SELECTED PROJECTS, PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESS
Panel Discussion / Louvreclad
Celebrating the completion of the Integrated Urban Artwork / Car Park Facades with Louvreclad, the appointed fabricators for the car park facades. October 2024.
The panel discussion highlighted the central themes of inspiration, & innovation, overcoming challenges through collaboration, and the role of art in the public realm.
Integrated Urban Artwork, Car Park Facades / Commission / Chadstone
Art Consultant (Commission Process)
Integrated Urban Artwork, Car Park Facades – Chadstone
Vicinity Centres Pty Ltd
Limited Invitation Commission
Project Value: AU$6.5m
Artwork Value: AU$4m
October 2019 to July 2024
Appointed artist: Matthew Johnson
Commissioner: Vicinity Centres
Feasibility & concept: Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (JCB)
Design development & delivery: Cera Stribley
Builder: Hickory
Façade panels: Louvreclad
PM Advisory: APP Corporation
Engineering: ADP Consulting Pty Ltd Structural Design: Mordue Engineering Planning: Urbis
Read more about this significant commission here.
Panel Discussion / Sydney Contemporary
Delighted to have been invited to participate in a panel discussion for MA Financial’s annual “Women in Art” luncheon held during Sydney Contemporary, September 2024
Moderated by writer, curator and editor, Alison Kubler, the panel comprised Sydney gallerist, Sally Dan Cuthbert, and Fair Director, Aotearoa Art Fair, and collector, Sue Waymouth.
The discussion revolved around emerging trends and collectors. We considered from our varying perspectives, the renewed interest in female artists, the roles of advisor and gallerist, market transparency and importance of provenance, the globalisation of the art market, and the future of art collecting.
Light Sculpture Commission / Chadstone
Art Consultant (Commission Process & Management)
Limited Invitation Commission
Lobby Artwork/ Middle Road Development
Artwork Value: AU$120K
Appointed artist: Meagan Streader
Installation: March 2025
Panel Discussion / MARS Gallery
Guest speaker at MARS Gallery: “Collecting Art Now” panel discussion, October 2023
Panel Discussion with Andy Dinan, Director of MARS Gallery, and Collector Simon Terry.
Signposting the Collection / Chadstone
Art Consultant
Wayfinding / Signposting the Collection
Vicinity Centres Pty Ltd
Chadstone Art Collection
October 2022 to November 2023
After an initial audit and assessment, mapping the Collection was a first step in augmenting the inventory. Using QR codes, visitors can learn about the artist, connections with other works in the Collection, how and why the artwork was acquired, and the significance of the work. Virtual visit the Collection here.
Press / Expert Opinion
“Buyer’s Guide: Brave New Collectors”
December 6, 2023
Arts writer & editor Louise Martin-Chew consulted Catherine Asquith for her take on the changes in the market and collector behaviour.
”Confident, cashed up and well-travelled, a new generation of collectors is jumping in at the deep end, but many of the old rules of starting an art collection still apply, according to art consultants…” Read article here
Reparations Project / Chadstone
Art Consultant,
Reparations & Relocations Project
Vicinity Centres Pty Ltd
Chadstone Art Collection
November 2019 to December 2024
In line with recommendations from the Chadstone Art Collection Audit, a Reparations & Relocation program was devised and implemented.
Corporate Collection / Curation
C & D Capital, Cremorne
Architect: Bates Smart
Appointed as art advisor to curate a collection which reflected the values, philosophy and branding of C & D Capital, in addition to complementing the incorporated design and materiality by Bates Smart, for its new offices in Cremorne. As such, works were carefully selected so as to present as a cohesive, thematically appropriate and aesthetically complementary collection.
Read about the project on Bates Smart website
Press: Expert Opinion
“The Age”
August 11, 2023
Interview by The Age journalist Marta Pascual Juanola on the Australian art market and how “some actors linked to organised crime insert themselves into legitimate trading.” Pascual Juanolo was also hoping to “get a better understanding of how the artwork trading in Australia works and how common it is for pieces to change hands privately [and also] about the importance of provenance and how people can ensure they know where a piece is actually coming from (things to look out for, what are some red flags etc.)” Read the full article here
Corporate Commission / AMP Capital
AMP Capital, 255 George Street, Sydney
Artwork Commission for the lobby of the recently refurbished 255 George Street, Sydney. June 2022
Artist: Camie Lyons
Project Manager: Mostyn Copper
Architect: Richards Stanisch
The inspiration and source material for “Thought Forest”, a three-panelled bronze relief sculpture, by Sydney-based artist, Camie Lyons, is the Australian bushlands. Finely sculptured branches, forest undergrowth and falling leaves are re-contextualised into an urban space. Camie researched the site’s botanical history and consulted with Sydney Botanical Gardens to investigate and visit forest growth pockets in and around the site. Her conceptual intention for the commissioned artwork was to “re-forest and re-energise the Annex space by bringing back the original species of trees that once stood on the site.”
First Nations Integrated Artwork Commission / Vicinity Centres
Art Consultant
Northland Shopping Centre: First Nations Artwork Commission
Vicinity Centres Pty Ltd
Artwork Value: AU$150K
August 2022 to May 2023
Appointed artist: Karen Lee Mungarrja
Facilitated and managed the commissioning of artworks, which would be upscaled and fabricated to selected areas (bulkheads) located throughout the Northland Shopping Centre in Preston.
The project required an innovative yet authentic interpretation of the brief and was open to Indigenous Australian artists.
Press: Expert Opinion
“The Age”
Interviewed by Nick Miller regarding how auction houses set their estimates and how often are they ‘on the money’, in light of the forthcoming marquee auctions in New York and in particularly the widely publicised “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”, Lot 36A of Christie’s sale on 9 May 2022, with an “in-house” estimate of US$200m. Since then, the work sold for a hammer price of US$170m, with fees the total sale price was US$195m, making it the most expensive work by a 20th-century artist ever to be sold at auction. Read about the auction here
Press: Expert Opinion
Profiled in Melbourne auction house, Leonard Joel’s inaugural “Expert Series”
for their Dec/Jan Leonard magazine. The idea behind the series is to speak with an art industry expert to educate Leonard Joel’s audience on all things art. Read the full article here.
Corporate Collection / Curation
Venetian Media Group (VMG)
VMG is a communications, advertising and branding agency, and our objective for this curation was to highlight VMG’s fundamental philosophy: create authentic, engaged spaces between brands & consumers where our people, clients and communities are more enriched for the experience, and curated a collection which recognised its work and aspirations, and which would engage both its staff and visiting clientele.
Collection Policy / Chadstone
Art Consultant
Chadstone Art Collection
Vicinity Centres Pty Ltd
Art Collection Audit, Valuation, Acquisition & Deaccession Policy, Management Protocols, and Future Directions.
Drafting of a collection policy encompassing a collection strategy, parameters of the Collection, selection criteria and procurement processes, management protocols, and future directions. Extensive research, site visits and engagement with internal stakeholders, in addition to comparative case studies of sustainable corporate collections informed the Collection Policy.
Press: Expert Opinion
How to Navigate Art Month Hong Kong Like an Expert
Interviewed by Anji Connell, Design Director at ACID+
Home Journal, March 2019
“Art Month is four weeks of hedonistic pleasure, offering not only a chance to buy art — but also an opportunity to get a feel for what’s happening in the world today. To avoid being overwhelmed by the sheer number of fairs, exhibitions, and parties, you need to plan, plan, plan.” Read article here
Press: Expert Opinion
Office towers heart art
DEXUS
28 February 2018
Interviewed by Louis White
”Corporations are commissioning original artworks to install on their premises, and artists welcome the trend…The owners of these buildings want to make a visual statement, but they also want to help their customers' employees and visitors to relax, to ponder, and get lost in another world for a minute or so.” Read full article here