Ineke Dane is an award-winning curator with a background in contemporary art theory, law, policy, photography and journalism, specialising in cross-disciplinary commissions with artists and architects. She has lived and worked in cities across the globe; her current role is Curator at Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia.
Ineke has previously held roles as Associate Curator, International Art at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art QAGOMA; Associate | Senior Curator with UAP | Urban Art Projects; Curator, Barbara Flynn Public Art Consultants; and Curatorial Assistant, Kaldor Public Art Projects. Her independent projects have included new commissions with preeminent artists such as Emeka Ogboh for Mona Foma 2024.
Ineke’s area of expertise is grounded at the nexus of art and architecture, and in 2017 she was a member of a shortlisted team with Adjaye Associates for the Adelaide Contemporary Art Museum International Design Competition. In 2019, Ineke was lead curator for the Brisbane City Council initiative Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside, which subsequently won an award for excellence at the annual Queensland Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA). In 2021 Ineke was awarded major Creative Australia and Arts Queensland grants for her independent curatorial initiative Conversations on Shadow Architecture 2021-2022, a group exhibition that explored the cultural, social and political potential of space and architecture with new commissions from Australian and international artists and architects. Ineke regularly contributes written editorial pieces to art journals and features on panels in conversation with artists.
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