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Christina Barton
Executive Vice President and Professor of Art Institute
- After completing her MA thesis in 1987 on the history of post-object art in New Zealand (1969-1979), Christina took up a position as research assistant at the Auckland Art Gallery Research Library. This inaugurated a career as a curator in art galleries that has seen her realising various exhibitions and publications in her capacity as Assistant Curator at Auckland Art Gallery (1988–1992) and as Curator of Contemporary New Zealand Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington (1992–1994), as well as independently for various galleries both in New Zealand and Australia. In 1995 she took up a teaching position in Art History at Victoria University of Wellington. She taught full-time here until 2007, at all levels and across a range of topics, but especially in her specialist subject: New Zealand art. In April 2007 Christina was appointed Director of the Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington’s custom-built gallery which runs a programme of exhibitions and manages the University’s Art Collection. In this capacity she brings the academic and curatorial strands of her career together, and has developed the gallery as a key platform for teaching and research. In 2019 Christina was promoted to Associate Professor. She remains active beyond the university as a writer and commentator on contemporary art. Her major monograph, Billy Apple® Life/Work (AUP, 2020) on Billy App
