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ECHO
Julie King is a writer, curator, and visiting lecturer in Art History
at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. She came to New Zealand
after completing postgraduate studies in nineteenth-century French Art
at the University of Manchester, and after working for the Open University
in England. She has researched and written on many aspects of New Zealand
art, and is a frequent contributor to Art New Zealand and to the Journal
of New Zealand Art History. She has curated a number of exhibitions, including
the national touring shows of ‘Sydney Lough Thompson: At Home and
Abroad’ (1990/91), and ‘Flowers into Landscape: Margaret Stoddart’
(1997/98).
Tessa Giblin (Work it./ECHO) is assistant Curator at ARTSPACE
and graduate of the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. Founding
Director of the urban installation project 'Gridlocked', and dealer gallery
for emerging artists 'Fresh', she previously curated 'Salon des Refuse'
(2003) and 'Showstoppers' (2004), both at the Jonathan Smart Gallery.
Tessa has curated the Reuben Paterson project for Echo.
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HOME/GROUND
Born in Christchurch, Felicity Milburn gained a Bachelor
of Arts (Honours) Art History & English degree from the University
of Canterbury in 1995. She has been Curator of Contemporary Art at the
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu (formerly Robert McDougall
Art Gallery) since 1998. Her responsibilities include the research and
development of a programme of temporary and collection exhibitions of
contemporary art, the initiation and selection of exhibitions for the
Gallery (as a member of the Exhibitions Committee) and the acquisition
of contemporary art works for the Gallery’s permanent collections
(as a member of the Acquisitions Committee). In addition, she is a member
of the Art Acquisitions Advisory Committee for the Christchurch Polytechnic
Institute of Technology, a founding member of Operate Trust Board and
a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the New Zealand College of
Art and Design. Recent exhibitions curated include ‘Te Puawai o
Ngai Tahu: An exhibition of twelve contemporary Ngai Tahu artists’,
Christchurch Art Gallery, 2003 (with Jonathan Mané-Wheoki and Megan
Tamati-Quennell); ‘Sculpture in the Gardens’ 1999/2000 and
2001/02, Robert McDougall Art Gallery in association with the Christchurch
Botanic Gardens, 2001; and ‘Canterbury Painting in the 1990s’,
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 2000.
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LightSCAPE
Dr Deidre Brown is Senior lecturer in Architecture at
the University of Auckland. She obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture
at Auckland University, and has received numerous grants and scholarships
(including Department of Internal Affairs Historical Branch Scholarship
in 1993 and University of Canterbury Research Grant of ‘Nga Whakairo
o Te Taitokerau – Northland Maori Carving’ project 1998–2001)
as well as published books and contributed articles/papers to journals
and professional publications. Deidre co-curated with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
‘Hiko! New Energies in Maori Art’, a group exhibition about
the influence of digitisation on Maori art, at the Robert McDougall Art
Gallery, Christchurch, in 1999 and ‘Techno Maori’, an exhibition
of Maori new media art, at City Gallery, Wellington, and Pataka Museum,
Porirua, in 2001. She curated ‘Wai: Recollected Works’ at
the School of Fine Arts Gallery, University of Canterbury, in 2000 and
‘Whare’ in the SCAPE Biennial 2002. Among her many appointments,
Brown was a member of Venice Biennale Selection Committee, selecting artists
to represent New Zealand at a significant international visual arts festival,
and is currently a member of the Society of Architectural Historians of
Australia and New Zealand, the New Zealand Institute of Architects and
Nga Puna Waihanga: Maori Artists and Writers Federation.
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, of Ngapuhi descent, is
Director of Art and Visual Culture at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa, and vice-president of the Humanities Society of New Zealand.
Among his many appointments, he is a member of the Arts Foundation of
New Zealand. Following postgraduate studies in nineteenth and early twentieth
century European art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in the
University of London, Jonathan taught for many years courses in nineteenth
and twentieth century European art and more recently in New Zealand and
Maori art. He has published and lectured widely on these subjects and on cultural
studies and museum issues. He is an authority on Victorian church art
and heritage architecture. In recent years, Jonathan has initiated and
curated exhibitions (including co-curating ‘Hiko! New Energies in
Maori Art’ (1999) and ‘Techno Maori’ (2001) with Dr
Deidre Brown) and written substantial catalogue essays, especially on
contemporary Maori art.
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Work it.
Tobias Berger is the Director of Parasite, Hong Kong and former Director of ARTSPACE, Auckland,
which he joined after roles as Curator at the 8th Baltic Triennial of
International Arts, Lithuania, and the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Germany.
Prior to this, he completed post-graduate studies in Art History at Ruhr-Universitat,
Bochum, Germany, and a Curatorial Training Programme in Amsterdam. In
2004, Tobias was Commissioner for the New Zealand contribution at the
Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil. He has curated numerous exhibitions at ARTSPACE
and the Museum Fridericianum (Germany), and written for various publications.
Tessa Giblin (Work it./ECHO) was assistant
Curator at ARTSPACE, Auckland and is currently undertaking further curatorial study in Amsteram. She is a graduate of the University of Canterbury School
of Fine Arts. Founding Director of the urban installation project 'Gridlocked',
and dealer gallery for emerging artists 'Fresh', she previously curated
'Salon des Refuse' (2003) and 'Showstoppers' (2004), both at the Jonathan
Smart Gallery. Tessa has curated the Reuben Paterson project for Echo.
Tessa has served on the board of the High Street Project since 2002, and
has administered the Bedford Row Studio artists’ collective since
its inception in 2002.
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