Artist Development Program
Curatorial Practice with Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Join us on Saturday, the 30th of May, for a discussion on curatorial practice from Daniel Mudie Cunningham.
Dr Daniel Mudie Cunningham will present an illustrated talk on his curatorial practice over three-decades, drawing on his experience across artist-run and institutional contexts. The session will explore how his work as an artist often informs his approach to curation, with a focus on archives, storytelling and contemporary Australian practice. He will also reflect on navigating artist/curator relationships, offering insights into the practical and conceptual frameworks that shape exhibitions and programs, followed by an open discussion.
Stick around afterwards for artist talks from our current exhibitions from 2!
DANIEL MUDIE CUNNINGHAM is an artist, curator, writer and educator, and the Director of Wollongong Art Gallery.
As a respected arts leader and curator he has held roles at institutions including Carriageworks, Performance Space, Artbank, Cementa, Hazelhurst Arts Centre; and teaching roles at the National Art School and Western Sydney University.
His artistic work spans video, photography, performance and text, tracing how memory, grief and identity are shaped through the technologies of popular culture and art history. His approach to curation and education extends his artistic concerns, using archives and storytelling to connect people, histories and ideas.
Across three decades, his practice has approached the archive as both subject and medium — a living record where personal and collective histories converge. His acclaimed work Funeral Songs is a defining example of this distillation.
His work has been widely exhibited and collected by institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive, Artbank, the City of Sydney, Murray Art Museum Albury, Campbelltown Arts Centre, and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), which is currently presenting his ongoing video series Proud Mary.
(Note: This workshop may take place in Gallery 1 which is accessed through a set of stairs.)