Staff Profiles

Areas of Expertise

Curatorial Practice concentrating on Modern and Contemporary Art, Nationally and Internationally; Art Gallery Management; Art Historian and Theorist, specialising in the areas of Modern and Contemporary Art, Exhibition concept and realisation.

Teaching Areas

Exhibition Management and Curatorial Studies. Festivals and Biennales: Recurrent national and international exhibitions. Master of Art Administration.

Current Research Activity

Nick Waterlow is working on several key curatorial / research and writing projects. They are as follows:
The Australian Presence in 1960s London: Larrikins in London for exhibitions and related publications in London.
Colour in Art: Roy De Maistre and Roland Wakelin's ground breaking 1919 exhibition in a contemporary setting.
The Art of Curating Australia - 1961 to Today. Research commencing with the exhibition Recent Australian Painting at London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery 1961 culminating in the opening in mid 2006 of the Musee Quai Branly in Paris, towards a book examining and celebrating exhibitions, artists and curators who have brought the world to Australia and vice versa during this period.

Nick has recently interviewed key participants in different parts of the world and continues to do so, and additionally in Australia.

Nick is also researching the work of Martin Sharp, major participant in Larrikins in London, for The Everlasting World of Martin Sharp exhibition and publication, a project to be realized later this year.

Nick continues research into the development of exhibitions, publications, seminars and other professional development with Australian university art museum and gallery directors. This involves developments in research and implementation discussed at last year’s Launceston and Melbourne conferences, to be further developed in 2006 at meetings in Adelaide and at COFA.

Publications

Books

Waterlow, NAR. , 1979 , European Dialogue: Biennale of Sydney , Sydney , Biennale of Sydney .

Book Chapters

Waterlow, NAR. (1982). Peter Booth and Rosalie Gascoigne. Australia: Venice Biennale. (7 - 11). , .

Waterlow, NAR. (1986). Origins Originality + Beyond. Biennale of Sydney. (10 - 15). Sydney, Biennale of Sydney.

Waterlow, NAR. (1988). From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c.1940-1988. Australian Biennale. (9 - 13). Sydney, Biennale of Sydney and ABC.

Waterlow, N. (1989). Genius Loci Spirit of Place. Contemporary Tasmanian Painting. (unpaginated - ). University of Tasmania, School of Art, Hobart.

Waterlow, NAR. (1991). Art Administration: Method and Result. Museum Administration of the Future. (30-32 - 53-56). , .

Waterlow, NAR. (1992). Henry Moore, Links with Australia. Henry Moore. (9 - 12). Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW.

Waterlow, NAR. (1994). 25 Years of Performance Art in Australia. 25 Years of Performance Art in Australia. (3 - 5). Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery.

Waterlow, NAR. (1996). Numinous Worlds. Spirit and Place: Art in Australia 1861-1996. (34 - 35). Sydney, MCA.

Waterlow, NAR. (2000). Introduction. Biennale of Sydney. (10 - 13). Sydney, Biennale of Sydney.

Waterlow, NAR. (2000). Interview with Robert Storr. Biennale of Sydney. (21 - 23). Sydney, Biennale of Sydney.

Waterlow, NAR. (2000). Interview with Sir Nicholas Serota. Biennale of Sydney. (24 - 26). Sydney, Biennale of Sydney.

Waterlow, NAR. (2001). A Century of Collecting 1901-2001. A Century of Collecting 1901-2001. (2 - 4). Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery.

Waterlow, NAR. (2003). An Introduction. Wang Zhiyuan 1997-2002. (6 - 10). Sydney & Beijing, .

Waterlow, NAR. (2003). Larrikins in London. Larrikins in London. (4 - 16). Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery.

Waterlow, NAR. (2003). A history of the Sydney Biennale. Translating Cultures, Site + Sight. (22 - 27). Singapore, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts.

Waterlow, NAR. (2004). Foreword. Dennis Del Favero – Fantasmi: 1994-2004. (6 - 7). Sydney, UNSW Press + Sprengel Museum Hannover.

Waterlow, NAR. (2005). Introduction. Convictions: Art from Long Bay 1986-2005. (unpaginated - ). Sydney, Ivan Dougherty Gallery.

Published Articles

Waterlow, NAR. (1977). "A Decade of Australian Art - Interviews with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, John Olsen, Robert Hughes and others.". Nation Review, (October 6-12). (14 - 20).

Waterlow, NAR. (1983). Australian Art Observed 1965-83, "A Tale of Two Cities - Rewritten". Studio International, London, (Vol 196 No 1002). (8 - 11).

Waterlow, NAR. (1989 ). Genius Loci Spirit of Place," Contemporary Tasmanian Painting. University of Tasmania, School of Art, Hobart, (). (unpaginated - ).

Waterlow, NAR. (1996). The Aura of the Original, with reference to Benjamin, Berger, Tillers and Burn. Art & Australia, (Vol 33 No 3). (340 - 345).

Waterlow, NAR. (1998). The Spiritual, the Rational and the Material: Spirit and Place - Art in Australia 1861-1996. Artlink, (Vol 18 No 1). (33 - 37).

Waterlow, NAR. (2001). Monet and Japan - Fragments of one 'floating world'. Art & Australia, (Vol 39 No 2). (218 - 220).

Waterlow, NAR. (2002). Letter from Sydney. Studio International Online, (Online, London). ( - ).

Waterlow, NAR. (2002). Documenta II. Studio International Online, (Online, London). ( - ).

Waterlow, NAR. (2003). Celebrating the sixties - then and now. Art Monthly Australia, (#163). (30 - 33).

Waterlow, NAR. (2003). Conversations on the work of Hilarie Mais. Art & Australia, (Vol 41, No 2). (240 - 247).

Waterlow, NAR. (2004). Holy Holy Holy. Art Monthly Australia, (#170). (24 - 26).

Waterlow, NAR. (2005). University Art Museums in the 21st Century. Art Monthly Australia, (#186). (44 - 45).

Exhibitions Curated

1979, Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.

1986, Biennale of Sydney: Origins Originality + Beyond. Art Gallery of NSW and Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay, Sydney, NSW.

1988, Australian Biennale - From the Southern Cross: A View of World Art c1940-1988. Touring exhibition: Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Victoria, Sydney, NSW and Melbourne, VIC.

1989-1990, Genius Loci Spirit of Place: Contemporary Tasmanian Painting. Touring exhibition: Plimsoll Gallery; Launceston Art Gallery and RMIT Gallery, Hobart, TAS; Launceston, TAS; Melbourne VIC.

1991, George Baldessin, Drawings and Related Sculpture. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1992, Henry Moore 1898-1986. Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.

1992, SEVEN. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1993, Confrontations. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1994, 25 Years of Performance Art in Australia. Ivan Dougherty Gallery and and The Performance Space. Touring to: IMA Brisbane; PICA Perth; EAF Adelaide; ACCA Melbourne, Sydney, NSW. Touring to: Brisbane, QLD; Perth, WA; Adelaide, SA; Melbourne, VIC.

1995, Asia & Oceania Influence. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1996, Godfrey Miller and Post War Sydney, co-curator Jennifer Hardy. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1996-1997, Spirit & Place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, co-curator Ross Mellick. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW.

1997, Sextet. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1997, John Passmore: The Late Works, co-curator Peter Pinson. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW and Australian tour.

1999, SILVER: COFA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, co-curators Felicity Fenner, Jennifer Hardy. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2000, Biennale of Sydney 2000, Chair International Selection Panel. Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art and Artspace, Sydney, NSW.

2001, A Century of Collecting 1901-2001. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2001, MORPHOLOGIES, co-curator Nick Tsoutas. Ivan Dougherty Gallery and Artspace, Sydney, NSW.

2002, A Silver Lining & A New Beginning, co-curator Felicity Fenner. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2003, Larrikins in London: An Australian Presence in 1960s London, assistant curator Annabel Pegus. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2004, COFA Building Project Fundraising Exhibition, with Ivan Dougherty Gallery and Kudos Gallery staff and Student Association. Ivan Dougherty Gallery and Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2006, For Matthew and Others – Journeys with Schizophrenia, member of curatorium. Ivan Dougherty Gallery with Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW; Campbelltown, NSW; Penrith, NSW.

2006, The Everlasting World of Martin Sharp, co-curator Annabel Pegus. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

Conference Papers

Waterlow, , N. Howard, I. (2005). UNSW Centre for Art & Design Rhapsody 21C. The Future of University Museums and Art Galleries in the new century, (Academy of the Arts, University of Tasmania, and Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston.

Waterlow, N. Howard, I. (2005). The University Gallery as a Laboratory,” Precious Resources: University Museums in the 21st Century. Precious Resources: University Museums in the 21st Century, (Universitas 21, Melbourne.

Waterlow, NAR. (1996). Ivan Dougherty Gallery - Local, National and International Interweavings, Framing New Perspectives. ACUADS Conference , (ACUADS, ANU, Canberra, ACT.

Grants

Gordon Darling Foundation, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Colour in Art - Revisiting 1919. (2006),

Professional Associations

ICOM, AICA
Member, 1979-

Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Exhibitions Advisory Committee
Member, 1992-2002

NSW Ministry for the Arts, Arts Advisory Council
Deputy Chair, 2001-2003

NSW Ministry for the Arts, Visual Arts & Craft Committee
Chair, 1999-2003

Biennale of Sydney
Board Member, 1994-2006

Art & Australia, Editorial Advisory Board
Member, 2004-