About Me

I’m a research-centred artist, curator, producer and writer living and working in Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) in the Australian Capital Territory. My practice centres on co-creating projects that transform, sustain and celebrate people’s connections to and care for the more-than-human world. I work across disciplines and media, creating visual works and sculptural installations, participatory experiences and accessible writing.

From 2022 - 25, I was the James O. Fairfax Senior Fellow in Culture and Environment at the National Museum of Australia. I was formerly Director, PhotoAccess, the ACT and region’s centre for contemporary photographic arts and Head Curator, People and the Environment, at the National Museum.

I’m an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research at the University of Canberra and a member of the Advisory Committee for the B.A. in Arts and Cultural Management at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Edith Cowan University). I’m the Co-Chair of the Board of the Cad Factory, an artist-run organisation based in Narrandera, NSW, contribute to the committee of Plumwood Mountain, a unique cultural and conservation property near Braidwood, NSW, and was a founding Co-Director of Catchment Studio, an ACT-based independent creative platform transforming people’s relationships with waterways.

Kirsten Wehner’s CV

Please contact me via email at: hello@kirstenwehner.com