Over the past 18 years, Jacina has worked across cultural, academic, industry, government and philanthropic contexts, collaborating with cultural organisations, advocacy and social change initiatives, universities, government and cross-sector partners in Australia and internationally.
From 2023 to 2024, Jacina was Acting CEO/Director of Next Wave, where she led organisational strategy, partnerships and long-term planning for a not-for-profit organisation with longstanding commitment to supporting early-career practitioners. Here, she developed cross-sector collaborations with A Climate for Art and CAST (Contemporary Art and Social Transformation) RMIT, and secured the nine-year tenancy of the Brunswick Mechanics Institute.
Her earlier roles span governance, leadership, curatorial and public engagement across a range of cultural and educational contexts, alongside sustained work in higher education as a researcher, educator and postgraduate supervisor. This includes Co-Chair (2023-2025) and Co-Director of Bus Projects (2021–2022), Public Programs Curator at The Cube (2012–2017) and Ipswich Art Gallery (2009–2011), Gallery Manager at Jan Murphy Gallery (2011–2012), Creative Producer for the Creative Industries Precinct (2008), mentor for the ACMI CEO Digital Mentoring Program (2022) and co-founder of the Ars Electronica Guerrilla Knowledge Unit (2017).
Selected partners and collaborators include:
Advocacy, Access and Social Change
The Social Studio
Youthworx
Outer Urban Projects
Art Project Australia
A Climate for Art
Creative Climate
Tibi Access
Accessible Communications Collective
Cultural
La Trobe Art Institute
Composite
State Library of Queensland
Queensland Museum
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
kuril dhagun
ACMI
ACCA
Ars Electronica
West Space
Liquid Architecture
Art Centre Nabi
George Paton Gallery
Geelong Gallery
Arts House
Counihan Gallery
Museums Victoria
Tjungu Palya
Bus Projects
Next Wave
Ipswich Art Gallery
Trocadero Projects
Brunswick Music Festival
Asia Pacific Design Library
Australian Museums and Galleries Association
Industry and Commerical
LEGO Education
Sphero
littleBits
Apple Education
Universities
QUT
RMIT University
Macquarie University
University of Tasmania
Deakin University
La Trobe University
Ritsumeikan University
Aarhus University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Queensland
Government
Merri-bek City Council
City of Yarra
City of Melbourne
Brisbane City Council
Queensland Department of Education
VicHealth
Creative Australia
Creative Victoria
Wyndham City Council
City of Gold Coast
TAFE Queensland
Arts Queensland
Regional Arts Australia
Philanthropic
Atlantic Philanthropies
From 2023 to 2024, Jacina was Acting CEO/Director of Next Wave, where she led organisational strategy, partnerships and long-term planning for a not-for-profit organisation with longstanding commitment to supporting early-career practitioners. Here, she developed cross-sector collaborations with A Climate for Art and CAST (Contemporary Art and Social Transformation) RMIT, and secured the nine-year tenancy of the Brunswick Mechanics Institute.
Her earlier roles span governance, leadership, curatorial and public engagement across a range of cultural and educational contexts, alongside sustained work in higher education as a researcher, educator and postgraduate supervisor. This includes Co-Chair (2023-2025) and Co-Director of Bus Projects (2021–2022), Public Programs Curator at The Cube (2012–2017) and Ipswich Art Gallery (2009–2011), Gallery Manager at Jan Murphy Gallery (2011–2012), Creative Producer for the Creative Industries Precinct (2008), mentor for the ACMI CEO Digital Mentoring Program (2022) and co-founder of the Ars Electronica Guerrilla Knowledge Unit (2017).
Selected partners and collaborators include:
Advocacy, Access and Social Change
The Social Studio
Youthworx
Outer Urban Projects
Art Project Australia
A Climate for Art
Creative Climate
Tibi Access
Accessible Communications Collective
Cultural
La Trobe Art Institute
Composite
State Library of Queensland
Queensland Museum
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
kuril dhagun
ACMI
ACCA
Ars Electronica
West Space
Liquid Architecture
Art Centre Nabi
George Paton Gallery
Geelong Gallery
Arts House
Counihan Gallery
Museums Victoria
Tjungu Palya
Bus Projects
Next Wave
Ipswich Art Gallery
Trocadero Projects
Brunswick Music Festival
Asia Pacific Design Library
Australian Museums and Galleries Association
Industry and Commerical
LEGO Education
Sphero
littleBits
Apple Education
Universities
QUT
RMIT University
Macquarie University
University of Tasmania
Deakin University
La Trobe University
Ritsumeikan University
Aarhus University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Queensland
Government
Merri-bek City Council
City of Yarra
City of Melbourne
Brisbane City Council
Queensland Department of Education
VicHealth
Creative Australia
Creative Victoria
Wyndham City Council
City of Gold Coast
TAFE Queensland
Arts Queensland
Regional Arts Australia
Philanthropic
Atlantic Philanthropies