In 2022, I joined UNSW Library as Curator, Special Collections and Exhibitions where I collaborate on research-based exhibitions, public art commissions, publications, object-based learning workshops, and interdisciplinary projects.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
- Living Water: 75 years of water research at UNSW, UNSW Main Library, Law Library, Paddington Library; 8 July – 15 November 2024.
- Sonus Maris, Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, Huskisson, NSW; 5 July – 13 Oct 2024.
- Hearts, Hands, Minds: 75 years UNSW Art Collection (co-curator), UNSW Main Library, Level 5; 25 March – 14 June 2024.
- Protests & Pranks, UNSW Main Library, Law Library, Paddington Library; *postponed, new date TBD.
- Care is a relationship, UNSW Main Library, Level 5; 4 September – 17 November 2023.
↳ Nominee, MGNSW IMAGinE Award 2024 (Exhibition Project – Galleries – Small).
↳ Nominee, MGNSW IMAGinE Award 2024 (Engagement Program – Galleries – Small).
↳ Nominee, MGNSW IMAGinE Award 2024 (Accessible Arts Award for Access and Inclusion). - Love. Respect. Pride. (co-curator), UNSW Main Library, Level 3; 24 February – 26 May 2023.
- Sonus Maris, UNSW Main Library, Level 5; 6 February – 5 May 2023.
↳ Nominee, MGNSW IMAGinE Award 2023 (Exhibition Project – Museums & Heritage – Medium).
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
- (forthcoming) Colour: Inflexions and Interactions, UNSW Main Library & UNSW Paddington Library; December 2024 – March 2025
- Deep Illustrations, UNSW Main Library; 18 July – November 2024.
- Liberating History: 50 Years of Tharunka’s “Women’s Issue”, UNSW Paddington Library; 6 March – 3 July 2024.
- Strange Tastes, UNSW Main Library; 21 November 2023 – 18 March 2024.
- Flesh & Bone: Illustrations of Anatomy, UNSW Main Library; 22 May – 18 August 2023.
- Ex Libris: 20th Century Australian Bookplates, UNSW Main Library; 5 December 2022 – 30 January 2023.
CATALOGUES & EXHIBITION TEXTS
- Exhibition labels, Strange Tastes (2023), UNSW Library.
- Exhibition labels, Flesh & Bone: Illustrations of anatomy (2023), UNSW Library.
- “Foreword,” in More-than-Human Wellbeing (exhibition reader) (2023).
- Exhibition labels, Love. Respect. Pride. (2023), UNSW Library.
- Exhibition labels, Sonus Maris (2023), UNSW Library.
- Exhibition guide, Ex Libris: 20th Century Australian Bookplates (2022), UNSW Library.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
- (forthcoming) Co-presenter, “From Science to Art: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions at UNSW Library,” Arlis/ANZ 2024 Conference BEING SEEN, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney; 28 November 2024.
- Opening speech for the exhibition Love. Respect. Pride., UNSW Library, Sydney; 2 March 2023.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
- Make or Break, Cover Crush, UNSW Main Library, Level 6; December 2023.
- Abdullah M.I. Syed, Chahār Bāgh: Garden of Knowledge, UNSW Main Library Level 7; September 2023.
MEDIA & CITATIONS
Crosby, Alexandra. “Ecological art can bring us closer to understanding nature. How does this look in the era of climate change?” The Conversation, 22 August 2024. Web.
About UNSW Library Exhibitions Program
As a point of intersection for students, researchers, and the broader community, UNSW Library is committed to enhancing the learning environment through an interdisciplinary exhibitions program. Over the academic year, UNSW Library stages one major exhibition per term in collaboration with partners across the University. Exhibitions allow academics to share and communicate their work as non-traditional research outputs. It is also an opportunity for students to encounter leading research and ideas outside their nominated disciplines. Through exhibitions, UNSW Library creates a space for discourse and discovery and supports scholarship not previously available within our collections.
