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2024-Current ARKA KINARI Curator & Executive Producer International Program [India, Middle East, Europe & AU]

2023-2024 ISEA2024 EVERYWHEN 29th International Symposium on Electronic Arts Producer Creative Program [Australia]

2014-2021 BACKBONE Artistic Director & CEO [Australia, UK, Korea]

2018-2021 CHELSEA MCGUFFIN PROJECTS & COMPANY 2 Executive Producer [Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Berlin, Edinburgh]

2014-2015 FLIPSIDE CIRCUS Producer [Brisbane, Adelaide]

2013-2015 FLIPSIDE CIRCUS Marketing Manager [Australia]

2009-2013 THE DANGER ENSEMBLE Executive Producer [Australia, USA]

2012-2013 AUSDANCE QUEENSLAND Studio & Members Manager [Brisbane]

2012-2013 ARTSLINK QUEENSLAND / QLD ARTS COUNCIL Regional Arts Development Officer [Statewide - Queensland]

2011-2012 YOUTH ARTS QUEENSLAND Training Manager Cert IV Arts Business [Statewide - Queensland]

2009-2011 CONTACT INC Administration & Project Officer [Brisbane]

2006-2007 VIBEWIRE sQuareOne (Vibewire Hub) Manager [Sydney]

2006 BERLINER FESTSPIELE, MAERZMUSIK Produktionsleitung [Berlin, Basel]

2005 ARTWORKERS ALLIANCE, ARC BIENNIAL OF ART Project Officer [Brisbane]

2005 QUEENSLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL - AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MARKET Project Officer [Brisbane]

2003-2005 STRAIGHT OUT OF BRISBANE (SOOB 2003 & 2004) Program Manager [Brisbane]

2001-2002 BACKBONE Two High Festival Marketing Manager [Brisbane]

Boards, Committees & Advisory Panels

2024 Navitas/SAE, Member, National Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Committee

2021-2024 Jazz Music Institute, General Board Member (Not for Profit Arm), Shareholder (Pty Ltd.)

2023-2024 ISEA - International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Organising Committee Member

2022 Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA-Amcos) Art Music Awards, Assessor

2022 West End Film Festival, Assessor

2022 Women In Film & Television Queensland, Committee Member

2020-2022 Arts Amidst Covid Facebook Group, Online Moderator (2k+members), Qld Representative,

2017-2019 Australia Council for the Arts, Peer Assessor (Experimental Arts, Community Development, Theatre, Music)

2017-2020 Vulcana Women's Circus, Chairperson

2015-2019 The Queensland Chamber of Arts and Culture, Committee Member

2010-2014 Arts Queensland Peer Assessor (Organisations Fund, Individuals Fund, Qld Arts Showcase Program)

2009 Brisbane City Council Valley Fiesta Programming Committee

2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & TechnologySrishti Interim Artist Residency and SMI Live 2024 [Bengaluru, Mulki, India]

2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & TechnologyUnit Design Practicing Artivism — A Framework for Collaborative Creative Process [Bengaluru, Mulki]

2022-CurrentSAE Creative Media University CollegeIndustry Liaison Coordinator [Brisbane]

2024-2025 SAE Creative Media University CollegeUnit Design,Sustainable Music & Events Management [Brisbane]

2018-2021 Jazz Music InstituteModule Design & DeliveryStagecraft [Brisbane]

2014-2021 BACKBONE Lead Curriculum Designer & Training Facilitator[Year-round workshops in multi-artform engagement, collaboration, producing, and festival management ages 5-30, Brisbane]

2015 FLIPSIDE CIRCUS Curriculum Design - MasterclassIndependent Producing & Touring for Circus

2011-2012 YOUTH ARTS QUEENSLAND Lead Trainer & Curriculum DeveloperArts Business Management

2012-2013 ARTSLINK QUEENSLAND / QLD ARTS COUNCIL Digital Literacy for Seniors Masterclass Program Development Let’s Get Digital-Regional & Remote Queensland

Exhibitions, Events, Performance, Festivals, Cultural Programs

2025 Laut Loud Video Art, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2025 Artivsim At Sea Arka Kinari Live Documentary Performance, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

2024-2025 Art of the People Brisbane Festival & Shams Pictures

2024 Time Changes Everything//Everything Changes Time, ISEA2024 Everywhen, Vacant Assembly, AU

2024 Ethos, ISEA2024 Everywhen, SAE West End, AU

2024 Pale Blue Dot, ISEA2024 Everywhen, Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, AU

2024 Dreaming of the Sea, ISEA2024 Everywhen, VENTSpace,

2024 Ambience, ISEA2024 Everywhen, KEPK

2023 Pixel SPARK Festival, Ipswich, AU

2021 Don’t You Forget About Me, Brisbane Powerhouse

2019 Fake News // Dumb Views, Annual Program, Backbone

2018 How Soon is Now? 2018 Backbone Festival Program, Backbone

2018 Fractured Identities in Fragile Times, Annual Program, Backbone

2017 Future30 Artistic Program**, Backbone**

Director/Writer/Original Concept

2024 To Power, With Love Srishti Manipal, Bengaluru, India

2024 Rainbow's End HOTA Underground, Gold Coast, AU

2024 Rainbow's End ISEA2024 Everywhen, Brisbane (BNE), AU

2024 Art of the People Brisbane Festival, (2025 release)

2023 Pixel SPARK Festival, Ipswich, AU

2020 Azul, The Colour of a Cloudless Sky, Skypoint, AU & Mexico

2019 Absolute Objectivity Backbone, BNE, AU

2019 A Successful Woman, Open Homes La Boite Theatre, BNE, AU

2019 Keepsakes, Boxes & Treasures, Open Homes La Boite Theatre(Brisbane)

2019 Babel (Strings Attached & Younes Bachir (Spain), BNE AU

2018 The Adani Show, Brisbane Writers Festival, BNE, AU

2017 Their Name Liveth For Evermore Backbone and Brisbane City Council with ****Toowong Cemetary

2017 Disco Inferno Backbone Performance Ensemble, Festival of Australian Student Theatre

2016 Mind-Craft-Drama-Mod Backbone Youth Arts and Festival of Australian Student Theatre

2016 Parental Guidance Recommended Backbone Youth Arts, 2high Festival

Executive Producer

2017 We Will Not Kiss Touch Frighten You In The Dark Backbone, The Danger Ensemble

2017 The Hamlet Apocalypse Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts

2014 Caligula (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 2014),

The Wizard of Oz (co-production with La Boite and Brisbane Festival, 2013),

i war (Creative Development, QTC Greenhouse and Brisbane Festival 2012), and

Loco Maricon Amor (Metro Independents, 2012).

Sons of Sin (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 2013), wrote the text for

Children of War (La Boite Indie, 2012), and worked as dramaturg on

The Hamlet Apocalypse (La Boite Indie, 2011; Adelaide Fringe, 2010; Melbourne Fringe, 2009).

2025-2028, Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, University of Queensland, UQ School of Music

2016-2018, Masters of Fine Arts, Cultural Leadership, National Institute of Dramatic Arts (Sydney, London)

2011, Graduate Certificate of Professional Accounting, Queensland University of Technology Graduate School of Business

1999-2002, Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama), Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Creative Industries

1995-1998, QLD Senior Certificate, Kelvin Grove State High School, OP8

Professional Mentorships - Producing

2018 NIDA & Battersea Arts Centre, Student ****Placement London UK

2009 Sunny Drake, Community Consultation and Project Management

2005 Libby Lincoln, Qld Music Festival, Producing International Work in Major Festivals

2003 Anne Maree Moon, QPAC, Marketing, Sponsorship & Business Development

Enterprise, Strategy and Business Development

2023 Slack Certified Training, Intro to Slack, Drive Etiquette and Productivity, Slack Basics

2023 Total Governance Solutions, Director Governance Training

2014 Business Models Inc, Business Models Canvas for Creative Industries

2013 AdSchool, Strategic Planning

2010 Matrix on Board, Financial Reporting for the Australia Council

2008 Donna Walker-Kuhne - Invitation to the Party, Multicultural Arts Marketing

2007 Kape Communications, Multicultural Arts Professional Development Course - Western Sydney

2007 Matrix on Board, Financial Management for NGO's and Not for Profits

Community Development

2011 David Engwicht, Placemaking in Communities

2009 ECARRE, Group facilitation training

2009 Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding

2009 Donna Jackson Masterclass, Landscape Installation & Communities

Creative Practice

2025 Self-initiated sabbatical researching and cultural mapping, Kochi, Kerala, India

2025 Lintas Batas 2025 Strategy Conference, Bali Indonesia

2025 Arka Kinari Artist Residency ****Bali Indonesia ****

2024 Leah Barclay Eco-Acoustics Masterclass

2016 Self-initiated three-month sabbatical focusing on language and cultural studies in Baja California, Mexico

2012 Witness Relocation (NY) Creating Digital & Physical Works

2011 Joe Riugrok van der Werven & La Boite Theatre, Large Scale Productions & Image Driven Work

Total funds raised $7mil AUD.

Sources include; Brisbane City Council, City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, Arts Queensland, Arts NT, Australia Council/Creative Australia, Foundation for Young Australians, Department of Education, Training Qld