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[Aka. Kath / Kat / Kate / Katherine Quigley / Quiglette / katmare]
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📩 Meanjin, QLD, 4170, Australia
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Leadership
2024-Current ARKA KINARI Curator & Executive Producer International Program [India, Middle East, Europe & AU]
2023-2024 ISEA2024 EVERYWHEN 29th International Symposium on Electronic Arts Producer Creative Program [Australia]
2014-2021 BACKBONE Artistic Director & CEO [Australia, UK, Korea]
2018-2021 CHELSEA MCGUFFIN PROJECTS & COMPANY 2 Executive Producer [Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Berlin, Edinburgh]
2014-2015 FLIPSIDE CIRCUS Producer [Brisbane, Adelaide]
2013-2015 FLIPSIDE CIRCUS Marketing Manager [Australia]
2009-2013 THE DANGER ENSEMBLE Executive Producer [Australia, USA]
2012-2013 AUSDANCE QUEENSLAND Studio & Members Manager [Brisbane]
2012-2013 ARTSLINK QUEENSLAND / QLD ARTS COUNCIL Regional Arts Development Officer [Statewide - Queensland]
2011-2012 YOUTH ARTS QUEENSLAND Training Manager Cert IV Arts Business [Statewide - Queensland]
2009-2011 CONTACT INC Administration & Project Officer [Brisbane]
2006-2007 VIBEWIRE sQuareOne (Vibewire Hub) Manager [Sydney]
2006 BERLINER FESTSPIELE, MAERZMUSIK Produktionsleitung [Berlin, Basel]
2005 ARTWORKERS ALLIANCE, ARC BIENNIAL OF ART Project Officer [Brisbane]
2005 QUEENSLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL - AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC MARKET Project Officer [Brisbane]
2003-2005 STRAIGHT OUT OF BRISBANE (SOOB 2003 & 2004) Program Manager [Brisbane]
2001-2002 BACKBONE Two High Festival Marketing Manager [Brisbane]
Pedagogical
2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology Srishti Interim Artist Residency and SMI Live 2024 [Bengaluru, Mulki, India]
2024 Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology Unit Design Practicing Artivism — A Framework for Collaborative Creative Process [Bengaluru, Mulki]
2022-Current SAE Creative Media University College Industry Liaison Coordinator [Brisbane]
2024-2025 SAE Creative Media University College Unit Design, Sustainable Music & Events Management ****[Brisbane]
2018-2021 Jazz Music Institute Module Design & Delivery Stagecraft ****[Brisbane]
2014-2021 *BACKBONE* Lead Curriculum Designer & Training Facilitator [Year-round workshops in multi-artform engagement, collaboration, producing, and festival management ages 5-30, Brisbane]
2015 *FLIPSIDE CIRCUS* Curriculum Design - Masterclass Independent Producing & Touring for Circus
2011-2012 YOUTH ARTS QUEENSLAND Lead Trainer & Curriculum Developer Arts Business Management
2012-2013 ARTSLINK QUEENSLAND / QLD ARTS COUNCIL Digital Literacy for Seniors **Masterclass Program Development Let’s Get Digital - Regional & Remote Queensland
Governance
Boards, Committees & Advisory Panels
2024 Navitas/SAE, Member, National Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Committee
2021-2024 Jazz Music Institute, General Board Member (Not for Profit Arm), Shareholder (Pty Ltd.)
2023-2024 ISEA - International Symposium of Electronic Arts, Organising Committee Member
2022 Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA-Amcos) Art Music Awards, Assessor
2022 West End Film Festival, Assessor
2022 Women In Film & Television Queensland, Committee Member
2020-2022 Arts Amidst Covid Facebook Group, Online Moderator (2k+members), Qld Representative,
2017-2019 Australia Council for the Arts, Peer Assessor (Experimental Arts, Community Development, Theatre, Music)
2017-2020 Vulcana Women's Circus, Chairperson
2015-2019 The Queensland Chamber of Arts and Culture, Committee Member
2010-2014 Arts Queensland Peer Assessor (Organisations Fund, Individuals Fund, Qld Arts Showcase Program)
2009 Brisbane City Council Valley Fiesta Programming Committee
Education
2025-2028, Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, University of Queensland, UQ School of Music
2016-2018, Masters of Fine Arts, Cultural Leadership, National Institute of Dramatic Arts (Sydney, London)
2011, Graduate Certificate of Professional Accounting, Queensland University of Technology Graduate School of Business
1999-2002, Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama), Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Creative Industries
1995-1998, QLD Senior Certificate, Kelvin Grove State High School, OP8
Internships
Professional Mentorships - Producing
2018 NIDA & Battersea Arts Centre, Student ****Placement London UK
2009 Sunny Drake, Community Consultation and Project Management
2005 Libby Lincoln, Qld Music Festival, Producing International Work in Major Festivals
2003 Anne Maree Moon, QPAC, Marketing, Sponsorship & Business Development
Externships
Enterprise, Strategy and Business Development
2023 Slack Certified Training, Intro to Slack, Drive Etiquette and Productivity, Slack Basics
2023 Total Governance Solutions, Director Governance Training
2014 Business Models Inc, Business Models Canvas for Creative Industries
2013 AdSchool, Strategic Planning
2010 Matrix on Board, Financial Reporting for the Australia Council
2008 Donna Walker-Kuhne - Invitation to the Party, Multicultural Arts Marketing
2007 Kape Communications, Multicultural Arts Professional Development Course - Western Sydney
2007 Matrix on Board, Financial Management for NGO's and Not for Profits
Community Development
2011 David Engwicht, Placemaking in Communities
2009 ECARRE, Group facilitation training
2009 Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding
2009 Donna Jackson Masterclass, Landscape Installation & Communities
Creative Practice
2025 Self-initiated sabbatical researching and cultural mapping, Kochi, Kerala, India
2025 Lintas Batas 2025 Strategy Conference, Bali Indonesia
2025 Arka Kinari Artist Residency ****Bali Indonesia ****
2024 Leah Barclay Eco-Acoustics Masterclass
2016 Self-initiated three-month sabbatical focusing on language and cultural studies in Baja California, Mexico
2012 Witness Relocation (NY) Creating Digital & Physical Works
2011 Joe Riugrok van der Werven & La Boite Theatre, Large Scale Productions & Image Driven Work
Collaborations
Director/Writer/Original Concept
2024 To Power, With Love Srishti Manipal, Bengaluru, India
2024 Rainbow's End HOTA Underground, Gold Coast, AU
2024 Rainbow's End ISEA2024 Everywhen, Brisbane (BNE), AU
2024 Art of the People Brisbane Festival, (2025 release)
2023 Pixel SPARK Festival, Ipswich, AU
2020 Azul, The Colour of a Cloudless Sky, Skypoint, AU & Mexico
2019 Absolute Objectivity Backbone, BNE, AU
2019 A Successful Woman, Open Homes La Boite Theatre, BNE, AU
2019 Keepsakes, Boxes & Treasures, Open Homes La Boite Theatre(Brisbane)
2019 Babel (Strings Attached & Younes Bachir (Spain), BNE AU
2018 The Adani Show, Brisbane Writers Festival, BNE, AU
2017 Their Name Liveth For Evermore Backbone and Brisbane City Council with ****Toowong Cemetary
2017 Disco Inferno Backbone Performance Ensemble, Festival of Australian Student Theatre
2016 Mind-Craft-Drama-Mod Backbone Youth Arts and Festival of Australian Student Theatre
2016 Parental Guidance Recommended Backbone Youth Arts, 2high Festival
Executive Producer
2017 We Will Not Kiss Touch Frighten You In The Dark Backbone, The Danger Ensemble
2017 The Hamlet Apocalypse Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
2014 Caligula (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 2014),
The Wizard of Oz (co-production with La Boite and Brisbane Festival, 2013),
i war (Creative Development, QTC Greenhouse and Brisbane Festival 2012), and
Loco Maricon Amor (Metro Independents, 2012).
Sons of Sin (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 2013), wrote the text for
Children of War (La Boite Indie, 2012), and worked as dramaturg on
The Hamlet Apocalypse (La Boite Indie, 2011; Adelaide Fringe, 2010; Melbourne Fringe, 2009).
Curatorial
Exhibitions, Events, Performance, Festivals, Cultural Programs
2025 Laut Loud Video Art, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2025 Artivsim At Sea Arka Kinari Live Documentary Performance, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2024-2025 Art of the People Brisbane Festival & Shams Pictures
2024 Time Changes Everything//Everything Changes Time, ISEA2024 Everywhen, Vacant Assembly, AU
2024 Ethos, ISEA2024 Everywhen, SAE West End, AU
2024 Pale Blue Dot, ISEA2024 Everywhen, Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, AU
2024 Dreaming of the Sea, ISEA2024 Everywhen, VENTSpace,
2024 Ambience, ISEA2024 Everywhen, KEPK
2023 Pixel SPARK Festival, Ipswich, AU
2021 Don’t You Forget About Me, Brisbane Powerhouse
2019 Fake News // Dumb Views, Annual Program, Backbone
2018 How Soon is Now? 2018 Backbone Festival Program, Backbone
2018 Fractured Identities in Fragile Times, Annual Program, Backbone
2017 Future30 Artistic Program**, Backbone**
Clients
Paid & Voluntary Freelance & Consultation
Jackie Marshall, Robert Davidson Vinyl production, recordings, doco
LUCKS* marketing, promotion, publicity
Kathryn McKee delivery of new AV works for Adelaide Planetarium
Leah Flanagan (NT) development of new AV performance, Woodford/Darwin
Chroma develop new performance work by animation collective, Chroma
Corrugated Iron (NT) Multi-Year Funding application *****s*upport for Executive Producer/CEO
Editpro, PraxHub, Melbourne create engaging online Continuous Professional Development for GP's Mayali Mulil Festival, (Kakadu NT) producing, funding
Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival producing, funding
Speaking
Conferences, Public Presentations & Guest Lectures
2024 Underdog Film Festival Presenter, Inaugural Program Launch
2022-24 SAE Open Day Presenter, Careers & Industry
2024 ISEA Brisbane, Delegate
2022-2024 Big Sound, Brisbane, Delegate & Sponsor
2022 SAE, Brisbane, Guest Lecturer, Music Business
2019 National Youth Arts Summit, Adelaide, 2019, Panelist & Facilitator
2019 Future Cities Summit, Busan, South Korea, Panelist, Presenter:
2019 Australia India Youth Dialogue, Sydney & Melbourne, Delegate
2019 Uncommon Ground, Manchester UK, Delegate
2018 The Globe, Brisbane Independents, Brisbane, Panelist
2018 MEAA Graduates Industry Session, Brisbane, Panelist
2016 Qld Academy of Creative Industries, Brisbane, Guest Lecturer, Producing
2015 University of Sunshine Coast, Buderim, Qld, Guest Lecturer, Theatre
2014 National Youth Arts Summit, Bundanon Trust NSW, Delegate
Writing
Interviews, Articles & Published Work
2025 Camel Art Foundation, Hampi Chapter Ecologies of practice, Soils of Communities
2021 Nothing Ever Happens In Brisbane We are here to say yes
2020 Positive Solutions Quick Chats Interview with Katherine Quigley
2020 Arts Hub Post-Pandemic Pick Me Ups Great Art Will Show the Way
2020 Broadway World Interview Katherine Quigley
2020 PopsArt Katherine Quigley, Independent Arts Survival Series,
2019 Arts Hub Activists, Entrepreneurs and Influencers, The Future of Cultural Leadership
2018 Arts Hub Cultural Leadership - More than just a Buzz Word
2018 Arts Hub Who Needs A Fringe Festival Anyway
2014 Scenestr Nothing Is Too High For Katherine Quigley
2014 Arts Hub Queensland's Arts Sector Fights On Wounded
Awards
Nominations & Achievements
2020 Greenroom Awards (Melbourne), Artist Led Actions, Acknowledgement of Outstanding Arts Advocacy
2018 BCC Lord Mayor Commendation, Toowong Cemetery & Backbone Collaboration - Their Name Liveth
2017 Planetarium Rotary, Pride of Work - Business Award
2011 Matilda Awards, Best Independent Production, Loco Maricon Amor
2011 Matilda Awards, Best Independent Production, The Hamlet Apocalypse
2011 Greenroom Groundling Award (Melbourne) Best Production, The Hamlet Apocalypse
2010 Adelaide Fringe Award (Adelaide) Best New Venue, Arcade Lane
Buildings
Capital Works Project Management
2016-2018 Backbone HQ East Brisbane Bowls Club, Quinn Constructions, Studio Apparatus, Qld State Heritage, Brisbane City Council, Qld State Government
2006-2007 Vibewire Hub Ultimo Community Centre, Sydney Archives, Sydney City Council