Vanessa Bartlett

Vanessa Bartlett is an independent curator and interdisciplinary research leader. Drawing on her own lived experiences, she explores how medical and technical systems shape equity, ethics and social justice, particularly for disabled and chronically ill folk. Her curated exhibitions exploring the psychosocial impacts of digital cultures have been seen at international arts spaces such as FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), UNSW Galleries and Furtherfield, and have featured in The Guardian, Creative Review and BBC Radio 4. She has edited two books for award-winning academic publisher Liverpool University Press, the most recent of which was co-edited with Professor Henrietta Bowden Jones, one of the UK’s most high-profile neuroscience researchers. She was Mckenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication (2020-2023), and Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law (2024-2025), at University of Melbourne.