Dan Toua Email & Phone Number

Dan is an arts worker, curator and writer living and working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country (Kamberri/Canberra, Australia). Dan holds a Bachelor in International Relations (2009) from the Australian National University, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Art History (2015) and a Master of Art Curatorship (2016) from the University of Melbourne. As of 2024 Dan is also a PhD candidate at the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University, having begun study in February 2024. She is investigating the curation of Pacific cultural materials in Australian national cultural institutions, with the goal of creating a Curatorial Handbook that will aid in sustainable, relevant and culturally sensitive curatorial practices in this area.Dan is a first-generation Australian with familial ties to India, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji, and bases her curatorial practice on cultural autonomy, two-way relationships and knowledge sharing. As an arts worker and curator with Pacific heritage she has a keen awareness and intimate understanding of Oceanic life and culture, and her knowledge of the visual cultures of Pacific Islander societies has been further honed by her curatorial study, and by following the practices of her fellow professional colleagues. In her work Dan strives to be an effective part of the global push for the reimagination of cultural collections, exhibition development and curatorial methodologies that focus on anti-colonial and decolonised practices.