Kim Paton was appointed Director of Objectspace, Auckland (NZ), in
2015. She came to the position from an academic role as Research
Leader at Wintec's School of Media Arts and curator and editor for
RAMP Gallery and RAMP Press, Hamilton (NZ). Liesbeth den Besten is
an independent art historian who is working internationally as a
writer, curator, advisor, jury member, exhibition maker, teacher
and lecturer in the fields of crafts and design, especially
contemporary art jewellery. She is the author of On Jewellery. A
Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery (2012; ISBN
978-3-89790-349-4).
Benjamin Lignel is an artist, writer and curator. He was editor of
Art Jewelry Forum from 2013 through 2016, and edited three
books under AJF's imprint. He is guest teacher at the Akademie der
Bildenden Kunste Nuremberg (DE) and Alchimia, Florence (IT). Peter
Deckers is an educator, organiser, curator, writer and jewellery
maker/artist. He is jewellery coordinator and part-time art
lecturer at Whitireia (NZ), Porirua. Sian van Dyk is the Curator,
Programmes and Events at The Dowse Art Museum since 2013. In 2015
Van Dyk was the inaugural recipient of the Creative New Zealand
Craft/Object Art Curator to Munich award.
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