Mary Knights

It's barely a ten-minute stroll from the University of Tasmania's School of Creative Arts and Media (CAM, UTAS) to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG). The two buildings are separated by just 350 metres, their distinctive exteriors forming an integral part of Hobart's waterfront.

For Mary Knights, it took several years to complete that short journey between the two institutions that sit at the heart of Tasmania's cultural scene. Initially enrolling in a Fine Arts degree in 1991 and graduating with a PhD in 2010 from what was then known as the Tasmanian School of Art, Mary worked in numerous curatorial, academic and arts management positions in Tasmania, West Australia and South Australia before she was offered the position of Senior Curator of Art at TMAG in 2016.

Since then, she has won widespread acclaim for her work on exhibitions.