Curated by Rebecca Richards, Ashley Crawford and Sam Leach
Curators
REBECCA RICHARDS is a staunch advocate for the Australian visual arts, with 20 years’ experience in the sector. A creative and strategic thinker with a broad skill set who has developed innovative and engaging arts content, led and supported diverse teams and project managed in excess of 85 successful arts exhibitions and events across commercial, government and not for profit platforms.
DR ASHLEY CRAWFORD is a writer, curator and freelance cultural critic based in Melbourne. He writes regularly on the arts for a variety of magazines and newspapers and is the author of a number of books on Australian and international art including: Dark Gnosis: Religious Imaging in Millennialist America , Transformations: The Work of Sonia Payes, Spray: The Work of Howard Arkley, Wimmera: The Work of Philip Hunter, Gelderland: The Work of Stephen Bush (Sante Fe Museum, USA) and First Life, Xin Dong Cheng (Beijing). He is the former editor of World Art, 21.C and Photofile magazines. He has curated numerous exhibitions including shows for public art organizations He was granted a Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne in 2016. Ashley has taken a step back for NotFair 2023, but remains involved in an advisory capacity.
DR SAM LEACH is a highly acclaimed contemporary artist living and working in Melbourne. He was granted a Doctorate in Philosophy at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2016. As a visual artist he explores the intrinsic relationship between humans and animals and the symbiosis between science and art. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia and abroad and his work in represented in prominent private and public collections. A co-founder of NotFair, Sam has curated many exhibitions and has an extensive knowledge of the Australian contemporary art scene. Sam has taken a step back for NotFair 2023, but remains involved in an advisory capacity.
Artists
Aly Aitken
Ben Aitken
Mary Barton
Sarah Berners
Drasko Boljevic
Barbara Bolt
Nyah Isabel Cornish
Jessica Curry
Christopher Dolman
Sarah Duyshart
Danny Frommer
Harley Grundy
Megan Hales
Hari Ho
Talitha Kennedy
Daniel McCabe
Murray McKeich
Emme Orbach
John Pastoriza Pinol
Peter Thomas
Dean Thompson
Paul Williams
Siying Zhou
Proudly Supported by:
NotFair Art Foundation
info@notfair.com.au