Fleur Watson PhD is a curator, creative producer and author. Her academic and cultural leadership extends across a broad spectrum of creative disciplines including architecture, design, visual art, and expanded spatial practices. Fleur is an Associate Professor, School of Architecture & Design at RMIT University and founder of independent curatorial practice Something Together. She is an experienced researcher within an ‘integrated scholarship’ framework with a focus on curating contemporary art and design within a cross–disciplinary context. She has co-created and led curatorial projects, design studios and industry workshops with a diverse range of institutions including RMIT University, Melbourne and, internationally, at Innsbruck University, Austria; Design Museum, London, and the Venice International Architecture Biennale.
In 2021, the UK-based publisher Routledge released Fleur’s authored book The New Curator : Exhibiting Architecture & Design which is also due for release in the Korean language in early 2024. This publication builds on Fleur’s practice-based PhD titled ‘The Agency of Encounter’ completed in 2016 at RMIT University. Fleur is a Board member for the not-for-profit organisation “Open House Melbourne” and was formerly OHM’s Executive Director and Chief Curator from 2020–2022. From 2013–2020, Fleur was Curator at RMIT Design Hub Gallery – a purpose-designed project space dedicated to cross-disciplinary exhibitions. Fleur managed the creative direction, curation and program from the Design Hub’s official opening to the public and co-curated a diverse range of influential exhibitions and research-led projects.