Sophie Gerhard

Sophie Gerhard is a researcher and curator based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her interests lie in the conversations and relationships between First Nations and colonial and settler art across Australia, as well as the symbols that exert a sense of national and cultural identity across this unceded land. For Sophie, this topic has culminated in her PhD research of postcolonial shame in Australian art history and exhibitions. Presently, Sophie is Curator of Australian and First Nations art at the National Gallery of Victoria and is co-curating an exhibition on eucalyptus trees for the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne.