BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Matt Cox
Dr Matt Cox is Senior Curator and Artist Liaison at Tilt Industrial Design. He comes to Tilt from the Art Gallery of New South Wales where he was Curator, Asian Art. Among other exhibitions he curated, A promise: Khaled Sabsabi (2020), Playback: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennale 2018 and Passion and Procession. Art of the Philippines (2017) and was co-curator for The National 2021: New Australian Art. He has published widely on Asian art, photography and architecture including publications with the National Gallery of Australia, Amsterdam University Press, and the National University of Singapore. Matt regularly teaches subjects on contemporary art and curating and has presented lectures on the intersection of public art, urban development and climate change.
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Katie Dyer (Chair)
Katie Dyer is a senior curator and arts manager with over 20 years of cultural leadership experience managing collections and multi-faceted art projects and organisations in Australia and internationally. She is currently Consulting Senior Curator at Cairns Art Gallery, QLD, and Curatorial Advisor on Sampai Tak Sampai produced by Performing Lines. From 2024-26 she was Senior Curator at Artspace where she shaped strategic initiatives and helped lead the design and delivery of Artspace’s artistic program. Prior to this she was Senior Curator Contemporary at the Powerhouse Museum where she helped lead the transformation of the museum through the development of artistic programming anchored in research, collections, community and contemporary critical practice. She has held positions at the MCA; National Art School, Sydney; and The Drawing Center and MOMA in New York. Katie has sat on cultural and governmental advisory boards and juries, and has published widely on contemporary art and curatorial practice including with MIT Press and Routledge.
Michaela Gleave
Michaela Gleave is a contemporary artist based on Bediagal/Wangal Country, Sydney. Her practice is grounded in research-driven, durational projects spanning installation, performance, sound, video, photography, sculpture, and digital work. Working across art, science, and philosophy, she explores how knowledge is formed at the limits of certainty, and how human, planetary, and technological systems are entangled across time and scale. Her work has been presented extensively in Australia and internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Dark Mofo, Hobart; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Bristol Biennial, UK; TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria; Carriageworks, Sydney; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. She has undertaken residencies with leading research and cultural organisations, including CERN, Switzerland; the International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York; Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan; and NES, Iceland, alongside Australian residencies with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science; Sydney Observatory; the Powerhouse Museum; Artspace; and Bundanon. Gleave brings significant sector and governance experience to her board role. She is a former Director of Firstdraft Gallery and Runway Journal, contributing to artist-led governance, publishing, and the development of contemporary practice.
Yuanyu Li (International Partnerships)
Yuanyu Li is a curator and producer from Changsha, currently based in Hong Kong. She works as assistant curator at Para Site and has previously held positions as associate curator at Artspace Sydney and digital producer at Runway Journal, alongside roles in art institutions in Australia and China. Her curatorial work combines socially engaged and multidisciplinary approaches, drawing on digital tools and human geography to foster community and address contemporary challenges. Yuanyu holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) from Hong Kong Baptist University and a Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership from the University of New South Wales.
Patrick Madden
Patrick Madden is a curator, writer, Corporate and Arts professional who studied Chinese philosophy and Art Theory at UNSW. He has spent over 15 years working at, volunteering for, and glaring into both commercial and public galleries in Sydney, developing a solid and sharp eye and advocating for contemporary art. As Co-Founder and Co-Director of Passage, he has been instrumental in shaping the gallery since its inception. He values articulating ideas with clarity, and a sustaining an interest in the labour, ideas, and purpose of art, alongside a commitment to supporting contemporary artists.
Madeline Poll (First Nations)
Madeline is an early career curator with a strong commitment to preserving and amplifying the cultural heritage of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and South Sea Islander communities. Her ancestral connections trace back to the Loyalty Islands (Lifou), where her ancestor George Watego was brought to the Torres Strait by the London Missionary Society. Through marriage and community ties, Madeline has deep family connections across Aboriginal, Torres Strait, and South Sea Islander communities along the east coast of Australia. Madeline has worked at the Powerhouse Museum for six years, beginning in Visitor Services before moving into Registration, and eventually transitioning into Curatorial, where she has been for the past three years.
Marco Rinaldi
Marco Rinaldi is a curator and producer working across installation and site-responsive practice. He develops exhibitions that activate space and operate beyond conventional gallery formats. Across his work at Passage Gallery and within major museum contexts, he collaborates with artists to realise ambitious new commissions that respond materially and conceptually to place. Through initiatives such as 24/7 street-facing programming, installations in civic and non-traditional sites, and international collaborations developed from a small-scale platform, his practice explores alternative models for how art is produced, shared, and encountered. As Founder and Co-Director of Passage Gallery in Sydney’s Chinatown, Marco has established a nationally recognised program of site-responsive exhibitions, commissioning new work by artists from across Australia. The gallery prioritises experimentation, public access, and long-term support for artists, positioning installation as a civic encounter rather than a closed event. Alongside this work, he has held senior production and exhibition roles at Artspace and Powerhouse Museum, overseeing complex exhibition delivery, public programs, and national touring projects. Marco’s practice is shaped by ongoing international research and exchange. In 2025 he undertook a curatorial research trip to India supported by Creative Australia, and in 2026 he will travel to China with support from Create NSW to develop international relationships, conduct studio visits, and explore new exhibition and commissioning models. He has worked with hundreds of artists across independent and institutional contexts and currently serves on the Create NSW Creative Youth Network and as a peer assessor for Creative Australia. He holds a Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership (With Excellence) from UNSW Art & Design and a Bachelor of Interior Design.
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Thinesh Thillainadarajah (Treasurer)
Thinesh is a queer Eelam Tamil cultural producer and lawyer, and aims to create space for communities that Australian cultural institutions have been slow to centre. He is the creator and producer of You Have Been Told A Lie, a podcast that chronicles the journey of the Nadesalingam family and Tamil asylum seekers, geopolitics, border surveillance, and Australia’s complicity in human rights violations domestically and abroad. You Have Been Told A Lie won Best News and Affairs Podcast at the 2023 iHeart Australian Podcast Awards. His community event series Hot Sauce has brought together queer people of colour at the intersection of art, food, and music since 2019. As a community engagement strategist, Thinesh has worked with the Belvoir Street Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, and Sydney Festival. Most recently he worked on Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ Safe Zone at Artspace. He currently serves as Co-Chair on the Board of Utp in Western Sydney.