Asia Pacific Art Papers: Contemporary Contexts, Practices, Ideas is an Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art (ACAPA) publication first launched in 2021, in association with the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art series, organised by the Queensland Art Gallery │ Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Australia.
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Sponsor
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees
Professor Emeritus Ian O’Connor AC, Chair
Liz Pidgeon, Deputy Chair
Dr Bianca Beetson
The Hon. Martin Daubney AM KC
Gina Fairfax AC
Catherine Sinclair
Paul Taylor
David Williams
Executive Management Team
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Simon Elliott, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions
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Indigenous Advisory Panel
David Williams, Chair
Nancy Bamaga
Dr Bianca Beetson
Helena Gulash
Jyi Lawton
Stephanie Parkin
Louisa Warren
Project team
Tarun Nagesh, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art
Zara Stanhope, Director, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, and former Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art (until 15 January 2021)
Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art
Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art
Abigail Bernal, Associate Curator, Asian Art
Ruha Fifita, Curatorial Assistant, Pacific Art
Judy Gunning, Manager, Information and Publishing Services
Mark Gomes, Senior Editor, Print and Digital Media
Rebecca Mutch, Editor
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Design
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Editing
Mark Gomes, Senior Editor, Print and Digital Media
Rebecca Mutch, Editor
Stephanie Kennard, Assistant Editor
Zenobia Frost, Assistant Editor, Digital (until 1 November 2024)
Evie Franzidis, Freelance editor
Photography
Nicholas Umek, Senior Photographer
Image assistance: Chloë Callistemon and Josef Ruckli, Assistant Photographers
Copyright assistance: Kate Herford, Copyright Officer (Collection Online), Information and Publishing Services
Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art (ACAPA)
Tarun Nagesh, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art
Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art
Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art
Abigail Bernal, Associate Curator, Asian Art
Ruha Fifita, Curatorial Assistant, Pacific Art
QAGOMA Research Library
Images and copyright
All artworks in this publication are copyright the artist or their estate, unless otherwise noted. The Gallery is grateful for the image and copyright assistance provided by numerous individuals, including Sana Balai, Cora-Allan, Brian Fuata, Taloi Havini, Nikau Hindin, Judy Kakabin, Abdi Karya, Vicki Lenihan, Regina Lepping, Ruth McDougall, Tarun Nagesh, Taniela Petelo, Dipti Sherchan and Priyankar Bahadur Chand, Will Stubbs, Salote Tawale and Marcus Yee.
Except where otherwise credited, all images: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
Project support
The Gallery thanks the many individuals, organisations and institutions involved for their assistance with the project, particularly the following:
Professor Caitlin Byrne, Pro Vice Chancellor (Business), Griffith University
Professor Claire Roberts, Art History and Curatorship, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Dr Caroline Turner, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences