Abby Cunnane

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Abby Cunnane is a New Zealand writer and curator. She grew up on the west coast of the North Island near Raglan. [1]

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In January 2021, Cunnane took on the role of Director of Christchurch art gallery The Physics Room. [2] [3] Previously, Cunnane worked as Director (acting) at St Paul Street Gallery AUT from 2017 to 2018, and prior as Assistant Director from 2013 to 2017. [4] From 2007 to 2012, Cunnane was employed by City Gallery Wellington as a curator, and worked alongside Aaron Lister on the exhibition The Obstinate Object: Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture. [1]

With artist Amy Howden-Chapman, Cunnane is the co-editor of The Distance Plan, an exhibition platform and journal focusing on contemporary art and climate change. [5] The Distance Plan was founded in 2011 to provide a platform for discussion about climate change within the humanities context. [6]

Her father is a pilot, and her mother Alison Annals is a senior tutor at University of Waikato. [1] [7] [8] Cunnane's brother, Sam Cunnane, is Head of School for Media Arts at Wintec. [9] [8]

Education

Cunnane studied art history and English at Victoria University of Wellington. [1]

In 2018 Cunnane completed a practice-led MPhil in curatorial writing from Auckland University of Technology [10] In 2020 Cunnane completed two years of study in te reo Māori at Te Rōnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Tāmaki Makaurau. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "TBI Q&A: Abby Cunnane". The Big Idea. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Abby Cunnane The Physics Room's New Director". ArtBeat. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Abby Cunnane: leading the Physics Room". RNZ. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Keep calm & curate: the role of emotion in art, museums and education". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Abby Cunnane and Chloe Lane in Touching Sight". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "An Interview with Amy Howden-Chapman & Abby Cunnane". Artists & Climate Change. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "My favourite table: Abby Cunnane". Stuff. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Seeing What You See". www.scoop.co.nz. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sam Cunnane". Default. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Cunnane, Abby (2018). These Things Are Agents of the World and They Announce Themselves: The Sculptural Object in Artworks by Maddie Leach and Bianca Hester (Thesis thesis). Auckland University of Technology.
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