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Prof Heather Galbraith
Postgraduate Director
Doctoral Mentor Supervisor College of Creative ArtsIn March 2020 Galbraith became Director Postgraduate for the College of Creative Arts, and she is the College's representative on the Doctoral Research Committee. From Feb 2010- Feb 2015 Galbraith was Head of Whiti o Rehua School of Art. She currently supervises MFA and PhD candidates, and teaches into the first year of the MFA and guest lectures into the BFA. Professor Galbraith was previously Senior Curator Art at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Senior Curator City Gallery Wellington, and inaugural Director/Curator of St. Paul ST Gallery, AUT University, Auckland.
Galbraith spent twelve years based in London where she undertook postgraduate studies in curatorial practice at Goldsmiths College London, and worked as Exhibitions Organiser for seven years at Camden Arts Centre.
Galbraith has had extensive experience with the New Zealand at the Venice Biennale project. In 2009 she was co-curator for Francis Upritchard's 'Save Yourself' and 2009 Deputy Commissioner, she was part of the selection panel for 2011 and 2013 National representations, Deputy Commissioner for Bill Culbert 'Front Door Out Back' in 2013 and Commissioner for Simon Denny 'Secret Power' in 2015.
In 2015 Gabraith initiated and led the national gathering of tertiary art educators at Art School of the Future, at the College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwharangi.
Galbraith was Managing Curator of SCAPE Public Art in Ōtautahi/Christchurch 2016, 2017, 2018.
Roles and Responsibilities
March 2020 - present Director Postgraduate, College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi, and member of the College Executive
2017-Feb 2020 Director of Doctoral Studies, Whiti o Rehua School of Art
2017-present Doctoral Research Committee member
2017-peresent Colllege Doctoral Committee member
2010- Feb 2015 Head of Whiti o Rehua Schol of Art (previously School of Fine Arts and School of Visual and Material Culture)
2010- Feb 2015 College of Creative Arts Executive member
2010-Feb 2015 College of Creative Arts College Board member
Member of the Wellington Campus Art Collection Committee
Heather Galbraith is a contemporary art curator, writer, and Professor of Fine Arts, College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi. She is Director Postgraduate for the College overseeing all Masters and Doctoral programmes offered by the College. Her teaching focus is on PhD and Masters supervisions. She is Chair of Contemporary HUM Arts Trust, the governance structure of www.contemporaryHUM.com an online platform for commisioned writing about New Zealand visual arts presented internationally.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 0210526058
Location: 1C07, Block 1
Campus: Wellington
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Mentor Supervisor, Massey University
Prizes and Awards
- College of Creative Arts, RATA Award for Individual Excellence in Research, awarded December 2015 for work undertaken in 2015 (including role as Commissioner for the NZ Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2015). - College of Creative Arts, Massey University (2015)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Recent research projects have included curating exhibitions including Zines aus Neuseeland, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt (2012, co-curated with Bryce Galloway), Tender is the Night, City Gallery Wellington (2011), Ready to Roll, City Gallery Wellington (2010), and off-site projects such as Amy Howden Chapman's The Flood, My Chanting for One Day Sculpture (2010), Courtenay Place Light Box projects Give Us a Sign and Marie Shannon: Love Notes (2008 & 2009). In 2009 Galbraith was co-curator of Francis Upritchard's Save Yourself at the Venice Biennale, and Deputy Commissioner for the NZ at Venice project in the same year. In 2013 she was Deputy Commisisoner of Bill Culbert's Front Door Out Back, and in 2015 Commissioner for Simon Denny's Secret Power, also within the Venice Biennale. In 2015 she curated Trigger Points, at the Palitz Gallery, Syracuse University, Manhattan, NY. She was Managing Curator for SCAPE Public Art in Ōtautahi/Christchurch in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Galbraith regularly writes about art and artists for exhibition catalogues, monographs, journals and magazines, and is an experienced editor. She has a strong interest in art publishing, artists books, editions and ephemera. She also serves on various advisory boards and selection panels relating to art and culture.
Galbraith was a member of the Creative and Performing Arts PBRF assessment panel in 2018. Currently she is appointed by Creative New Zealand as an Arts Peer Assessor, and a Peer Assessor for the ARC, Australila.
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture, Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Art Criticism (190101):
Art Theory and Criticism (190100):
Curatorial and Related Studies (210200):
Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) (190502):
History And Archaeology (210000):
Lens-based Practice (190503):
Museum Studies (210204):
Performance and Installation Art (190504):
Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000):
Visual Arts and Crafts (190500):
Visual Cultures (190104)
Keywords
Fine Art
Contemporary Art
Curating
Exhibition Histories
Public Art
Commissioning art works
Contemporary art education
Art publishing
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Contributed to by: Galbraith, H.
[Journal article]Authored by: Galbraith, H., McQuarrie, C.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Journal article]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Journal article]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
Book
[Authored Book]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Contributed to by: Brown, A., Foster, S., TeAo, S.Edited by: Galbraith, H.
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[Chapter]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Edited Book]Edited by: Galbraith, H.
[Edited Book]Edited by: Galbraith, H.
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[Chapter]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Edited Book]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Edited by: Galbraith, H.
[Chapter]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Chapter]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Chapter]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Authored Book]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
Creative Work
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Contributed to by: Rakena, R.
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[Exhibition]Edited by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H., Galloway, A.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
Conference
[Conference Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Conference Paper]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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Other
[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Contributed to by: McQuarrie, C.
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[Internet publication]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.Edited by: Galbraith, H.
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[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Internet publication]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
[Other]Authored by: Galbraith, H.
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Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
MFA and PhD supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 2 | 5 |
Co-supervisor | 2 | 6 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Matt Luani
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Doctor of Philosophy
Holistic design from a Pasifika perspective for urban resilience in emergency management. -
Stella Corkery
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Doctor of Philosophy
Painting Towards a New Feminine Noise
Co-supervisor of:
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Mike Ting
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Doctor of Philosophy
Between Thresholds - Subjectivity, Hybridity, and Emancipation -
Emma Pratt
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Doctor of Philosophy
Stand up and Sing - Wayfinding for Pākehā in the orbit of taonga through multimodal storytelling
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2023
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Raewyn Martyn
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Doctor of Philosophy
Entropy and Empathy: Mediums of Transformation -
2022
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Bruce Phillips
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Doctor of Philosophy
The curator-as-accomplice: a self-reflexive and exhibition history study of contemporary art curation in Aotearoa New Zealand -
2022
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Gabrielle Amodeo
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Doctor of Philosophy
Life-Drawing: Trauma and Intimacy in the Essay Qua Drawing -
2019
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Susanne Bauer
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Quarry -
2019
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Claire Hughes
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Doctor of Philosophy
Entanglement: An investigation into the effective union of contemporary art and science communication
Co-supervisor of:
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2022
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Chang Xu
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Doctor of Philosophy
'Teaching without Teaching': Critically Exploring the Involvement of Visual Artists in Children's Art Classes in Art Museums of New Zealand -
2021
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Michael Heynes
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Doctor of Philosophy
Video Activism in the Shadow of Wellywood -
2021
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Jill Sorensen
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Doctor of Philosophy
Between Elsewhere and Away: Small Acts of Cohabitation -
2018
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Sam Trubridge
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Doctor of Philosophy
Pelagic States: beyond nomadic and oceanic practices -
2017
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Tim Barlow
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Doctor of Philosophy
Caring Deception: Community art in the suburbs of Aotearoa (New Zealand) - view more...
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2014
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Peter Trevelyan
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Doctor of Philosophy
Orthogonal Orthodoxy - view less...
Media and Links
Media
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26 Apr 2015 - Radio
Bid for Venice
Interview with Commissioner Heather Galbraith in an article about the 2015 New Zealand pavilion for the Venice Biennale -
25 Feb 2014 - Radio
More to art than meets the eye: Simon Starling
Interview with multiple specialists on the occasion of Turner Prize winner Simon Starling at City Gallery Wellington. Heather Galbraith was interviewed as a contemporary arts specialist with advanced -
21 Aug 2013 - Newspaper, Online
Drawing still central to all art
Exhibition review of Parkin Drawing Prize, Dominion Post and Stuff.co.nz -
18 Aug 2015 - Magazine
Feel the Love in Venice
Art News New Zealand, Spring 2015. Virginia Were talks to 'Secret Power' commissioner Heather Galbraith and 'Secret Power' curator Robert Leonard about the phenomenal success of Simon Denny's work at -
09 May 2014 - Online
Interview with Heather Galbraith
Interview with Mark Amery, part of Letting Space's Channel Art Fair, during the AKL Art Fair August 2013. - view more...
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09 May 2013 - Radio, Online
Interview with Heather Galbraith
Interview between Eva Radich and Heather Galbraith on Bill Culbert exhibition, New Zealand's 2013 Venice national pavilion -
02 Oct 2013 - Newspaper, Online
Announcement of NZ@Venice 2015 artist
Announcement of Simon Denny with Curator Robert Leonard, with quotes from Commissioner Heather Galbraith - view less...