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Directors

Geirthana Nandakumaran

Board Member

Geirthana Nandakumaran (she/her) is an artist and arts worker, figuratively caught between the shores of Tamil Eelam and so-called Sydney. Her artistic practice investigates liminal identity, relating her environments through spatial and cultural investigations of selfhood, and Sri Lankan Tamil-Australian cultures. Her conceptual focus also extends to accessibility & cultural diversity in the GLAM sector, as she values how those othered by institutions can drive progressive change in the contemporary social and cultural context, to create an inclusive arts ecosystem. In 2022 she completed the Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program, a partnership between Accessible Arts and Diversity Arts in 2022, hosted by Screen Australia. She has collaborated with Kudos Gallery and participated in group shows including Kudos All Stars, and Unboxed at the Estonian Society of Sydney. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science/Fine Arts with distinction from UNSW, Sydney.

 
Directors
Kym Elphinstone
2023–24 Co-Director
Kym Elphinstone
2023–24 Co-Director

Kym Elphinstone is an arts advisor, advocate and the founder of Articulate, Australia's leading cultural agency, and its sister content agency, The Golden Mean.

2023–24 Co-Director
James Little
2023–24 Co-Director
James Little
2023–24 Co-Director

James Little is an artist and arts professional who has exhibited around Australia. He was the co-founder of Nicholas Projects, a curated gallery space in Melbourne.

2023–24 Co-Director
Monica Rani Rudhar
2023–24 Co-Director
Monica Rani Rudhar
2023–24 Co-Director

Monica Rani Rudhar is an artist whose work spans video, performance and sculpture and speaks to longing and loss as she navigates the cultural disconnection that stems from the complexities of her multiracial ethnicity.

2023–24 Co-Director
Michelle Wang
2023–24 Co-Director
Michelle Wang
2023–24 Co-Director

Michelle Wang is an art consultant, curator and writer who is passionate about ways of making the arts inclusive and accessible, through collaboration, experimentation and uplifting the voices of Australia's diaspora communities.

2023–24 Co-Director
Olivia Welch
2023–24 Co-Director
Olivia Welch
2023–24 Co-Director

Olivia Welch is Exhibitions Manager at Museums & Galleries of NSW, developing touring exhibitions and associated sector development.

2023–24 Co-Director
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