Lara Strongman

Lara Strongman is the recently appointed director of the curatorial and digital team at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. She was head curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, from 2018 until last september 2019, she led the curatorial team. Previously, Lara was senior curator, from 2014 to 2018, at the same institution. Her former position was deputy director at City Gallery Wellington. Currently, her research interests include contemporary photography, issues in public art, and art's response to situations of crisis.

She writes on the relationship of art to the wider culture, and reviews film and television for Radio New Zealand. Lara's essay on the Christchurch earthquakes, A Song from Under The Floorboards, was included in the Auckland University Press anthology of great New Zealand nonfiction, Tell You What: 2015.