Matthew Whiteman is CIRCUIT's 2026/27 emerging curator in residence.
Since September 2026 Matthew has been researching an installation project drawing on CIRCUIT's archive of commissioned works 2015–25. As part of the project has has been considering how selected historical approaches to critical practice and materiality are extended today through an emerging group of moving image artists in Aotearoa. Matthew's project will be delivered in March 2026.
Matthew Whiteman is a writer and curator based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. His work is energised by a sense of poetics and play, and seeks both to investigate and conspire with artist-led thinking. A facilitator at play_station artist-run space, he recently curated this year’s iteration of play_station Film Festival, as well as an exhibition that explored the workings of humour in portraiture at Te Pūkenga Whakaata New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Matthew holds a BA(Hons) with First Class Honours in Art History from Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.
Matthew's residency has been made possible with generous support from Wellington City Council.