The Curatorial+Co. team is dedicated to promoting artistic quality, integrity, accessibility, distinction, experimentation and diversity.
Sophie Vander
Founder + Director
Founder and Director of Curatorial+Co. – a Sydney/Eora art gallery and art consultancy specialising in contemporary works by emerging and mid-career artists across all creative disciplines.
With an eye for discovering new talent, and a deep commitment to facilitating positive art experiences, Sophie works alongside her team to develop artists’ careers through a strong exhibition program, and placing works outside the gallery walls in residential, commercial and public spaces.
At the core of Curatorial+Co.’s ethos is connecting new collectors with emerging artists, enabling creative encounters that are inspiring, accessible and future thinking.
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Claire Field
Senior Curator
Claire Field is a contemporary art curator who is deeply committed to facilitating art experiences that have a positive effect on people’s lives. Claire is skilled in the conceptualisation and delivering of large-scale public art projects, strategising integration at all stages of the project’s development and ensuring inspirational results are achieved. She is a lover of visual narrative, with a penchant for activating spaces to communicate an intended concept, mood, or style. With over 20 years’ experience of working within both the public and private art sectors, Claire holds a Master of Art and Curatorship from Sydney University (2015), and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Tasmania (2001).
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Shannon Smith
Art Consultant
Shannon is a passionate Art Consultant who is dedicated to enriching Australia’s cultural future through connecting a new generation of artists with collectors. Driven by the ambition to facilitate collectors to discover unique and forward-thinking artists, as well as the determination to support artists to develop their studio practice, Shannon sees her role as one that nurtures the symbiotic nature of this relationship. Having developed her curatorial eye on film sets, productions, and exhibitions, her perspective is uniquely spatial, as she has a nuanced understanding of how artworks are perceived differently in real life, publication, and screen. She holds a Master of Fine Art from the National Art School (2016), where she also completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (2014) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (2015).
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Gabriela Sutherland
Project Manager
Gabriela is a Chilean-Australian project manager enthusiastic about delivering large scale projects and facilitating opportunities for artists. With an unconventional background that has led her to the arts, Gabriela is passionate about learning from and about changing environments, the interaction of art and people within diverse spaces, and contributing towards successful project outcomes for artists, clients, designers, architects and developers.
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Jess Bruzzaniti
Assistant Curator
Jess is a thoughtful and detail-driven Assistant Curator with over a decade of experience working across the arts in galleries, consultancies, artist studios, and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art. Previously based in New York, she delivered complex curatorial projects for institutional and corporate clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Her practice is shaped by a unique global and cross-cultural perspective. Through considered curation and meaningful collaboration, she is highly attuned to artists’ intentions and the nuances of each space. Jess grounds each project in clarity, care, and an artist-first approach from concept through to completion.
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Heidi Hosseini
Finance + Project Analyst
Heidi is an experienced project-finance analyst with over 10 years’ experience in the financial sector. She holds a Bachelor of Business Management (2012), a Master of Finance (2017), and a Master of Professional Accounting (2024) from La Trobe University. Heidi brings a sharp analytical mindset and a strong foundation in financial planning and execution, playing a key role in designing strategies across systems and procedures. Beyond her professional expertise, Heidi holds a lifelong passion for art, expressed through her own love of oil painting. Deeply committed to bridging the worlds of finance and creativity, Heidi fosters environments where artistic vision and strategic thinking collide to create a meaningful impact.
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