Robina Booth has over 30 years of experience working in arts administration, curation, education, and consulting. She holds multiple degrees in visual arts and art administration. Her career highlights include acting curator roles at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery from 2012-2014 where she curated numerous exhibitions. She has also worked as a freelance arts consultant, project coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, and in various education and gallery roles.

1. Robina Booth Curriculum Vitae
39 Wollombi Road
Millfield, NSW 2325
robinabooth@optusnet.com.au
0411 832 275
Education
2006: Master of Art Administration, College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
2005: Bachelor of Arts (Art Theory), College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
1987: Graduate Diploma in Art (Professional Art Studies), City Art Institute, Sydney College of
Advanced Education.
1986: Bachelor of Arts
(Visual Arts), City Art Institute, Sydney College of Advanced Education.
1983: Diploma in Drawing and Painting, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney.
Awards
2006: Bushell’s Foundation Scholarship in Art Administration.
Employment History
2012 – 2014
Acting Curator, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG)
This role included the administration, research, development, design and forward programing of exhibitions
as well as managing BRAG’s permanent collection. Included in this role was the management of all aspects
of the Hill End Artists in Residence program and programing for the Jean Bellette Gallery, Hill End.
Recent memorable highlights of exhibitions I curated during my time at BRAG include: The Simple Form:
Ceramics from the Permanent Collection (16 March – 29 April 2012); Illumination: New Work by Nicole
Welch (10 August – 23 September 2012); Christopher Jones: Between the Hour and the Age (25 January –
17 March 2013); Virginia Cuppaidge: New York City – Hill End Paintings (22 March – 12 May 2013); Mandy
Martins: Political Posters (23 November – 20 January 2013); One Month in the Country: Seven Hill End
Residents (12 December 2012 – 10 February 2013); and Kurt Sorensen: Into the Unknown (25 October – 8
December 2013).
Successful grant applications for BRAG include: Visions Development funding for Refiguring Dystopia: The
Art of Richard Goodwin; the inaugural Regional Acquisition program for Sculpture by the Sea Bondi; and the
Museums and Galleries NSW, Curatorial Support Initiative 2013 in association with Gallery 4A Centre for
Contemporary Asian Art.
2007 – 2012
Freelance Arts Consultant

2. The highlights associated with my role as an active arts consultant include:
Artist's estate management including holding the archive and catalogue raisonné for Nigel Thomson 1945-
1999 (ongoing).
Researcher and compiler of a catalogue raisonné for the late-career artist Paul Selwood (2010-2012).
Secretary Wollombi Valley Arts Council 2011. Co-curator Inside Art, Fire Shed Gallery, Wollombi NSW,
2011.
Project Manager for the development of Cessnock Regional Art Gallery, working on infrastructure, policies
and development of exhibition and education programs (two periods of employment in 2008 and 2010).
Implemented and jointly managed with local artist Todd Fuller the Pandora Project, Cessnock Regional Art
Gallery, a youth arts program involving high schools and youth centres in the Cessnock LGA (2010-2011).
Research Officer, Reconceptualising Heritage Collections: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Museum
Collections and Documentation, Australian Research Council’s Linkage Project, Centre for Cultural
Research, University of Western Sydney and the Powerhouse Museum (2007-2008).
Curator, freemanberber, Mohand Limani, Stephen Mori Gallery, Sydney (2007).
Co-curator with John McDonald, Nigel Thomson: Critical Realist, Manly Art Gallery and Museum regional
touring survey exhibition (2004-2005).
2005– 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Education Coordinator Public Programs (Interim position), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Project Coordinator, The Lloyd Rees Memorial Lecture 2007, international architecture lecture:
Fernando Romero founder of LAR (Laboratory of Architecture) Mexico City, Mexico. Presented by the
MCA and Arts NSW, in association with Sydney Design 07, the Royal Institute of Architects and the
Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007).
Project Coordinator, Craigie Horsfield Social Project Room for Conversation, including weekly forums,
events and debates as part of the Craigie Horsfield: Relation exhibition presented at the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney, in association with the Jeu de Paume, Paris (2007).
Project Coordinator, blakatak: Program of Thought 2006, Ego is not a dirty word, debate exploring key
issues within Aboriginal art and culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2006).
Administrative Assistant, The Lloyd Rees Memorial Lecture 2006, international architecture lecture: Teddy
Cruz founding principal of Estudio, San Diego, California. Presented by the MCA and Arts NSW, in
association with Sydney Design 06, the Royal Institute of Architects (2006).
Administrative Assistant, New Constellations: Art, Science and Society Conference, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney (2006).
Administrative Assistant, Volunteer Recruitment, Museum of Contemporary Art (2006).
Project Administrative Support, Dis/place: Making Work in Exile, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Museum of
Contemporary Art and Information and Cultural Exchange, Western Sydney (2005-2007).
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3. Casual Museum Educator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2005-2006).
Casual Visitors Service Officer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2005).
1989–2006
Other relevant positions
Content Miner, Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, a project of the UNSW Library and supported under
the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities funding scheme (2006).
Director, Manly Art Group, Sydney, NSW (1999-2006).
Co-curator, COFA Curatorial Studies Project, Open Bite: Selected Prints from Cicada Press, COFA
Exhibition / Performances Spaces, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales (2005).
COFA Education and Public Programs Advisory Team, Pegging Out, Satellite Exhibition Sydney Biennale,
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (2004).
Gallery Assistant, Cutcliffe Gallery, King Street Newtown (2004).
Curator, Nigel Thomson: A Tribute, Manly Art Gallery and Museum (2000).
Tutor in Contemporary Drawing Practice, Manly-Warringah Community College, Sydney, NSW (1994–
1996).
Tutor in Foundation Drawing, Mosman Day and Evening College, Sydney, NSW (1989–2003).
References
Judith Blackall
Curator/Manager
National Art School Gallery
Ph: (02) 9339 8744
Terence Maloon
Director ANU Drill Hall Gallery
Ph: 02 6125 5832
M: 0434 223 194
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