Tammy Hulbert

Dr Tammy Wong Hulbert is an artist, curator and academic based in Melbourne, lecturing in the Masters of Arts (Arts Management) program in Curatorial subjects.

Tammy's art practice focuses on the multi-layered and fragmented 'hyphenated' space between cultures, influenced by her families' intergenerational connection between China and Australia. 

Her recent research projects under the framework of 'curating inclusive cities' have often involved a socially engaged practice working with various urban communities, in particular addressing issues of migration, belonging and the role of art in encouraging an inclusive city. 

Tammy also worked with the contemporary Chinese art community, Beijing, China in the early 2000s. This experience had a profound impact on her own outlook towards contemporary art practices encouraging an interest in art practices that are more open ended and expressive of social concerns. She was also a curator and arts manager in Sydney for Newcontemporaries Gallery and The City of Sydney. In 2012 she completed her PhD researching 'The City as a Curated Space' at RMIT University, investigating how the urban condition has an impact on the way artists and urban communities are able to engage with these environments, offering an alternative model of exhibition to the traditional museology. 

Tammy has taught in fine arts, art history, arts and cultural management and curatorial subjects in Melbourne and Hong Kong at RMIT University and the University of Melbourne. 

For further information, visit www.tammywonghulbert.com.

Selected Exhibitions / Public Art Projects:

• Dancing Place: Corhanwarrabul, Mt Dandenong, Vic, curated by Dr Gretel Taylor, November, 2020 
• Hidden Rookwood Sculpture Walk, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, curated by Dr Kath Fries, September 2019 
• Force of Nature, curated by Gretel Taylor, Yarra Ranges Museum, September 2019 
• Waipo (Grandmothers), The Chinese Museum, curated by Joyce Agee & Nicholas Chin, April 2018 
• Transient Home City, Hyphenated, The Substation, Newport, curated by Phuong Ngo and Tammy Wong Hulbert, March-April 2018 
• Anonymous Sojourners in the Australian Bush, St Andrews, Victoria, Living in the Landscape Public Art Incubator, Nillumbik Shire, December 2017 
• Belonging & the Transient Home, collaborative public art project with the Vicseg Iranian Asylum Seekers Social Health Group, Broadmeadows, 3 April 2016 
• Flavours of Glenroy, Post Office Place, Glenroy, Victoria, collaborative public art project, May 2014

Selected Curated Exhibitions:

• Skilled Hand, Shared Culture, RMIT Gallery, October 2020 
• The new (ab)normal, RMIT Gallery, co-curated by Helen Rayment, June 2020 
• Far Flung: Connecting Intergenerational Families, Maningham Art Gallery, City of Manningham, Creative Victoria, November, 2019 
• Ancient Now, Garland Magazine, China Issue, on-line exhibition, June, 2019 
• Hyphenated, co-curated by Phuong Ngo, The Substation, March-April, 2018 
• HK ID, Chinese Museum, Melbourne, curator and artist, October - December 2013 
• Lumens Festival: Curating the Ancient City, co-curated by Geoff Hogg, Shane Hulbert and Clare Leporati, Ping Jiang Road Canals, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, May, 2012 
• Gateway: Melbourne 2011, Chinese Museum, Melbourne, curator and artist, April 2011 
• Meridians: Shanghai 2010, East China Normal University Gallery, Shanghai, China, curator, 2010.
   

Industry Positions

Art Lecturing:

• RMIT University, Lecturer, Masters of Arts (Arts Management) & International Co-ordinator, School of Art, Melbourne, 2017+ 
• RMIT University, Art in Global Cities and Studio Critique, Lecturer, School of Art, Hong Kong, January, 2017 
• RMIT University, Art History and Theory 2 Lecturer, Art in Global Cities, School of Art, Hong Kong, July, 2016 
• RMIT University, Art History and Theory 1 & 2, Tutor and Internship, Lecturer, School of Art, Melbourne, Vic, 2014-6 
• University of Melbourne, Arts and Cultural Management in Asia, Lecturer, 2013-7 
• University of Melbourne, Contemporary Art Tutor and Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, Melbourne, Vic, 2014-5 
• RMIT University, Art in Global Cities Tutor, School of Art, Melbourne, Vic, 2014-6 

Art Research Positions:

• RMIT University, Research Fellow, A Skilled Hand and Cultivated mind: A guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT University, Vice-Chancellors Office, Melb, Vic, 2012 
• RMIT University, Research Assistant, School of Art, Melbourne, Vic, 2011-13 
• RMIT University, Research Assistant, Design Research Institute, Intervention through Art, Melbourne, Vic, 2009-10 

Art Curating & Exhibition Management:

• Chinese Museum, Exhibitions Co-ordinator, Melbourne, Vic, 2012 
• Customs House, Exhibitions Co-ordinator, City of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2004-8 
• Newcontemporaries Gallery, Curator, Sydney, NSW, 2002-4 
• Art Publishing Positions 
• East West Arts, Managing Editor, Sydney, NSW, 2004 
• Australian Art Review, Deputy Editor, Sydney, NSW, 2002-4 
• Chinese-art.com, Marketing Manager, New Art Media, Beijing, China, 2000-2 

Art Panels and Consultations:

• NETS Victoria, Board Member, 2021+ 
• Creative Victoria, Chair of the Arts Panel, 2019 
• Creative Victoria, Creators Fund Assessor, 2017 
• City of Melbourne's Grants & Sponsorship Advisory panel, 2016 
• City of Melbourne's Public Art Advisory Panel, 2011-2012 
• City of Moreland's Arts & Culture Strategy, consulting advisor, 2011-16 
• Many Moons Group, Chair 2012-13, member 2009-13 
• Quong Tart Centenary Commemorative Committee, member, 2004 

Tammy's research interests are predominantly focused around 'Curating Inclusive Cities' researching the curation and development of relational art projects with diverse immigrant community, often marginalised in globalising cities. Her research practice stems from her industry experience of working as both an artist and curator, with a particular interest in caring for the voices of the diverse diaspora communities.

Contemporary Art, Curating, Arts Management, Urban Art Practices, Site specific Practices, Socially engaged Art, Chinese and Asian Contemporary Art, Diaspora, Migration

Curating contemporary art, urbanisation and art, arts management, art in public space practice and management, ceramics and installation art, contemporary Asian art and diasporic art 

• Contemporary Southeast Asian women artists: Curatorial dialogue and curation in Australia - Masters 
• Contemporizing Picture Recitation for urban audiences - PhD 
• Silent Conversations: to create a dialogue between audience and crafted jewellery through enamels and metalwork - Masters 
• Change of Perceptions: Online-Only Asian Art Auctions - PhD