Emily McDaniel is an independent curator, writer and educator from the Kalari Clan of the Wiradjuri nation in central New South Wales. In 2017 she joined Australia’s team for the Venice Biennale as Aboriginal Emerging Curator. Her recent exhibitions include
Void in conjunction with
UTS Gallery and
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, presented nationally by Museums & Galleries of NSW
, Walan Yinaagirbang | Strong Women at Firstdraft Gallery,
Dhuwi at Australian Design Centre and
Wala-gaay for Artlands 2016. In 2015 she curated the first public art commission for the Barangaroo precinct.
Formerly, she was the Assistant Curator for the 18th Biennale of Sydney. Emily has also held numerous public programs and education roles at the Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art and Object Gallery, with particular emphasis on outreach, access and Indigenous programs. She most recently was the Lead Artist Educator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, at the MCA. Emily holds a BA Communications (Media Arts and Production), University of Technology Sydney.
