tell us why we should make a purchase. Tap into your creativity. You’ve got this.