The Panel for the Grace Butler Memorial Foundation Award at Ara

2027 - 28

Chloe Cull:  Chloe Cull is pouarataki curator Māori at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. She has a Master’s Degree in Art History from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning from the Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury. Chloe is also a trustee for Paemanu Ngāi Tahu Contemporary Visual Arts.
 
Emma Fitts: Emma Fitts is an artist based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her practice investigates the intersection between painting, textiles and sculpture, with research into a myriad of interests such as feminist histories, landscape, fashion and architecture. Fitts studied at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury and completed a Master of Fine Arts at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. 

Oliver Perkins: Oliver Perkins is a contemporary painter whose practice engages material processes, seriality and the continued relevance of modernist legacies in contemporary painting. Recent exhibitions include A Kind of Arrow (Dunedin Public Art Gallery), Red Letter (East St/Lett Thomas), and A Contiguous Body (Whangārei Art Museum). He teaches in the Bachelor of Design at Ara Institute of Canterbury and supervises Master of Creative Practice candidates.