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UNSW Researcher Felicity Fenner

Chief Curator, National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA)

Felicity Fenner is an Australian curator of contemporary exhibitions including Primavera 2005 at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, Handle with Care, the 2008 Adelaide Biennial of Australia Art and Once Removed, Australia's group exhibition at the 2009 Venice Biennale. She is a contributing editor of Art Asia Pacific and publishes regularly in a variety of journals including Art in America, Art and Australia and Artlink.  

At the University of New South Wales, Felicity is Chief Curator at the National Institute for Experimental Arts, Deputy Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics and Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History and Art Education. She has been a member of the City of Sydney’s Public Art Advisory Panel since its inception in 2007 and is completing a PhD on recent curatorial strategies in major international exhibitions.

 

Adrian Davies

Curator, COFASpace
Lecturer, Masters in Art Administration, School of Art History and Art Education
Adrian Davies is an artist, curator and co-ordinator of COFAspace Gallery at UNSW’s COFA campus. He was also Head Installation Technician for the Ivan Dougherty Gallery from 1999-2009. Recent projects include the curating and catalogue essays for UNSW Artist in Residence, John Lancaster in 2006, the catalogue essay for Susan Norrie and David Mackenzie’s Twilight project at the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia in 2008, and Bushwhacked at the IDG in 2009. In 2010 Adrian and his partner Bella became managers of Bowral Art Supplies and created a small contemporary art space in the Southern Highlands, Loft Gallery.
 
Adrian has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Fine Art and Psychology from Sydney University, a post-graduate Diploma in Education from Newcastle University, and a Masters in Arts Administration from UNSW, and since 2006 he has also been a course lecturer in this degree.
 

Rachael Kiang

Institute Manager, National Institute for Experimental Art (NIEA)

Rachael Kiang is Institute Manager at the National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA). She manages research projects, grants, events, the Institute’s operations and is part of NIEA’s curatorial team. Prior to NIEA, Rachael was Research Assistant at iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research. She was also Registration and Exhibition Assistant and Venue Manager at the Biennale of Sydney. Rachael curated Electro-Online for Electrofringe 2007 and 2008.

Rachael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Language, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, a Master of Arts degree in Cultural and Media Studies and a Master of Arts degree in Curatorship and Modern Art (Merit) from the University of Sydney.