In 2021, the Australia Council’s International Curators Program will be held virtually for the first time, in partnership with the inaugural PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography.
The International Curators Program showcases art and artists here in Australia to international tastemakers. The aims of the program are to raise the profile of Australia’s contemporary artists and curatorial expertise, demonstrate Australia’s growing regional engagement, and develop long-term relationships which will enable new partnerships, collaborations and market development.
The Australia Council for the Arts and PHOTO 2021 are pleased to announce an expression of interest artist callout for the International Curators Program.
We are inviting Australian artists exhibiting as part of PHOTO 2021 to submit an expression of interest (EOI) to participate in an online industry gathering and speed studio visits, where you will have the opportunity to pitch your Festival work in one-to-one meetings with our guest international curators, listed below.
PHOTO 2021 artists can submit their speed studio visit EOI here.
The EOI deadline is Monday February 1st 2021, 5pm AEDT.
Date/time: Wednesday 3 March, 7:30pm – 10:00pm AEDT
Platforms: Zoom & Mozilla Hubs
Participation honorarium: $250 (ex GST)
Participating International Curators:
Mariama Attah, Curator, Open Eye Gallery / LOOK Biennial, Liverpool
Bi Xin, Executive Director, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai
Christine Barthe, Senior Curator, Head of the photographic collection, musee du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris
Fei Jun, Professor, Art+Technology Program, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Varun Gupta, Co-Founder & Biennale Director, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai
Alona Pardo, Curator, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Mark Sealy, Director, Autograph ABP, London
Kathrin Schönegg, Curator, C/O Berlin, Berlin
Yamada Yuri, Curator, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
EOI Assessment Panel:
Shaune Lakin, Senior Curator Australian and International Photography, National Gallery of Australia
Elias Redstone, PHOTO 2021 Artistic Director
Mikala Tai, Head of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts
The EOI deadline is Monday 1 February 2021 at 5pm AEDT.
For more information on the International Curators Program, please contact:
Joanna Bayndrian, International Market Adviser
Ph: +61 2 9215 9152
E: j.bayndrian@australiacouncil.gov.au
The International Curators Program is delivered in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).