Jaklyn Babington

Bio

Jaklyn Babington is the director of a new, multisite contemporary art museum opening in Australia in late 2024. Working on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country 2015–2021, she was the senior curator, contemporary art at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). Jaklyn’s recent curatorial projects include Jordan Wolfson: Body Sculpture and Patricia Piccinini: Every Heart Sings. Notable exhibitions include Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia (2019); Jess Johnson & Simon Ward: Terminus (2018); Angelica Mesiti: Five Video Works (2018) and Hyper Real (2017–2018). In 2017, Jaklyn curated Ramesh Nithiyendran: Mud Men at the NGA.