Experience

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  Australian centre for contemporary art

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Assistant to the artistic director/project manager

  Project Manager – Exhibitions: 2005, Melbourne International Arts Festival Visual Arts Program, "Sharper than a Serpents Tooth”/Republic Tower project for artist Van Sowerine and the Visible Art Foundation; 2004-2005, “A Molecular History of Everything”. The key exhibition in the ACCA curated program for the summer holiday period featuring 21 international and Australian artists. Successful applications for to Pro Helvetia (Switzerland), Mondriaan Foundation (Netherlands), Alliance Française and the French Embassy and the British Council to tour Marc Bauer, Danielle van Vree, Richard Fauguet and Claire Harvey respectively). Editor – ACCA Magazine, June 04 – February 05, editor of ACCA’s online magazine, responsible for the publication of 4 issues. Manager – Curatorial Clinic: Manager and panel member of ACCA’s professional development program for emerging artists, the Curatorial Clinic. Supervising and running 4 clinics, April 04 (ACCA, Melbourne), August 04 (ACCA, Melbourne), March 05 (Institute of Modern Art, IMA, Brisbane), May 05 (Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, Sydney). Show less

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  Victorian college of the arts

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Gallery manager/curator

  The Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of MelbourneCurator of the VCA Collection, Curator of the VCA Margaret Lawrence Australian Ceramics Collection, Curated Exhibitions: 2009, “Once More with Feeling”, Featuring: Timothy Kendall Edser - The Telepathy Project, Veronica Kent and Sean Peoples - Bridie Lunney - Sarah Lynch - Gabriella Managano and Silvana Mangano - Alex Martinis Roe - David Simpkin. Once More with Feeling brought together a diverse group of nine Melbourne based performance and video art practitioners ; 2007, “Zonal Marx”, Co-curated by Meredith Turnbull and Jess Johnson. Featuring Richard Grigg, Christopher L G Hill, Jess Johnson, Richard Lewer, Andrew McLeod, Séraphine Pick, Stuart Ringholt, Vin Ryan, Ken Shimizu, Jensen Tjhung. A curatorial collaboration between Jess Johnson and Meredith Turnbull, Zonal Marx was an investigative group exhibition into contemporary manifestations of drawing practice. Show less

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  Monash university

  Feb 2010 - Jan 2021

  Bachelor of Fine Art First Year Coordinator, Chief Examiner Photography, Chief Examiner Drawing. Associate Supervisor. 2016–2019 Lecturer, SCU1022, Sculptural Construction: Woodworking and Metalworking2017–2018 Lecturer, Bachelor of Visual Arts First Year, Drawing Foundation2017 Lecturer/Tutor, Space, Place and Society, Art History and Theory2016–2017 Lecturer, Visual Practices: Bachelor of Visual Art2010–2012 Tutor, Critical Practices, Art History and Theory

  • Lecturer

    Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Teaching Associate

    Feb 2010 - Jun 2019
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  Rmit university

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2017

  Teaching associate

  2017/2015/2013 Lecturer and Coordinator, Makers and Materials, Art History and Theory, School of Art, Design and Social Context, RMIT University2012 Tutor, The Social Role of the Artist, Art History and Theory, School of Art, Design and Social Context, RMIT University

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  Un magazine

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Editor

  Editor un Magazine Issue 10.1, Co-editor of Issue 10.1 with Shelley McSpedden. Titled Co-workers the issue takes my artistic and academic research and Boris Arvatov’s theory of socialist objects as its editorial theme.

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  Monash university museum of art

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  Gallery manager, monash university museum of art
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  Monash university

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Lecturer

  Bachelor of Fine Art, First Year Coordinator, Associate Supervisor

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  Alta forma

  Jan 2023 - now

  Director

  Alta Forma is a curated project space for artists working in expanded jewellery and object based practices.