Robert Leonard - publisher
Robert Leonard is one of New Zealand’s most experienced art curators and commentators. He’s a lively, provocative writer, and a prolific editor and publisher. Currently Director of Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art, he has held curatorial posts at Wellington’s National Art Gallery, New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, and City Gallery Wellington, and directed Auckland’s Artspace. He has twice curated New Zealand pavilions for the Venice Biennale.
John McCormack - publisher
John McCormack has held diverse positions in the art world, including Director of the Arts Development Unit of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Director of New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Chair of Artspace, Chair of the Museum Directors Federation of New Zealand/Aotearoa, Chair of the College of Governors of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, and Director of the Auckland gallery Starkwhite. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Art News New Zealand and Co-Editor with Robert Leonard of the art journal Midwest.
Neil Pardington - art director
Neil Pardington (Kai Tahu | Kati Mamoe | Ngati Kahungunu | Pakeha) is an award-winning graphic designer and artist based in Wellington. He is known for designing beautiful art books, including recent monographs on Fiona Pardington, Gordon Walters, and Brett Graham. He also art directs the BWB Texts paperback series, which now includes over fifty titles. His art is held in public collections, including Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria, Wellington’s Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
Marie Shannon - copy editor
Marie Shannon is an artist who works with photography, video and drawing, and has been working with text for a number of years. She has made a series of videos using on-screen text, and sometimes voiceover, to tell short, autobiographical stories, or to reflect upon specific times and events in her life. She has copy edited a wide range of texts, but specialises in art journals, books and magazines, and artists’ publications.