Mariam Arcilla is a Sydney-based writer, gallery manager, producer and digital marketer. Originally from the Gold Coast, she has worked in the arts and culture sector for 12 years, and has a background in commercial galleries, arts government and artist-run projects.
Judith Blackall is an Australian arts professional with extensive experience in contemporary art through her work as a curator, exhibition manager and delivering programs that increase engagement and enjoyment of the work of artists.
Dr Rex Butler’s research interests include Australian art and art criticism, post-war American art and critical theory. He is an art historian and professor at Monash University in Melbourne.
Tracey Clement recently completed a PhD at Sydney College of the Arts. A former Sydney Morning Herald art critic, she writes for several Australian and international magazines and is currently the online editor for Art Guide.
Dr Edward Colless teaches Critical and Theoretical Studies at the VCA, University of Melbourne, and is editor of Art+Australia and A+a Publishing.
Ineke Dane is a curator currently based in Brisbane, where she works with the international studio Urban Art Projects. Dane is interested in overlaps between architecture, politics, society and the environment, and a progression towards seamlessness between art and life.
Nick De Lorenzo is a Sydney-based photographer.
Briony Downes studied Art History at Oxford University and Australian Aboriginal Art at Curtin University. She lives and works in Hobart, Tasmania and has worked in the arts for 20 years as a writer and art theory tutor.
Micheal Do is a curator and writer. His exhibition Soft Core, developed for Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, is currently touring 12 regional and rural galleries throughout New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
Dr Andrew Frost is an art critic, broadcaster and lecturer. Since 2004 he has been the editor of theartlife.com.au and since 2013 an art critic for Guardian Australia.
Sue Gardiner has been an art writer since 1999. She is a Trustee of the Chartwell Trust and was co-director of the Save Our Gallery campaign, which aimed to restore and protect the public funding of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2017/18. Sue was recently made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to the arts.
Alexander (Sasha) Grishin is an emeritus professor at the Australian National University and works internationally as an art historian, art critic and curator.
Courtney Kidd is a Sydney-based art writer and art consultant with Artbank.
Louise Martin-Chew has been writing about the visual arts for 25 years. She completed a doctorate at the University of Queensland in 2019, and remains an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Communication and Arts at the University of Queensland.
Emil McAvoy’s practice examines histories and concepts of the cultural roles of artists. Based in Auckland, he works as an artist, lecturer, art writer and gallery and museum professional.
Helen McKenzie conducts international art tours for Art Collector subscribers and readers and works out of Sydney as an art advisor and freelance writer.
Carrie Miller is a freelance writer and curator who has contributed to Art Collector for 15 years. She holds a BA (Fine Arts and Philosophy) and a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy from The University of Sydney. Her curatorial projects include Transmission at Campbelltown Arts Centre and Exhibit A at The Lock Up, Newcastle.
Tai Mitsuji is a writer and art historian, who holds a Masters (with Distinction) in Art History from the University of Oxford. He has taught art history at the University of Sydney and was recently awarded the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship for his PhD at Harvard University.
Joanna Mendelssohn was one of the first graduates in Fine Arts at the University of Sydney, studying under Bernard Smith and Donald Brook. She is an honorary principal fellow at the Centre of Visual Arts, University of Melbourne.
Dr Daniel Mudie Cunningham is a Melbourne-born curator based in Sydney, Australia. He is currently Director Programs at Carriageworks, having been initially appointed as Senior Curator – Visual Arts late 2017. Previously, he was Assistant Director and Head Curator at Artbank where he was also the Editor of Sturgeon.
Andrew Nicholls has curated projects for institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Object Galleries Sydney. A practicing artist based in Perth, The Art Gallery of Western Australia staged a major solo exhibition of his work, Hyperkulturemia, in 2018/2019.
Diego Ramirez’s practice employs a variety of mediums to unpack representations of otherness from the perspective of a Mexican subject. He works as an artist, writer and arts worker.
Zan Wimberley is a photographer who works in the arts, photographing art documentation, portraits, performance and more across Melbourne and Sydney.
Amelia Winata holds an honours degree in Art History from the University of Melbourne and was a recipient of the 2015 Gertrude Contemporary Emerging Writers Program. She is currently based in Melbourne where she works as a writer and curator.
Sharne Wolff is a freelance arts journalist based near Byron Bay. Her current PhD research project focuses on the relationship between Australian contemporary art and walking.
Chloé Wolifson has a decade’s experience in arts administration and management. She is regularly commissioned as a writer, including exhibition essays and reviews, and has curated and co-curated exhibitions in public, artist-run and commercial spaces.
Andrew Wood is a New Zealand-based art writer currently writing for Art News New Zealand, Art Monthly Australasia, EyeContact and Di’van.
Peter Whyte is a photographer based in Tasmania.
Coen Young is a Sydney-based artist.
