Ted Snell

Ted Snell

Winthrop Professor Ted Snell AM, Cit WA is Director of the Cultural Precinct at the University of Western Australia and Director of UWA Museums.

Over the past two decades he has contributed to the national arts agenda through his role as Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Chair of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, Chair of Artbank, Chair of the Asialink Visual Arts Advisory Committee and as a Board member of the National Association for the Visual Arts.

He has been a commentator on the arts for ABC radio and television and is currently Perth art reviewer for The Australian and a regular contributor to local and national journals. He has published several books, including monographs on Pippin Drysdale, Howard Taylor and Salvatore Zofrea, and has curated numerous exhibitions, most of which document the visual culture of Western Australia.

Portrait of Ted Snell © Matt Galligan