Zali Morgan is a Noongar woman with ancestral connections to Whadjuk, Balladong, and Wilman Boodjar, born and raised near Wooditchup on Wardandi Boodjar, now based near Boorloo. As an artist, curator, and cultural worker, Zali has a deep passion for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, particularly uplifting Noongar artistic practices.
With a keen interest in modes of decolonising, she has worked closely with private and institutional collections, including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wesfarmers Arts and the Berndt Museum of Anthropology.
Zali has curated several exhibitions at various institutions in Western Australia, including Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Walyalup|Fremantle Arts Centre, John Curtin Gallery, Edith Cowan University Gallery, and Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, as well as at the National Art School in Sydney, NSW and internationally at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Zali currently works as the Curator of the Carrolup Collection at John Curtin Gallery. She is the 2025 & 2026 REVEALED Curator at PICA and the Noongar Residency Curator at Goolugatup Heathcote.
Zali Morgan – she/her
Curator | Writer | Artist
Balladong, Whadjuk, Wilman peoples