Board Members

Chair Hayley Millar Baker (Gunditjmara/Djabwurrung)

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

Millar Baker, Hayley
Deputy Chair Dean Cross (Worimi)

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

Cross, Dean
Board Member Georgia Mokak (Djugun)

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

Mokak, Georgia
Board Member Emily McDaniel (Wiradjuri)

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

McDaniel, Emily
Board Member Katerina Teaiwa (Banaban/I-Kiribati)

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

Teaiwa, Katerina
Board Member Warraba Weatherall (Kamilaroi)

Warraba Weatherall is an artist, researcher, curator and cultural scholar whose practice spans visual art and community-centred research.

Weatherall, Warraba
Treasurer Nick Leete

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

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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2025

synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 180.0 x 150.0 cm
(c) Bob Gibson, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Ita Tipungwuti, Parlini Jilamara, 2007

earth pigment on canvas, 160.0 x 200.0 cm
(c) Ita Tipungwuti, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Clare Jaque Vasquez, The Haze And The Hush, 2025

acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas, 130.0 x 150.0 cm
(c) Clare Jaque Vasquez, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Charles Inkamala, Glen Helen, Mission Days, 2025

 

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 61 x 61 cm
(c) Courtesy of Vivien Anderson Gallery

Maree Clarke, The Long Journey Home 8, 2024

digital print on photographic paper, 69.0 x 102.5 cm
(c) Maree Clarke, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

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