Meet Elizabeth, a Curator of Modern Art at Te Papa who is a BA (Hons) Art History graduate.
Elizabeth Bisley graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2003 with an Honours degree in Art History. She moved to London in 2007 to do an MA in History of Design at the Royal College of Art. This degree was funded in part by a William Georgetti scholarship and a bursary from the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women. After finishing her MA, Elizabeth worked as a curator in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department at the V&A. While at the V&A she contributed to a number of major projects, including as co-curator of the exhibitions Plywood: Material of the Modern World (2017) and Cars: Accelerating the Modern World (2019). Elizabeth returned to Wellington in 2019 and is now Curator of Modern Art at Te Papa.
