About Tina Baum

Tina Baum is from the Gulumirrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/Karajarri peoples of the Northern Territory and Western Australia with over 30 years’ experience working in Museums and Gallery’s throughout Australia. She’s been the Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia since 2005. She curated the 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial: Defying Empire, 2017 and Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia, 2021 major exhibitions. Tina’s a recipient of the 2021 Art Monthly Australasia, Indigenous Voices Program (writing) as a mentor, the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Leaders Program, 2020-22, and an alumnus of the British Council Accelerate Programme to the UK, 2009. She is a mentor to alumni of the NGA and Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Arts Leadership and Fellowship Programs since 2010. She is passionate about the Cultural care, identification, connection/reconnection, documentation, and co-management of First Nations collections within Galleries and Museums in Australia and internationally.