Aileen Burns
Aileen Burns is currently co-director of Govett-Brewster Art Gallery /Len Lye Centre. Originally from Canada, Burns gained a Masters in Modern Art: Critical & Curatorial Studies from Columbia University in New York in 2010. Burns was co-director at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Northern Ireland, has curated nearly 50 exhibitions and most recently co-directed the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane for 5 years.
Jacinta Burt & Natasha Sefton-Zachan
Taranaki National Art Awards
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Opunake 4616
Karl Chitham
Karl Chitham (Ngā Puhi) is Director of the Dowse Art Museum and was formerly the Director and Curator of Tauranga Art Gallery. He has has been involved in the arts in Aotearoa in a variety of roles for over 15 years. Karl has had a long association with art and museum practice. He holds a Master of Fine Arts and has been an educator, curator and a commentator. Projects have included a series of exhibitions and accompanying publications across multiple institutions highlighting contemporary toi Māori most recently the touring exhibition Whatu Manawa: Celebrating the Weaving of Matekino Lawless as well as Toi Mauri: Contemporary Māori Art by Todd Couper and Whenua Hou: New Māori Ceramics.
