Abby Cunnane

Abby Cunnane is a New Zealand writer and curator. She grew up on the west coast of the North Island near Raglan.[1]

In January 2021, Cunnane took on the role of Director of Christchurch art gallery The Physics Room.[2][3] Previously, Cunnane worked as Director (acting) at St Paul Street Gallery AUT from 2017 to 2018, and prior as Assistant Director from 2013 to 2017.[4] From 2007 to 2012, Cunnane was employed by City Gallery Wellington as a curator, and worked alongside Aaron Lister on the exhibition The Obstinate Object: Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture.[1]

With artist Amy Howden-Chapman, Cunnane is the co-editor of The Distance Plan, an exhibition platform and journal focusing on contemporary art and climate change.[5] The Distance Plan was founded in 2011 to provide a platform for discussion about climate change within the humanities context.[6]

Her father is a pilot, and her mother Alison Annals is a senior tutor at University of Waikato.[1][7][8] Cunnane's brother, Sam Cunnane, is Head of School for Media Arts at Wintec.[9][8]

Education

Cunnane studied art history and English at Victoria University of Wellington.[1]

In 2018 Cunnane completed a practice-led MPhil in curatorial writing from Auckland University of Technology[10] In 2020 Cunnane completed two years of study in te reo Māori at Te Rōnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Tāmaki Makaurau.[4]

Publications

As author:

  • Saying what You See: How to Write and Talk about Art, Alison Annals, Abby Cunnane, Sam Cunnane. Pearson Education N.Z. (2009). ISBN 9780733993268

As editor:

  • The Distance Plan, Distance Plan Press (2013–). Various ISBN for each issue.
  • Reading Walking Writing, The Physics Room (2015). ISBN 9780986459481

References
  1. "TBI Q&A: Abby Cunnane". The Big Idea. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. "Abby Cunnane The Physics Room's New Director". ArtBeat. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Abby Cunnane: leading the Physics Room". RNZ. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. "Keep calm & curate: the role of emotion in art, museums and education". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "Abby Cunnane and Chloe Lane in Touching Sight". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. "An Interview with Amy Howden-Chapman & Abby Cunnane". Artists & Climate Change. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. "My favourite table: Abby Cunnane". Stuff. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. "Seeing What You See". www.scoop.co.nz. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. "Sam Cunnane". Default. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. Cunnane, Abby (2018). These Things Are Agents of the World and They Announce Themselves: The Sculptural Object in Artworks by Maddie Leach and Bianca Hester (Masters thesis). Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/11888.
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