Rhoda Fowler
Position: Senior Curator - Art
Qualifications: BA Geography, Art History, MA Art History, Diploma Arts Administration
Curators
Charlotte Huddleston
Position: Curator of Contemporary Art
Qualifications: BA Archaeology (major), Art History (minor), Postgraduate Diploma of Museum Studies
Specialist areas: contemporary art in New Zealand and overseas from 1970 to present
William McAloon
Postion: Curator of Historical New Zealand Art
Specialist areas: Colin McCahon, Gordon Walters, twentieth century New Zealand art.
Athol McCredie
Position: Curator of Photography
Qualifications: BA Anthropology, MA Museum Studies
Specialist areas: New Zealand photography, both contemporary and historical. Particular knowledge of art photography in the 1970s and 1980s. Also knowledge of New Zealand art infrastructure of the 1970s, particularly public galleries. General knowledge of contemporary New Zealand art.
Justine Olsen
Position: Curator Contemporary Decorative Arts
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts, University of Canterbury. Major: Art History
Specialist areas: Decorative Arts : New Zealand and international 19th, 20 and 21st century New Zealand ceramics, metalwork, glass and jewellery
Victoria Robson
Position: Curator of European Art
Qualifications: BA Art History, English
Specialist areas: Sixteenth to twentieth century European prints, nineteenth and early twentieth century British art, early twentieth century New Zealand art.
Megan Tamati-Quennell
Position: Curator of Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Art
Tribal Affiliation: Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tāhu
Background: Curatorial Internship - National Art Gallery, Wellington 1990, Trainee Curator - National Art Gallery, 1991 - 1993, Assistant Curator - National Art Gallery 1993, 1994, Curator Opening Projects - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1995-1997, Curator Art, Te Papa 1997 - 2001, Arts Development Facilitator, Ngai Tahu Development Corporation, Christchurch 2001- 2003, Curator Mō Tātou, Ngāi Tahu Whānui exhibition, Te Papa 2004 - 2006
Specialist Area: Contemporary Māori art and culture, Ngāi Tahu art and culture, contemporary indigenous art and culture.
Collections managers
Anna Brookes
Position: Collection Manager Paintings and Sculpture
Qulifications: DFA (Painting), GradDip (Design), DipTchg (Secondary), Graduate Diploma in Arts Management
Specialist and interest areas: arts based project management, artist and collection centred outreach, collection care and access
Tony Mackle
Position: Collections Manager Works on Paper
Qualifications: MA Art History, Diploma in Archives Administration
Specialist areas of knowledge and expertise: New Zealand and British art 1850-1950; 23 years' experience in museum work with paintings, sculpture, and works on paper.
Lissa Mitchell
Position: Collection Manager Photography & New Media
Qualifications: BA (Hons)
Specialist areas: New Zealand photography, in particular, nineteenth century (especially Burton Brothers). Identification,
preventive conservation, and storage of historic and contemporary photography and media artworks; including moving image and digital formats.
Celia Thompson
Position: Collection Manager Paintings and Sculpture
Qualifications: BA (Classical Studies), Post-Graduate Diploma Museums Studies
Specialist interest areas: Care and handling of artwork, packing ,storage, transit of artworks; Exhibition Collection Management
Has worked in NZ art museums since 1980. Wide interest in NZ art and culture.