Curator-in-Residence Program

Application deadline: 20 August 2026

MADA Gallery is a contemporary art space located at Monash University, Caulfield Campus, in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. In addition to examination exhibitions by PhD candidates, MADA Gallery hosts a programme of exhibitions by artists, curators, designers, architects, and other creative practitioners.

Curator-in-Residence Program

Applications are now open for a year-long curator-in-residence programme in which you will have the opportunity to deliver two curated exhibitions. The application process is open to anyone. The gallery welcomes applications from Australian and international practitioners, including those from Monash academic and professional staff, current students, and alumni.

As a gallery space located within a tertiary school, MADA Gallery welcomes proposals that are speculative, propositional, and experimental. We are especially interested in proposals that engage students, connect to the most urgent issues and ideas of our time, or think provocatively and critically about the relationship between exhibition-making, teaching, and research. Proposals should consider how the programme might connect to the departments within our faculty (art, design and architecture). We will also look favourably on proposals that connect with the key priorities of the University, including Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and Wellness; and/or the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture research areas.

As the successful applicant will be invited to facilitate two exhibition outcomes across the year, proposals should address the individual elements of each proposed exhibit and how the two exhibitions combine to build upon one another to form a cohesive exhibition program. Please note, that while the program is structured as two curated exhibitions, there is scope for alternative proposals, subject to resourcing and scheduling.