Join Meanjin/Brisbane arts-industry professionals as they share personal stories and reflections on their careers in the arts, from study to work experience and advice for aspiring arts workers.
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Elena Dias-Jayasinha
Elena Dias-Jayasinha is a Sri Lankan-Australian curator based in Meanjin/Brisbane. Over the past five years, she has worked at institutions including The University of Queensland Art Museum and Griffith University Art Museum. In 2020, she interned with the Asian art curatorial department at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, contributing to the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. In 2022, she was invited to curate the churchie emerging art prize at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Currently, Elena is Curator at Museum of Brisbane, where she has worked on exhibitions including New Light: Photography Now + Then.
Kyle Weise
Kyle Weise is a writer and curator. Alongside independent curatorial projects, he was the Curator at Metro Arts (Meanjin/Brisbane, 2018-2023), a committee member of Kings ARI (Naarm/Melbourne, 2009-11) and, with long-term collaborator Simone Hine, co-founded and co-directed Screen Space (Naarm, 2010-16), Beam Contemporary (Naarm, 2010-20) and Kuiper Projects (Meanjin/Brisbane, 2017-ongoing). Kyle was recently appointed Curator at the University of Queensland Art Museum.