Alisa Bunbury is Senior Curator, Grimwade Collection at the University of Melbourne and has previously worked as a curator at the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of South Australia. She is a specialist in colonial art history who seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of Australia's complex past.

Sophie Gerhard is a curator and researcher based in Naarm and Adjunct Curator at the University of Melbourne. Her curatorial interests include conversations surrounding national identity and colonialism, in particular the emotion of shame and its role within Australian and First Nations art.