June Acido Miskell (she/her) is a writer, editor, and researcher based on unceded Gadigal and Wangal land. She has written for a wide range of arts institutions, galleries, online platforms, and print publications; holds editorial roles with Memo Review (Sydney, 2022–), Performance Review, and Runway Journal (2021-22); and works as a sessional academic, teaching at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design where she is currently undertaking her PhD.
Email / june.miskell@gmail.com or j.miskell@unsw.edu.au
Tertiary Education
2023-26 / PhD Candidate, UNSW School of Art & Design.
Supervisors: Dr Verónica Tello, Professor Mina Roces, and Dr Astrid Lorange.
2019 / Bachelor of Art Theory (1st Class Honours), UNSW School of Art & Design.
Supervisor: Dr Verónica Tello.
2018 /Bachelor of Art Theory, UNSW School of Art & Design.
Public Programs, Readings, Talks
2024 / Mentor for ‘COMMON WORDS,’ Biennale of Sydney exhibition reviews for fine print.
2023 / Guest Producer for ‘The Kalampag Tracking Agency’ (Merv Espina and Shireen Seno) Screening for Projections #11 Series by Curator of Film, Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd, the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
2023 / ‘Writing for Arts Publications,’ panel discussion and online conversation with Dr Verónica Tello, Dr Astrid Lorange, Audrey Pfister, Paul Boyé, and June Miskell, organised by Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA) and un Projects for un Talks.
2023 / ‘Huling Hapunan,’ in-conversation talk with Marikit Santiago for the closing of the artist’s solo exhibition We Eat This Bread at Fairfield City Museum & Gallery.
2023 / ‘Pagbasa Archive,’ roundtable discussion with Melba Marginson, Efren Pamilacan, Kuya Neil, Sandra Tan, Ranima Montes, Mariam Arcilla, James Emmanual McKinnon, Aida Azin, MJ Flamiano, Catherine Ortega-Sandow, and June Miskell, organised by MJ Flamiano, Catherine Ortega-Sandow at Mission to Seafarers Victoria (MTSV).
2021 / ‘Write Around the Murray,’ writing workshop, Runway Journal x Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA).
2020 / OUT OF BOUNDS podcast, ‘Episode 5: June Miskell and Anita Cummins interview with Caoife Power’, Bus Projects Radio, Melbourne.
2020 / Reading, The Four Letter Word curated by Sophia Cai, Artbank, Sydney.
2019 / ‘Fatal Crush #5: Bodies’ organised by Stella Maynard, UNSW School of Art & Design Black Box.
2018 / ‘At the Threshold’ programmed by Lsh Fitzpatrick for Tracing the Archipelago curated by Jenny Anagnostopoulou and Yarran Gatsby, Kudos Gallery, Paddington.
2017 / ‘Fatal Crush #1: Archive’ organised by Dr Astrid Lorange, UNSW School of Art & Design Black Box.
Academic Teaching
UNSW School of Art & Design, Sydney
2024, 2023, 2022 / DART1300 Histories of Contemporary Art Part I. Convenor: Dr Tim Gregory.
2024, 2023, 2021, 2020 / DART3310 Global Contemporary Art (Undergraduate and Postgraduate). Convenor: Dr Verónica Tello.
2024, 2023, 2022 / DART1301 Histories of Contemporary Art Part II. Convenor: Dr Tim Gregory.
2024, 2023, 2022 / DART1310 Australian Art. Convenor: Dr Verónica Tello.
(Previously)
2020 / DART2311 East Asian Contemporary Art. Convenor: Prof. Yu Chieh-Li.
Awards & Scholarships