Rebecca Ray (she/her) is a Meriam woman from the Torres Strait Islands and a curator, writer and cultural heritage researcher. Her practice is concerned with the re-Indigenisation, rematriation and reclamation of autonomous and sovereign spaces, rooted in care for culture and community.

Rebecca brings a wealth of curatorial and policy experience to the MCA, having held Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-identified positions at major institutions including the National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Home of the Arts (HOTA), and Griffith University, Queensland. She is also an alumna of the Wesfarmers Indigenous Leadership Program, partnered with the National Gallery of Australia.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts (History and Sociology) from Griffith University. She has a research background in decolonisation, identity politics and intersectionality, developed through her early academic work with the Indigenous Higher Research Unit and the Kombumerri Archives Project at Griffith.