People
Rachael Haynes, Director
Rachael is a Brisbane-based artist and writer. Her art practice explores the limits of language and subjectivity, and re-examines art history and philosophy in relation to gender politics. Rachael’s professional experience includes lecturing in studio art practice and art history and theory at the Queensland University of Technology, working in publishing, including for Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts, and service on committees for Metro Arts, Artworkers Alliance and as a board member for the IMA. Rachael completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Visual Arts (2009) and her research interests include gender politics, performativity and relational art practices. She has been involved with artist run initiatives in Brisbane since 2003 and is a founding co-director of LEVEL.
Leena Riethmuller, Gallery Manager
Leena is a Brisbane based artist whose performance and video investigates contextual and subjective experiences of the body by critiquing dominant social constructs. Leena recently graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with 1st Class Honours from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. She has exhibited nationally including group shows at InBetweenSpaces, Metro Arts and Screenspace (Melbourne). This year, Leena will take part in Level’s 2013 residency program and exhibit at FELTspace (Adelaide) in April. Leena has worked in various coordinator positions at the Brisbane Festival, Serial Space’s Time Machine Festival (Sydney), Backbone Youth Arts’ 2high Festival and as a member of Addition Artist Run Initiative.
Katherine Dionysius, Project Manager
Katherine completed a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Visual Arts) with Honours at QUT in 2010, with a focus on curatorial studies. Her Honours research examined the contemporary art experience, by investigating shared curatorial strategies of art museums and alternative exhibition spaces. Katherine has worked at QUT Art Museum since 2009, and currently holds the position of Collection and Exhibitions Officer. She is a founding member of Current Projects (ARI).
Amy-Clare McCarthy, Project Manager
Amy-Clare completed her Bachelor of Creative Industries Honours in Visual Art in 2010. Her honours thesis was an analysis of different modes of participation in contemporary art. In 2011-2012 Amy-Clare undertook internships at MoMA PS1 and e-flux, New York. Amy-Clare currently works at the State Library of Queensland as an Exhibitions Officer and is a founding member of Current Projects. She has previously completed curatorial internships at the Queensland Art Gallery and QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct, and has also worked in the Public Programs department at the Queensland Art Gallery.
Boxcopy Board:
Ellie Buttrose | Rebecca Cason | Channon Goodwin| Daniel McKewen | Ashley Paine | Courtney Pedersen | Kate Woodcroft.
Gallery Interns:
Michaela Bear | Ursula Cooper | Tahlia Geiger | Isabella Pearson
Boxcopy Co-directors 2007-2011:
Anastasia Booth | Joseph Breikers | Channon Goodwin | Anita Holtsclaw | Timothy P. Kerr | Daniel McKewen | Raymonda Rajkowski | Marianne Templeton | Tim Woodward.
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Image: The Holy Trinity THT; It’s Dynamite, 2012.
