Toby is a Lecturer at the School of Creative Arts and Media (CAM), Hunter Street. An art historian, curator, writer, and sometimes artist Toby has worked across the interface of history, theory, and practice for over a decade. Publishing widely on subjects such as British and Australian sculpture, participatory art, and performance, Toby continues to examine the relationship between history and practice through teaching and research.

Biography

Toby joined UTAS in 2017 from the University of Melbourne where he was lecturer in Critical and Theoretical Studies and coordinator of Bachelor of Fine Art Honours program. Prior arriving in Australia in 2012 Toby taught at Leeds College of Art (2006-2012) and the Open University (2008-12) where he taught in the MA Art History program. Since 2019 Toby has been Lecturer in Art and coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) program.

With a background in contemporary art, literature and music, Toby continues to teach units and supervise projects that traverse disciplinary boundaries. Toby undertook graduate studies in the history and theory of sculpture at the University of Leeds, with scholarships from the Henry Moore Foundation (MA) and the Arts Humanities Research Council (PhD). He has presented his research and work at over 30 international conferences and served on the executive committee of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (2013) and the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (2014). He was selected as a peer-review in Art History and Theory (1901) for the 2015 ERA-exercise.

Toby is an active curator and writer. Recent A-rated publications sit alongside catalogue essays for Heide Museum of Art, Bus Projects, and Neon Parc. In 2019 Toby curated Pandemic (Plimsoll), which was supported by competitive awards from Contemporary Art Tasmania and the Gordon Darling Foundation. Since 2018 Toby has been working with colleagues Dr Yvette Watt (UTAS) and Dr Andre Krebber (University of Kassel) on OktoLab, an interdisciplinary research project on all things cephalopod, which has resulted in exhibitions and conferences in Australia and Germany, supported by grants from Australia Council, Regional Arts Fund, and the DAAD.

Teaching Responsibilities

Toby is coordinator of Critical Practices 2C (FSA223) and is coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) program.

Career summary

Qualifications

Memberships

Professional practice

AAANZ, ACUADS, Contemporary Art Tasmania

Administrative expertise

Executive organising committee of several large-scale international conferences (IPAD 2012- Leeds, AAANZ 2013 & ACUADS 2014 – both University of Melbourne).

Teaching

History, theory, sculpture, painting, affect, participation, coding, historiography, digital humanities, Australian Art, British Art.

Teaching expertise

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Teaching responsibility

Toby is coordinator of Critical Practices 3A (FSA311) and (2018) acting coordinator of the BFA Honours and MFAD programs.

Research Appointments

Toby served as external evaluator in Art History & Theory for the ERA 2015 exercise.

Research Invitations

Toby has recently served as external examiner for PhDs in Art History and Fine Art (UNSW, UNE), MFA (Monash), and Art History Honours (UNSW, ACU). He has examined whole degrees (UniSA) and served on the consultative committee of several research projects related to the design of new art curricula.