MADA Gallery 2027 Curator-in-Residence
Institution: MADA Gallery, Monash University
Location: Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia
Curator Fee: $6,000 AUD + superannuation
Exhibition Budget: $18,000 AUD
Deadline: 20 August 2026
MADA Gallery invites applications for a year-long curator-in-residence programme offering the opportunity to develop and deliver two curated exhibitions. The programme welcomes Australian and international practitioners and encourages speculative, experimental and critical proposals that engage students and explore the relationship between exhibition-making, teaching and research.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver two curated exhibitions across the residency year.
- Develop a cohesive exhibition programme in which the two projects relate to and build upon one another.
- Consider connections with art, design and architecture departments within the faculty.
- Engage MADA students and audiences through exhibitions and proposed public programmes.
- Develop exhibition concepts, artist selections, installation plans and budgets.
- Seek additional funding where appropriate, with support from MADA Gallery.
Requirements
- Open to Australian and international practitioners, including Monash academic and professional staff, current students and alumni.
- Proposals should be speculative, propositional and experimental.
- Projects should engage with urgent contemporary issues and ideas and/or critically consider exhibition-making, teaching and research.
- Proposals should consider MADA’s educational context and connections with art, design and architecture.
- Proposals engaging with University priorities such as Climate Change, Geopolitical Security and Wellness are encouraged.
- Alternative proposals to the two-exhibition structure may be considered, subject to resources and scheduling.
Benefits
- Curator fee of $6,000 AUD plus superannuation.
- Total annual exhibition budget of $18,000 AUD.
- Opportunity to present two exhibitions at MADA Gallery over one year.
- Installation support and advice from the Gallery Manager.
- Access to gallery equipment, including projectors, screens, speakers and media players.
- Administrative assistance from Gallery Assistants.
- Digital invitations, social media promotion and listings in Art Almanac and Art Gallery Guide.
- Professional exhibition documentation and opening event support.
- Option to request loans from the Monash University Collection of Art, managed by MUMA.
Application
Applications must be submitted as a single PDF to mada.gallery@monash.edu and should include up to three A4 pages covering the proposed programme, rationale for each exhibition and relationship between the two projects, together with a brief CV.
Applicants should also provide a list of artists or practitioners and proposed works for each exhibition, installation and display plans, an explanation of engagement with MADA audiences and the tertiary education context, proposed public programmes, up to 10 captioned images or relevant audiovisual or web material, and a draft budget including income, expenditure and additional funding.
Applicants will be notified of the decision in October 2026.
