Susan has been an art writer, author, book publisher, speaker, curator, gallery director, and art consultant for more than 30 years. She has written for major media since 1978 and was The Australian’s visual arts writer for 11 years. Today she is an adjunct professor at RMIT University and concentrates on curating in the public and private sectors, writing, prize judging, presenting talks, and managing the family’s Mornington Peninsula-based gallery Whistlewood Contemporary Australian Art.