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Sue Smith was the senior art critic at The Courier-Mail,
Brisbane, Australia (1990 - 2001) and a director of Grafico (Qld) Pty Ltd, arts
and curatorial consultants. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Queensland, Brisbane, and Master of Arts from the Courtauld Institute
of Art, University of London. She was Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs
at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, where she was a staff member from 1972
to 1977 and 1981 to 1987. From 1987 to 1989 she lived and worked in England,
where she was Australian art consultant at Christie’s, London. She has
lectured widely and written for books, catalogues and magazines, and has organised
numerous exhibitions, including the touring surveys ‘Queensland Pictorialist
Photography 1920–1950’ 1984 and ‘Journeys North - The Art of
Ray Crooke' 1998.
For LLOYD REES: coming home, Sue Smith interviewed David and
Jan Rees, Lloyd Rees's son and daughter in law about their selection of works
for the exhibition, researched and catalogued the art works, and provided additional
texts.
Sue Smith is currently Manager, Art Services, Rockhampton City Council, and
Director of the Rockhampton Art Gallery.
