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Hetti Perkins
Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, and for many significant exhibitions and projects.
Hetti Kemerre Perkins is an Eastern Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia. She was born in 1965, the daughter of Aboriginal Australian activist Charles Perkins and his wife Eileen Munchenberg. Hetti is a granddaughter of Hetty Perkins; sister to film director Rachel Perkins and brother Adam Perkins. Her mother created an art gallery showcasing Aboriginal art in the family home's garage in Canberra, and she was influenced by her father's Indigenous rights advocacy. She attended the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972.
She attended Melrose High School in Canberra, with her sister.
Perkins completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986.
Perkins started her career working at Aboriginal Arts Australia, an art gallery in Sydney. As part of her work there, she worked with independent Aboriginal artists as well as community art centres in remote areas. In 1988, she went to New York with the Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition.
She was then appointed curator at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Sydney, where she was responsible for the expansion of its premises and raising of its profile. Under her curatorship, Boomalli mounted many exhibitions in Sydney and internationally, showcasing its members and other New South Wales artists.
She worked at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney from 1989, was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, when she resigned. She was responsible for some major exhibitions and initiatives during her time there. Perkins helped to the Yiribana Gallery at AGNSW, which opened in 1994. In 1991 she curated the Aboriginal Womens Exhibition, which included a national tour. In 1997 she co-curated the Australian entry for the 1997 Venice Biennale (along with Brenda L. Croft and Victoria Lynn), which featured the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, and Judy Watson.
In 2010, she was curatorial adviser to "Eora Journey", the City of Sydney's Indigenous public art program.
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Hetti Perkins
Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, and for many significant exhibitions and projects.
Hetti Kemerre Perkins is an Eastern Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia. She was born in 1965, the daughter of Aboriginal Australian activist Charles Perkins and his wife Eileen Munchenberg. Hetti is a granddaughter of Hetty Perkins; sister to film director Rachel Perkins and brother Adam Perkins. Her mother created an art gallery showcasing Aboriginal art in the family home's garage in Canberra, and she was influenced by her father's Indigenous rights advocacy. She attended the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972.
She attended Melrose High School in Canberra, with her sister.
Perkins completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986.
Perkins started her career working at Aboriginal Arts Australia, an art gallery in Sydney. As part of her work there, she worked with independent Aboriginal artists as well as community art centres in remote areas. In 1988, she went to New York with the Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition.
She was then appointed curator at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Sydney, where she was responsible for the expansion of its premises and raising of its profile. Under her curatorship, Boomalli mounted many exhibitions in Sydney and internationally, showcasing its members and other New South Wales artists.
She worked at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney from 1989, was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, when she resigned. She was responsible for some major exhibitions and initiatives during her time there. Perkins helped to the Yiribana Gallery at AGNSW, which opened in 1994. In 1991 she curated the Aboriginal Womens Exhibition, which included a national tour. In 1997 she co-curated the Australian entry for the 1997 Venice Biennale (along with Brenda L. Croft and Victoria Lynn), which featured the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, and Judy Watson.
In 2010, she was curatorial adviser to "Eora Journey", the City of Sydney's Indigenous public art program.