Kris Townsend is a Wiradyuri creative, administrator and arts worker who lives and works on Wiradyuri Country in Kelso, NSW. Townsend has a 35+ year history of working across fashion and photomedia most notably in establishing Bris Pics; an independent photographic agency which serviced South East QLD and supplied the Fairfax Newspaper Groups and had major clients in the UK, Japan, USA and throughout Europe also working with Public Relations companies.
In the mid 2000's Townsend was diagnosed with a severe, chronic brain condition that affects her cognitive function. After discovering this 'ticking time bomb', and informed by the mindset that every day is a blessing, her energy is now focused on the promotion and development of arts and cultural practice across her extended community.
Townsend is the current Associate Producer on the Cementa Incoporated/Arts Outwest Regional Artist Mentoring Program (2021-22 ongoing). Recent projects include key collaborator on miyarnu bundara w/ Nicole Monks, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe (2019); and GAWURA GURUWIN w/ Nicole Monks, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi (2018).
