ROSE VICKERS

Dr. Rose Vickers (b. 1984, Newcastle, Australia) is a US-based curator, speaker, and art historian focused on innovative outcomes for digital and real-world projects. Always looking to initiate positive and surprising ways of experiencing art, Rose is motivated by collaborative partnerships, inspiring new content, and the expanding possibilities offered by digital developments.

Rose began her career at the nexus of art and data, working for a leading Australian art database, where she employed extrapolative predictions and market analysis. She went on to found and co-direct a Sydney-based art consultancy, providing advice on private and corporate collections. Going beyond the traditional role of the art advisor, her directorship emphasized relationships with leading commercial galleries to establish notable niche exhibitions. Later, Rose moved to the United States to take up the role of Director at New York’s Donald Ellis Gallery.

While gathering market experience, Rose completed a PhD at the University of Sydney, where she investigated Robert Smithson’s legacy and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. Her research is deeply embedded in primary encounters and aligns with her international outlook. Following this belief, she has interviewed artists enmeshed within digital and emerging technologies in over thirty countries.

Rose is also a motivated writer and speaker who has been published in a range of outlets—including Mousse, Oyster, Artist Profile, Art Almanac, un Magazine, Eyeline, and Whitewall—and regularly speaks in the United States, Australia, and Europe. Her curatorial projects are equally wide-ranging and have featured in The New York Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monster Children, Hyperallergic, and Artsy. Rose is an advisor to the New York public art foundation ArtBridge, where she consults on diverse curatorial ventures spanning the physical and digital spheres.