I am an art historian and curator who joined the School of Art History in 2025 as Lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies. Prior to this, I was Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the UKRI funded One Ocean Hub, then Subject Lead and Lecturer in Design Innovation and Future Heritage, both at the Glasgow School of Art.

I have a PhD in Art History from the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the University of East Anglia, along with a Master of Art Curatorship and a Bachelor of Arts, each from the University of Melbourne. I have held curatorial, collection management and advisory roles at museums, galleries and heritage organisations in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

My research focuses on the arts and cultures of the western South Pacific. Since being invited to work at the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in 2008, my practice has expanded to include Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. I am particularly interested in contemporary art, museological collections, sustainable development and cultural rights. My research also encompasses the anthropology of art, postcolonial studies and participatory research methods.

I am currently co-authoring and editing a book that examines the role of art in expressing indigenous relationships with the ocean in Africa and the South Pacific. I am also Principal Investigator of Connecting Ancestral Owners with Dispersed Material Culture: Nemah Itseh (Decorated Barkcloth) from Erromango, Vanuatu, a collaborative research project supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh