Board Advisors
NETS Victoria Board of Management
Bec Cole
she/her
palawa
Creative Industries Lead, City of Monash
Chair: Board of ManagementBec Cole is the Creative Industries Lead at City of Monash. Prior to this she was Director Creative Arts at Latrobe City Council, a role which encompassed the direction of Latrobe Regional Gallery and Latrobe Performing Arts Centre. Bec is a champion of creating access to quality contemporary art and has led the establishment of public art programs, creative industry development initiatives and public programming in gallery, major events and activity centre settings. Previously, Bec led the Arts & Culture program at Wyndham City Council. Here she implemented a bold exhibition program at Wyndham Art Gallery, establishing a curatorial model of practice that supports a diversity of perspectives and raised the profile of the gallery to national presence. Bec holds a Master of Commerce with specialities in business, economics and marketing; winning the prestigious RMIT Master of Commerce Prize in 2018. She also holds a Master of Community Cultural Development from the Victorian College of the Arts. Bec regularly writes articles on culture, creativity and community, and has an extensive background in community engagement and policy.
Tammy Wong Hulbert
she/her
Lecturer, Masters of Arts (Art Management) in Curating
RMIT University, School of Art
Deputy Chair: Board of ManagementDr Tammy Wong Hulbert is an artist, curator and academic in the RMIT University School of Art, lecturing in the Master of Arts (Arts Management) program specialising in curating. She is also the International and Art: History + Theory + Cultures Coordinator. Tammy’s research focuses on curating inclusive cities, enacted through collaborations with marginalised urban communities, to care for and represent their perspectives in globalising cities. Tammy’s art practice stems from her interest in expressing the multi-layered and fragmented space between cultures, due to living in a super-diverse, postcolonial society. As a curator, she has worked with a wide range of Asian contemporary artists in Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hong Kong, in galleries, museums and public spaces.
Photograph (detail): Shane Hulbert
Michael Fox
he/him
Director, Fox Galleries
Treasurer: Board of Management
Chair: Development and Fundraising CommitteeMichael Fox is the Principal of Michael Fox Arts Accountant & Valuer and the Director of Fox Galleries. He is a qualified accountant, fine art valuer and art collector. He holds a Master of Tax from the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. Michael is a member of the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants. With offices in Melbourne and Hobart, Michael has worked with artists and creative industry professionals to manage their tax affairs utilising his specialised knowledge in business taxation, GST, cultural gifts, income averaging and more. Some highlights of his career include running the successful Save Super Art campaign in 2010 that prevented the proposed ban on artwork investment by super funds; co-founding Outlaw Gallery along with Barry Tate in Warrnambool, which provides art therapy classes for people living with disability in the community of Western Victoria; and in 2020 he was invited to the position of Art Market Consultant to the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart.
Photograph (detail): Manon Mikolaitis
David Sequeira
he/him
Director, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Chair: Artistic Program Advisory CommitteeBorn New Delhi, India
Dr David Sequeira’s studio practice focusses on the use of colour and geometry in the creation of contemplative experiences. Working across media, David explores issues around high and low art, personal and shared histories, banality and profundity, the reverberations of colonization and the persistence of incomplete histories. Curatorship — articulating the intersections between objects, time, place and space — is an important aspect of his art practice. Major solo exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Art Gallery of NSW, John Curtin Gallery, Perth; University of Queensland Art Museum and Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi. David’s residencies and awards include the Australia Council for the Arts studio Paris, the Collex Museum of Contemporary Art acquisitive prize, Artist in residence University of Texas, Dallas and the Wyndham Art Prize. Prior to his current role, David held senior positions in major national cultural institutions including Australian Parliament House, National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, National Film and Sound Archive.
Photograph (detail): Guilia McGauran
Nasalifya Namugala Namwinga
she/her
Senior Clinical Psychologist, Pola PracticeNasalifya Namugala Namwinga is a Zambian, Naarm (Melbourne)-based clinical psychologist. She is passionate about working from an inter-sectional perspective to support clients, with a particular interest in culturally responsive practice. She trained as a clinical psychologist in Aotearoa (New Zealand) before moving to Melbourne and founding Pola Practice.
Photograph (detail): Wani Toa
Nicole Monteiro
she/her
Head of Exhibitions Management, National Gallery of VictoriaNicole is an arts management professional, with over 22 years’ experience in Exhibitions Management. She joined the National Gallery of Victoria in 2000 and has overseen the delivery of hundreds of exhibitions, including the NGV Triennial and Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibitions, as well as the annual Architecture Commissions. Nicole manages the exhibitions program at both NGV Australia, NGV International and the NGV touring program. She oversees the Exhibitions Management and Exhibition & Collections Operations departments and is on the NGV Environmental Committee, and the Disability Access Committee. She has previously served as the NGV representative on the Board of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (2008-2011).
Joshua White
he/him
Gallery Director, Hamilton GalleryJoshua White is the Gallery Director of Hamilton Gallery. He has more than 13 years’ experience working within the cultural sector as a curator, strategic lead, registrar, and conservator. Recent cultural projects include hosting the National Gallery of Australia’s touring exhibition, Skywhales: Every Heart Sings by Patricia Piccinini and developing Hamilton Gallery’s 60th anniversary publication and exhibition in collaboration with leading industry scholars and curators.
Prior to taking up the role at Hamilton Gallery in 2020, Joshua was an Urban and Public Art Project Leader at Lake Macquarie City Council where he developed and implemented large scale cultural projects and created long term policy and strategy. He was Curator at Gosford Regional Gallery in 2015, where he developed significant national exhibitions and contributed to the extensive expansion of the gallery’s collection. Joshua was also the lead Technical Officer of Newcastle Art Gallery and steward of the $70 million art collection.
Joshua has a Master of Creative Industries from the University of Newcastle and maintains a close connection to the cultural sector on the east coast of New South Wales.
Photograph: Madi Whyte
Rhynah Subrun
she/her
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning: Victorian GovernmentRhynah Subrun is an environmental sustainability professional with experience across a range of areas: policy development, program management, governance and reporting, legislative reform, planning and impact assessment, funding and sustainable procurement. She has worked for government, private and international organisations both in Australia and Mauritius.
Rhynah spent her childhood in Zimbabwe and teenage years in Mauritius. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, specialising in environmental law, management and business.
Rhynah is passionate about multiculturalism and promotion of intercultural competency, particularly in the workplace and as part of organisational service delivery.
Isobel Morphy-Walsh
she/her
Taun Wurrung
First Nations Engagement CoordinatorIsobel Morphy-Walsh is a proud Nirim Baluk Woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people. She is a lover of anecdote, an artist, activist, educator, curator, storyteller and weaver.
Isobel’s creative practice is wide ranging and includes: weaving, lino printing, painting, fabric creation, woodwork, cultural objects and adornments, and more recently metals.
Isobel’s curatorial practice extends to education and has a strong and deliberate focus on First Nations narratives. She supports the need to decolonize, particularly through the treatment and interpretation of artworks, objects and images, with a focus on the communities they come from and approaches taken in development. Isobel embeds the values of her culture and ancestors in all that she does.
Photograph (detail): Victoria Morphy
Claire Watson
she/her
Director, NETS Victoria
Secretary, Board of ManagementClaire Watson is a passionate contributor to the arts community through her role on boards and advisory committees, as a judge for industry prizes, a writer, and lecturer. Her professional experience includes serving as an advisor on the Touring Panel for Creative Victoria (2014-2016), board member of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (2017-2019) chairing their Advocacy and Research Committee; and a range of senior roles at arts organisations including BLINDSIDE, Asialink, Gippsland Art Gallery, and Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. Claire has curated over 100 exhibitions including the Artspace Mackay touring exhibition Violent Salt co-curated with Yhonnie Scarce; NETS Victoria/BLINDSIDE touring exhibition Synthetica (2015-2016); and the Asialink/BLINDSIDE touring exhibition Vertigo (2014). She has been a guest speaker at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei; Galerie Soemardja, Indonesia; and the TransCultural Exchange Conference, USA. Claire is an Affiliate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the National Association of Visual Arts, an advocate for inclusive practices and a lover of innovation.
Photograph: Kate Longley
Artistic Program Advisory Committee
David Sequeira
he/him
Director, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Chair: Artistic Program Advisory CommitteeBorn New Delhi, India
Dr David Sequeira’s studio practice focusses on the use of colour and geometry in the creation of contemplative experiences. Working across media, David explores issues around high and low art, personal and shared histories, banality and profundity, the reverberations of colonization and the persistence of incomplete histories. Curatorship — articulating the intersections between objects, time, place and space — is an important aspect of his art practice. Major solo exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Art Gallery of NSW, John Curtin Gallery, Perth; University of Queensland Art Museum and Nature Morte Gallery New Delhi. David’s residencies and awards include the Australia Council for the Arts studio Paris, the Collex Museum of Contemporary Art acquisitive prize, Artist in residence University of Texas, Dallas and the Wyndham Art Prize. Prior to his current role, David held senior positions in major national cultural institutions including Australian Parliament House, National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, National Film and Sound Archive.
Photograph (detail): Guilia McGauran
Myles Russell-Cook
he/him
Wotjobaluk
Senior Curator, Australian and First Nations Art
National Gallery of VictoriaMyles Russell-Cook is the Senior Curator, Australian and First Nations Art at the National Gallery of Victoria. He is jointly responsible for the National Gallery of Victoria’s collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and the Art of Oceania, Pre-hispanic America and Africa. Myles passion is for First Nations contemporary art, and much of his influence and inspiration comes from his own maternal Aboriginal heritage in Western Victoria with connections into Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Myles has lectured in Art History, Design Anthropology and Indigenous Studies at Swinburne University, and he is currently editor of the NGV’s annual scholarly publication, The Art Journal.
Yhonnie Scarce
she/her
Kokatha and Nukunu
ArtistYhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera, South Australia, and belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu Peoples. A master contemporary glass blower, her practice explores the political nature and aesthetic qualities of glass. Scarce’s work often references the on-going effects of colonisation on Aboriginal people. Family history is central to Scarce’s work, drawing on the strength of her ancestors, she offers herself as a conduit, sharing their significant stories from the past. Scarce was the winner of the prestigious NGV Architecture Commission 2019. In 2018 Scarce was the recipient of the Kate Challis RAKA award, for her contribution to the visual arts in Australia, as well as the Indigenous Ceramic Award from the Shepparton Art Museum. Her involvement in international exhibitions includes the Pavilion of Contemporary Art, Milan; and the Museum of London, Ontario, Canada. Previous international shows include the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India, 2018; 55th Venice Biennale collateral exhibition Personal Structures 2013, Venice; Harvard Art Museum, Massachusetts 2016; and Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum, Virginia, USA 2012.
Photograph (detail): Janelle Low
Zoë Bastin
she/her
Independent Artist & CuratorZoë Bastin is an artist, choreographer, curator, sometimes writer and self-described ‘rat-bag’. As an artist who makes performances, sculptures, videos, photos and runs a radio show, she’s fascinated by the porousness of the body, where it starts and ends and how culture inscribes ideas of gender and sexuality onto our physical form.
Since childhood she’s been interested in gender roles in dance class, particularly who’s allowed to do what and why. Drawing on her background of creative dance, she creates works that explore difficult psychological terrain. From the homophobia in her religious childhood to delving into the gender politics of ballet, Zoë’s works are often hard hitting. But from this deep emotional investigation comes the joy of dancing itself.
Zoë has previously exhibited and performed at Dancehouse, Midsumma Festival, Bus Projects, Felt Space, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Seventh Gallery, Testing Grounds, BLINDSIDE, Bloc Projects, KINGS Artist Run, MADA Gallery at Monash University, Project Space at RMIT University and The Substation. Zoë recently completed her PhD (RMIT University) where she was researching gender by transforming patriarchal hierarchies in bodies and objects.
Isobel Morphy-Walsh
she/her
Taun Wurrung
First Nations Engagement CoordinatorIsobel Morphy-Walsh is a proud Nirim Baluk Woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people. She is a lover of anecdote, an artist, activist, educator, curator, storyteller and weaver.
Isobel’s creative practice is wide ranging and includes: weaving, lino printing, painting, fabric creation, woodwork, cultural objects and adornments, and more recently metals.
Isobel’s curatorial practice extends to education and has a strong and deliberate focus on First Nations narratives. She supports the need to decolonize, particularly through the treatment and interpretation of artworks, objects and images, with a focus on the communities they come from and approaches taken in development. Isobel embeds the values of her culture and ancestors in all that she does.
Photograph (detail): Victoria Morphy
Development and Fundraising Committee
Bec Cole
she/her
palawa
Creative Industries Lead, City of Monash
Chair: Board of ManagementBec Cole is the Creative Industries Lead at City of Monash. Prior to this she was Director Creative Arts at Latrobe City Council, a role which encompassed the direction of Latrobe Regional Gallery and Latrobe Performing Arts Centre. Bec is a champion of creating access to quality contemporary art and has led the establishment of public art programs, creative industry development initiatives and public programming in gallery, major events and activity centre settings. Previously, Bec led the Arts & Culture program at Wyndham City Council. Here she implemented a bold exhibition program at Wyndham Art Gallery, establishing a curatorial model of practice that supports a diversity of perspectives and raised the profile of the gallery to national presence. Bec holds a Master of Commerce with specialities in business, economics and marketing; winning the prestigious RMIT Master of Commerce Prize in 2018. She also holds a Master of Community Cultural Development from the Victorian College of the Arts. Bec regularly writes articles on culture, creativity and community, and has an extensive background in community engagement and policy.
Michael Fox
he/him
Director, Fox Galleries
Treasurer: Board of Management
Chair: Development and Fundraising CommitteeMichael Fox is the Principal of Michael Fox Arts Accountant & Valuer and the Director of Fox Galleries. He is a qualified accountant, fine art valuer and art collector. He holds a Master of Tax from the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. Michael is a member of the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants. With offices in Melbourne and Hobart, Michael has worked with artists and creative industry professionals to manage their tax affairs utilising his specialised knowledge in business taxation, GST, cultural gifts, income averaging and more. Some highlights of his career include running the successful Save Super Art campaign in 2010 that prevented the proposed ban on artwork investment by super funds; co-founding Outlaw Gallery along with Barry Tate in Warrnambool, which provides art therapy classes for people living with disability in the community of Western Victoria; and in 2020 he was invited to the position of Art Market Consultant to the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart.
Photograph (detail): Manon Mikolaitis
Nicole Monteiro
she/her
Head of Exhibitions Management, National Gallery of VictoriaNicole is an arts management professional, with over 22 years’ experience in Exhibitions Management. She joined the National Gallery of Victoria in 2000 and has overseen the delivery of hundreds of exhibitions, including the NGV Triennial and Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibitions, as well as the annual Architecture Commissions. Nicole manages the exhibitions program at both NGV Australia, NGV International and the NGV touring program. She oversees the Exhibitions Management and Exhibition & Collections Operations departments and is on the NGV Environmental Committee, and the Disability Access Committee. She has previously served as the NGV representative on the Board of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (2008-2011).
Hester Lyon
she/her
Gallery & Museum Program Officer: Broken Hill Regional Art GalleryHester Lyon is an arts worker, writer and curator. Recent appointments include Gallery & Museum Program Officer at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery and GeoCentre, and Board of Directors at SEVENTH Gallery. Hester has previously worked at a number of public and commercial organisations including LON Gallery, VAULT Magazine, Monash University Museum of Art, ARC ONE Gallery and the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Her writing has appeared in Memo Review, Fine Print Magazine and VAULT Magazine. Hester holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne.
Photograph: Samantha Lynch
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2022
Bec Cole – Chair
Tammy Wong Hulbert – Deputy Chair
Michael Fox – Treasurer
Claire Watson – Secretary
David Sequeira
Nasalifya Namwinga
Nicole Monteiro (from July 2022)
Joshua White (from October 2022)
Rhynah Subrun (from October 2022)
David Hurlston (until July 2022)
Isobel Morphy-Walsh – Deputy Chair (until 8 June 2022)
Clare Leporati – (Deputy Chair until March 2022)
Nikki Lam (until March 2022)
Jan van Schaik (until March 2022) -
2021
Bec Cole – Chair (from March 2021)
Penny Teale – Chair (until March 2021)
Clare Leporati – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary (until February 2021)
Claire Watson – Secretary (from February 2021)
Michael Fox – Treasurer (from March 2021)
Ben Macauley – Treasurer (until March 2021)
Jan van Schaik
David Hurlston
Nikki Lam
David Sequeira (from February 2021)
Tammy Wong-Hulbert (from February 2021)
Isobel Morphy-Walsh (from September 2021)
Nasalifya Namwinga (from March 2021) -
2020
Penny Teale – Chair from March 2020
Adam Harding – Chair until March 2020
Clare Leporati – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Ben Macauley – Treasurer
Jan van Schaik
David Hurlston
Bec Cole (from February 2020)
Nikki Lam (from March 2020)
Lyn Johnson (until October 2020) -
2019
Adam Harding – Chair
Penny Teale – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Ben Macauley – Treasurer
Clare Leporati
Jan van Schaik
David Hurlston
Lyn Johnson
Penny Byrne (until June 2019) -
2018
Adam Harding – Chair
Penny Teale – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Ben Macauley – Treasurer
Clare Leporati
Jan van Schaik
David Hurlston
Lyn Johnson
Penny Byrne
Sarah Bond (until June 2018)
John Meade (until June 2018) -
2017
Sarah Bond – Chair
John Meade – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Ben Macauley – Treasurer
Adam Harding
Penny Teale
David Hurlston
Emma Telfer -
2016
Sarah Bond – Chair
John Meade – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Steve Smith – Treasurer (until 1 March 2016)
Rekkae Moorthy – Treasurer
Adam Harding
Penny Teale
Phip Murray
Simon Gregg
David Hurlston
Emma Telfer -
2015
Sarah Bond – Chair
John Meade – Deputy Chair
Catherine Pierce – Secretary
Steve Smith – Treasurer
Adam Harding
Penny Teale
Phip Murray
Simon Gregg
David Hurlston
Emma Telfer