“I have been working in public art museums for 30 years and have always enjoyed the privilege of participating as a judge in many and various art prizes and events. I spend a lot of my time in Camperdown and the Western District, and the eclectic, creative industries of the country never cease to amaze me! I am looking forward to seeing what artists bring before us this year.”
Jason Smith, 2023
Jason Smith is the Director and CEO of Geelong Gallery, where recently he has curated major exhibitions of the work of Clarice Beckett, Mandy Martin, Blanche Tilden, Jacky Redgate, and Fred Williams.
He was previously Curatorial Manager of Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art; Director & CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art; Director of Monash Gallery of Art; and Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria.
He has individually and collaboratively curated 70 solo, group and thematic exhibitions including surveys of the works of Howard Arkley, Susan Cohn, Peter Booth, Louise Bourgeois, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott and Stephen Benwell.
Jason has written on the works of more than 150 artists for a range of publications.
After judging the 2023 Birregurra Art Show, we are pleased that Jason has agreed to return in 2024 to award this year’s 20 prizes.
Jason is also looking forward to viewing the exhibition of the youngest artists from the Kids Art Club that will be shown in the Birregurra Health Centre on the same weekend.
