Board Members

Dean Cross is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the intersections of materials, ideas and histories.

Dr Dorell Ben is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and researcher whose interests ebb and flow between Indigenous tattoo practices, barkcloth, and literary narratives of Oceania. Ben is a Rotuman-IndoFijian woman from Fiji living and working in Meanjin Brisbane. She is currently exploring Rotuman uha (tapa) and fạ’i (tattoo).

Gabriella Jacobson is an Indonesian Australian lawyer living on Jinibara Country in South East Queensland. With experience across private practice and community legal settings, Gabriella brings a broad legal perspective and a strong commitment to community, culture and access to justice.

Nick Leete is an Investment Manager with extensive experience in financial stewardship and governance.

Emily McDaniel is a curator and artist from the Kalari Clan of the Wiradjuri nation in Central New South Wales.

Hayley Millar Baker is a lens-based artist whose work explores cultural storytelling through photography and moving-image.

Georgia Mokak is the First Nations Outreach Coordinator at the National Association for the Visual Arts, advocating for cultural leadership and sector development.

Hannah Overheu lives, works and raises her young sons on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She has worked alongside communities across Western Australia and the Northern Territory, building experience in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector, community services and systems reform.

Talia Smith is an artist and curator from Aotearoa and is now based in Sydney. She is of cook island, samoan & pakeha heritage. Her practice examines notions of time; memory and the archive with a particular focus on lens based practices. She has curated exhibitions for organisations such as Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, International festival of photography Singapore, UTS gallery and MAMA among others. She has undertaken research residencies in Singapore, Frankfurt and the Nordics and currently works as Coordinator Programming at Blacktown Arts.

Katerina Teaiwa is an interdisciplinary scholar, artist and award-winning educator. She is a Professor of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University.

Zak Tilley is a Naarm-based artist with experience and expertise in NFP organisational governance, arts development and community-led initiatives. His practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation to explore collective anxiety of otherness through intersections of queerness and theology, informed by his childhood fear and reverence of locally sighted cryptids. With an ambition to create inclusive, accessible, artist-led spaces, Zak founded and directed Bath House Studios in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and, currently, Basement Space at North Melbourne’s Meat Market.