Gillian Brown has held a leading role in curatorial development at the Samstag Museum of Art since 2011, having previously worked in galleries across the private and not-for-profit sectors in Melbourne.
Experienced in the commissioning and presentation of installation and time-based media, Gillian has managed and curated numerous large-scale projects by Australian and international contemporary artists. These projects include exhibitions at Samstag Museum of Art with Lisa Reihana, David Claerbout, Louise Haselton, Fiona Tan and Jesse Jones, and collaborations with peer organisations Independent Curators International, New York and Singapore Art Museum. In 2018 she spent time based at the Museum of Contemporary Art & Design,... Read more
About me
Gillian Brown has held a leading role in curatorial development at the Samstag Museum of Art since 2011, having previously worked in galleries across the private and not-for-profit sectors in Melbourne.
Experienced in the commissioning and presentation of installation and time-based media, Gillian has managed and curated numerous large-scale projects by Australian and international contemporary artists. These projects include exhibitions at Samstag Museum of Art with Lisa Reihana, David Claerbout, Louise Haselton, Fiona Tan and Jesse Jones, and collaborations with peer organisations Independent Curators International, New York and Singapore Art Museum. In 2018 she spent time based at the Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Manila as part of the Asialink Arts Global Project Space Creative Exchange, and in 2019 initiated (with Samstag Director Erica Green) the 'Adelaide//International', a three-year project presented for the Adelaide Festival that highlighted confluences in local and international artistic practices.
A regular contributor to public discussions and judging panels, Gillian holds a Master of Arts (Art History) from the University of Adelaide. She co-founded and was co-editor (2014-2019) of the online critical arts writing platform fine print, and regularly writes about contemporary art, recently co-authoring 'Act Natural', a monograph focusing on the work of Louise Haselton published by Wakefield Press.
About me
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| 07/08/2019 |
Essay extract from Louise Haselton: Act Natural, the 2019 SALA monograph (extract published by Art Guide), https://artguide.com.au/art-plus/louise-haselton-act-natural |
| 27/11/2014 |
Conversation with ABC Radio 891 Adelaide for do it [adelaide] exhibition, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-28/yoko-ono-artwork-created-destroyed-do-it-adelaide-exhibition/5923518 |
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included.
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Member of Editorial Advisory, Artlink
Co-founder, fine print (fineprintmagazine.com, co-editor 2014-2019)
2019
Co-author, 2019 SALA Monograph: Louise Haselton - Act Natural
Catalogue essayist: Anne Wallace - Strange Ways
Opening speaker, Elyas Alavi Daydreamer Wolf, at ACE Open
2018
Asialink Arts Global Project Space Creative Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Manila
Catalogue essayist: Khai Liew, Divided Worlds: 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Judge, Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
Judge, Constance Gordon Sculpture Prize, University of South Australia
2017
Delegate, Australian Singapore Arts Group Cultural Leaders Forum
Presenter and facilitator, 'Socially-engaged art practice' panel discussion at University of South Australia, for Samstag Museum of Art in partnership with Guildhouse
Opening speaker, Liminal Spaces at Hill Smith Gallery
2016
Selection committee, 2017 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
Opening speaker, Whitewash at Sauerbier House
Presenter, 'Writers' Night School: finding courageous approaches in critical writing', Digital Writers Festival, for fine print
Judge, Unitcare Moving Image Prize, South Australian Living Artists Festival
2015
Presenter, 'Critical Writing in Australia' panel discussion at Art Gallery of South Australia, for South Australian Living Artists Festival
Judge, Unitcare Moving Image Prize, South Australian Living Artists Festival
2014
Facilitator, 'Emerging curators' workshop with Glenn Barkley (AUS), Charlotte Day (AUS) and Lars Bang Larsen (DEN)' at University of South Australia, for Adelaide Festival Artists' Week
Catalogue essayist: Derek Sargent, Emulate at Nexus Arts
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
