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Having managed Museum Operations adjacent to New Zealand Central Government, managing up to 40 staff, 16 direct reports, currently involved in Global Art Logistics San Francisco based for a GLOBAL Arts management company.

Have contributed to research at the nathional level - improving archive presence during COVID 19. Man- aging a team remotely.

Scope of past roles:

Large Civil works Museum based construction improvement projects for City Council, Assigning technicians to materials, with a final management over any and all budgets, including and not withstanding technical installs and exhibition change overs of up to 64 exhibitions annually in over 12 large regional galleries.

- Managing people and databases that enabled the day to day receiving and curatorial management AND COMPLETION OF PROJECTS, on time, within budget, rolled out for the general public with marketing and equity strategies in line with Covid channges.

- I also assisted with First Response through the Covid Period as a part of working in governance in particular Hamilton City, re Database & Auckland communication systems management through CIVIL DEFENCE.

- Having engaged with a range of clients from DESIGN INTERIOR PROJECTS TO Museums to Private Collections in and around North America, South America, the Carribean with special focus on South Florida. Managing a large team of peoples (Art Basil in Miami mostly a Hispanola cultures - which allowed me to expand on my Spanish) my scope of responsibility: large scale installs.

- Engaged with the general public and students for Museum Open days & workshops, Museums Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitiate to get in touch. I Currenty have in my client base some of the largest Interior Design household names & Private Gal- leries in North America.

Sincerely

Diana Alexandra Theron

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Manager, People Leader & Previous Museum & New Zealand Central Government q Best Point of Contact: e-mail

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Art Installation & Collection

Creative Editing Suite

Art Preparator Management

Client & Staff Management

Microsoft / Excell

Accounting Management

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Museum Management (Exhibition & Install) People Leader & Creative Lead P R O F I L E

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Operational Managment: 25 years/ART/MUSEUM management Working as a People Leader and Lead Technical Design Project Manager. Background in both Corporate America Fine Art and Design related projects globally. In a previous career, heavily involved on the ground in Ship Building and Maritime Engi- neering. Industry Based Current Technical Experience, running tight operations, from the ground up.

Overseen Complex 200’ Yacht construction at age 23. Currentky: Interior Design/Art projects on multi million dollar projects in San Francisco for a global Coporation. 2017* to

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ACCOUNT MANAGER GANDER & WHITE SAN FRANCISCO Design & fiFINE ART.

* (RETURNED DURING COVID TO NEW ZEALAND FOR A MUSEUM) TEAM MANAGER (INSTALLATIONS)/OPERATIONS

LARGE REGIONAL MUSEUM CITY COUNCIL WORKING FOR NEW ZEALAND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Involved in restructure writing policy for Council wrote an operations manual guide to maintain and managing uner Covid - for Policy. Managed budgets and staff for Major International Exhibitions managing Design Department and Curators.

LEAD EXHIBITIONS TECHNICIAN, GANDER + WHITE, MIAMI & WEST PALM BEACH,GANDER & WHITE

HUMPRIDGE TRACK, MANAGER & HELICOPTER TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Operationally & People Management Remotest New Zealand. I managed Safety and well being of Staff and guests, the Engineering, water and Electric systems at the lodge and Helicopter Operations daily ensuring that operations ran smoothly while increasing revenue.

THE NORTON MUSEUM of FINE ART - Palm Beach

MARITIME ENGINEERING AND FIRST OFFICER, VIEW NEXT PAGE... 2016

2008

1998

OTAGO & UNITECH NEW ZEALAND/Masters in Fine Arts & Design Practice lead research centering on Liminal Ethnographies, completing a publication

(book) available in National Libraries in New Zealand. Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with distinction after completing seminars nationwide. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY (AN UXBRIDGE SCHOOL) / Bachelors in Fine Art Film based studies centering on Art Narratives, ranging from documentative practice to Narrative lead practices. Digitization and Technical studies formed an integral part of this four year intensive degree as well as history. Please ask for an appendix for a list of other education & training skills BSC, Ocean Engineering

Dunedin City Council Masters Grant

2016

Creative Communities, (NZ Film

Commission), Film Grant

2015

Golden Keys Honors Society, Univer-

sity of Canterbury,

2008

Internship, Palm Beach Film Com-

mission, Feature Film, Television Pilot

2007

Representative, Maori Art History, stu-

dent council, student representative

2005

Outstanding Achievement

Award & First Year Scholarship,

WCAD

2004

Auckland Student Movement,

Outstanding Participation Scholar-

ship

2004

Secretary Engineering Council, &

SWE, FAU

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Residence: California, family in Point

Arena, currently in SF

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Management, Staff/logistics/$$

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Database Management

Art Knowledge

Social Media

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1998- 2015 FIRST OFFICER & LICENSED SKIPPER - GLOBALLY Managing Engineering Systems and general yacht maintenance in vessels ranging from 90’ to 250’. Working alongside a team of other skilled professionals, han- dling maritime regulations and practices within international maritime law and running a deck department to budget and on time.

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- Fiordland National Park Paid volunteer: Pest Control/First Response/Helicopters.

- Inclusion of “White Guilt” Graphic Novel, National Library System NZ; published, printed & written by A.Theron;

- Online Conference involvement - UK; Chatham Island Research project;

- Fine Art Permanent Representation, Greymouth, Oamaru, Bluff, NZ

- Permanent Representation - Donna Damente, Grainstore Gallery, NZ

- Solo Exhibition Bluff Lighthouse/Gallery & Cafe, NZ

- Central Stories National Art Award, NZ

- Alps To Ocean Cycle Track development & Database/Client Management; Track upgrade.

- New Zealand Alpine Club engagement;

- White Guilt, A Graphic Novel, Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, Book

- Unitec, Design Expo, Auckland, Graphic Novel Works Book

- Paper Works, Christchurch, Curated by Warren Feeney Paintings

- Unitec, Masters Art Expo, Auckland Paintings

- Cliftons Art Prize, Auckland Painting

- Where The Current Goes, Savannah Georgia USA Book

- Ft Yachtie – da International Film Festival Second Place, Drama Film

- The Whitsunday Marine Art Show First Place & Commendation

-Walker and Hall, Waiheke Island Community Art Gallery Award, involve- ment.

-Allshorts, Film Festival, Nelson, New Zealand, Director, Writer, Animator

-COCA, Emerging South Island Artists Exhibition,,Video Installation

-A-TV: Local Canterbury TV Screening, Director, Writer, Producer, Film

-Lyttelton Winter Film Festival, Lyttelton, Director, Writer, Animator, Film

-Allshorts, - Film Festival Takaka, New Zealand, Director, Writer, Animator

-Fringe Film Festival, Wellington, N.Z., Dir., Writer, Animator, Editor NZ FILM

-Lens Based Media Exhibition, WCAD exhibited w. Shonya Singh,

-BFA 4th year Graduating Exhibition WCAD, Two Selected pieces Film

-Woolshed Art Gallery, Flat Bush, Auckland – Solo Exhibition, Painting

-Scholastic New Zealand, “What About Bo?”, book cover Design

- Proffessional Yachtswoman, Third Offiffi1cer at Age 21.

- Active Yachtswoman, Surfer, competitive rowing & sailing. Personal Curated Exhibitions

Masters by project Five public exhibi-

tions (with advertising – radio and

publications) 2012 –2015

ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Scope Academic Art Journal: 022: Title:

Process of the Graphic Narrative (Aus-

tralasia) (thescopes.org/art) 2015

Practice-Based Research at Unitec;

Title: How Does Liminality Affect Sub-

jectivity in Narrative Driven Art

(https://unitecpracticebasedresearch.

wordpress.com/2012

IN PRINT

- White Guilt: A graphic novel Nego-

tiating ISBN and Publication -Scho-

lastic New Zealand, “What About Bo?”,

book cover Design 2004

-American publishing Published first

complete Children’s Book Illustrator/

writer. 2010

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