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Hetti Perkins was born on 1965, is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. Discover Hetti Perkins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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1965

Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer.

She was born in 1965, the daughter of Aboriginal Australian activist Charles Perkins and his wife Eileen Munchenberg; a granddaughter of Hetty Perkins; sister to film director Rachel Perkins and brother Adam Perkins.

Her mother created an art gallery showcasing Aboriginal art in the family home's garage in Canberra, and she was influenced by her father's Indigenous rights advocacy.

1972

She attended the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972.

She attended Melrose High School in Canberra, with her sister.

1986

Perkins completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986.

Perkins started her career working at Aboriginal Arts Australia, an art gallery in Sydney.

As part of her work there, she worked with independent Aboriginal artists as well as community art centres in remote areas.

1988

In 1988, she went to New York with the Dreamings: Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition.

She was then appointed curator at the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Sydney, where she was responsible for the expansion of its premises and raising of its profile.

Under her curatorship, Boomalli mounted many exhibitions in Sydney and internationally, showcasing its members and other New South Wales artists.

1989

She worked at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney from 1989, was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, when she resigned.

She was responsible for some major exhibitions and initiatives during her time there.

1991

In 1991 she curated the Aboriginal Womens Exhibition, which included a national tour.

1994

Perkins helped to the Yiribana Gallery at AGNSW, which opened in 1994.

1997

In 1997 she co-curated the Australian entry for the 1997 Venice Biennale (along with Brenda L. Croft and Victoria Lynn ), which featured the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Yvonne Koolmatrie, and Judy Watson.

1998

She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, and for many significant exhibitions and projects.

Hetti Kemerre Perkins is an Eastern Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia.

2000

Perkins was a member of the International Selection Committee for the Biennale of Sydney in 2000.

She co-produced four series of Colour Theory for SBS/NITV, and co-curated the Australian Indigenous Art Commission at the Musee du quai Branly in Paris, France.

Perkins has served as a board member of several bodies, including the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

She has also worked with other federal government agencies, as well as community arts organisations, and local government on various initiatives featuring and advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts.

Perkins is the mother of actress and activist Madeleine Madden.

2010

In 2010, she was curatorial adviser to "Eora Journey", the City of Sydney's Indigenous public art program.

Also in 2010, she curated the project art + soul: a journey into the world of Aboriginal art, which included a significant exhibition at AGNSW, a book, and a three-part television documentary made by ABC Television.

This was aired in October 2010, and later shown on Sveriges Television as "Aborginernas konst".

Perkins was curator of the NPG's fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony (26 March–31 July 2022).

in 2022.

Perkins is described as "senior curator-at-large" of the NPG.

In September 2022, she co-curated the 31st Desert Mob exhibition, held by Desart at the Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre in Mparntwe Alice Springs, along with assistant manager of the art centre, Marisa Maher.

This was the first time that the exhibition had been curated by two Aboriginal women.