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Hi, I’m Dani, a designer, art writer & artist/maker.

I'm currently redesigning this space to share more writing and designs. Until then, here's a glimpse of who I am.

Footage in video recorded at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of academic research. Additional artworks featured in image: Atong Atem Sahara, and Dijok. Both: 2020. Ilford smooth pearl print, 149.8 x 100.0 cm, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.

Magazine layout of makeup products featuring two women and various foundations, blush and pearl products. The magazine sits on top of an enlarged swish of foundation on a white background.

About

DESIGN MEETS ART HISTORY - I'm an experienced designer, passionate about arts research, who has worked across marketing, social media, theatre, video content and both digital and print campaigns. I have an interest in provenance, new media, and am fascinated by the work by artists like Morehshin Allahyari and Zarina Hashmi.

I received my Bachelor of Design in Architecture before completing an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design in 2014. After several years working as an in-house designer for companies like AVON Products and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, I shifted focus, in 2024 completing MA qualifications in Art Curating from the University of Sydney with a dissertation highlighting shifts in Australian curatorial practice throughout and post COVID-19 closures.


Articles

Correspondence, not just Transaction
Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia, Volume 7, Number 2, October 2023.

Lessons from regional communities
CommBank. Jillian Kilby and Malaika Mfula (The Exchange) on regional access to resources during COVID-19.

Innovation is not enough
CommBank. Amantha Imber (Inventium) on creating a science and value driven business.

A woman in silhouette walks in front of a bus stand featuring three advertising panels for a fragrance brand. The first features a woman dressed in red, the second, two bottles, one with a star shaped lid, and the third, a joyous asian man enjoying a whimsical outdoor setting.
A laptop sits on a desk in front of a computer monitor. They are both viewed slightly from the side. The screens show the Women in Focus website. The laptop shows blades of article content with images as clickable links, and the desktop screen shows the top of the webpage with a large image and navigation through six icons.

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Project Involvement

The Womanifesto Way: Sydney Gathers
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and the Power Institute / Research and Curatorial Intern, 2023.

The Elephant Man
Exit Games Productions, PACT/ Stage Manager, 2018.

Bloody Murder
Genesian Theatre / Stage Manager, 2017.

Three horizontally spaced pamphlets for the Sydney Jewish Museum promoting events