Paired was an exhibition that I curated in 2018. It showcased eight collaborative projects between artists living with and without intellectual/developmental disability or cognitive difference from across Australia plus one project from the UK. My research examined the intricacies of these collaborations including how communication, friendship, and mutual education/mentorship develops between such artist pairs.

Exhibiting collaborators include Thom & Angelmouse, Rosie Deacon & Emily Crockford, Arunan Dharmalingam & Jessica Hodgkinson, Glenn Barkley & John and Glenda Havilah (all NSW), Henry Jock Walker & Scott Pyle (SA), Dion Beasley & Johanna Bell (NT), Catherine Bell & Cathy Staughton (VIC), and Kate Adams & Paul Colley (UK).

With special thanks to:

Studio A (Sydney), Arts Project Australia (Melbourne), Tutti Arts (Adelaide) and Project Artworks (Hastings, UK)

Also thanks to CreateNSW and the National Association for the Visual Arts

In the media

Firstdraft exhibition brings artists together to better understand intellectual disability by Patrick Carey for ABC Arts Online, 27 June 2018

Paired in Woollomooloo showcases neurologically different artists interview on 2SER Breakfast with Tess Connery, 26 June 2018

A conversation with Harriet Body by Disparate Minds blog, 28 June 2018

Best friends going through a tunnel: the art of Thom and Angelmouse by Chloe Watfern for Overland Literary Journal

Find the Exhibition essay.