Professor Wesley Enoch
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
Office of the Exec Dean, CI, Edu & Soc Justice
Biography
Mr Wesley Enoch AM is an internationally acclaimed playwright and artistic director, and Indigenous Chair in the Creative Industries with QUT. In this role, Enoch will lead the national conversation on the place of Indigenous Australia within the creative industries through his unique First Nations perspective on learning, teaching and research, and in so doing, foster career pathways and opportunities for students and professionals within the wider community.Enoch returns to Brisbane following five years as Sydney Festival Director and a period as a Director at Sydney Theatre Company for his latest production, Appropriate. His previous positions include five years (2010-2015) as artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company.
Wesley Enoch has written and directed iconic Indigenous productions The 7 Stages of Grieving, Black Medea and The Story of The Miracles at Cookie’s Table. He has directed productions of The Sapphires, Black Diggers, I am Eora, The Man From Mukinupin, Yibiyung, Parramatta Girls and Black Cockatoo.
He was the Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival from 2017 to 2020 and was previously the Artistic Director at Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts and the Ilbijerri Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-operative.
Wesley’s other residencies include:
- Resident Director at Sydney Theatre Company
- Associate Artistic Director at Belvoir Street Theatre
- 2002 Australia Council Cite Internationale des Arts Residency in Paris
- Australia Council Artistic Director for the Australian Delegation to the 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts.
Personal details
Positions
- Professor of Indigenous Practice, Creative Industries
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
Office of the Exec Dean, CI, Edu & Soc Justice,
Office of the Exec Dean, CI, Edu & Soc. Justice
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Chair of the First Nations Arts Panel for the Australia Council.
Chair of the Aboriginal Arts Board for Create NSW.
Member of the National Brand Committee for DFAT.
Member of the Infrastructure NSW Barangaroo Arts Panel.
Co-AD for QUAMPI the Quandamooka Arts and Cultural Centre.
Board Member of Annamila First Nations Foundation.
Board Member of NAISDA.
Publications
QUT ePrints
To find publications by Wesley, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.