Dr Jessica Clark is a proud palawa/pallawah woman, born in lurtruwita/trowunna and currently living and working on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne. She is a curator, researcher, and writer with a background in art history and art education. Clark currently holds several institution-based positions: Curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA); Curatorial Manager, Victorian First Peoples Art and Design Fair at Creative Victoria; and Ursula Hoff Fellow (2024-26), University of Melbourne. Alongside her extensive exhibition history, Clark has worked in varying curatorial and art education-based contexts including public art projects such as Law of the Land (2016-19) and developing a range of dedicated programs and resources including Tjitjiku Tjukurpa (2019), and for her curated exhibitions. She holds a PhD Fine Art and Music (2023), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, and is alumni of; International Curators Program: Asia Pacific Triennial x TarraWarra Biennial (2021-2023), PIAD First Nations Colloquium, South Africa (2019), Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Cultural Keepers Program (2017-2020), Wesfarmers Indigenous Arts Leadership Program (2018), and the First Nations Curators Program for the Venice Biennale (2017).

Photograph (detail): Cassie Sullivan