BRENDAN MCCLEARY

Curator (Photo Australia / PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography, Australia)

Born and living on Wurundjeri country, Brendan McCleary is the Curator at Photo Australia, currently working on PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography (1–24 March 2024). He has worked with artists such as Cindy Sherman, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Thandiwe Muriu, Mohamed Bourouissa and Vasantha Yogananthan at PHOTO 2022, and Zanele Muholi, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew and Maree Clarke at PHOTO 2021. For PHOTO 2022, he curated Queering the Frame: Community, Time, Photography at the Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Previously, Brendan worked as a Producer for MPavilion, stage managed events for White Night Melbourne, Dark Mofo and Melbourne Music Week, and in 2017 worked for the Australia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. As an independent curator, Brendan has worked with a number of Australian and international artists including Carolee Schneemann and Allora & Calzadilla.