Sarah Rose (b.1996) is a Sydney-based (Gadigal) curator and arts worker currently working at Artspace as the Associate Curator. In recent years, she has curated extensively across independent and council-run spaces, collaborating closely with artists to develop group and solo exhibitions. She was listed as a curator setting the tone for the year ahead in the ‘Tastemaker’ section of Art Collector Magazine’s 50 Things Collectors Should Know issue (Jan–Mar 2023), and her curated exhibition In the fibre of her being (2021-22) at Fairfield City Museum and Gallery received a 2022 MGNSW IMAGinE Award.

At the nucleus of her practice is bolstering artists and arts workers through advocacy. This is embodied in her previously held positions at the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Create NSW, and in her current position as Coordinator for Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOA), a network of fifteen non-profit peer organisations from every state and territory across Australia. In addition, she holds a Masters of Curating & Cultural Leadership with Excellence and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction from UNSW Art & Design.

Rose is Co-founder and Curator for More Than Reproduction, reflecting her objectives to facilitate collective modes of exchange, knowledge-sharing and peer support, with an ongoing drive to support early-career artists. She was on the selection panel for the Hazelhurst Arts on Paper Award 2021, is former Co-Chair at AIRspace Projects in Marrickville, and former member of the Art Gallery of NSW’s 2019 Youth Collective.

Curatorially, her practice reflects her interests into trace and imbued materiality, navigating the experiences that underpin our innate humanness, from its inherent dualisms, to how these experiences ultimately shape our identities and sense of being. She often focuses on the practices and experiences of women and is interested in technological interventions within the museological space.