Who's Who
This is a directory of people and organisations in the region of relevance to curatorial practice. The template is currently under construction.
DIRECTORY OF PEOPLE
Birgitte Aga
Outreach Curator,
i-DAT, University of Plymouth
Plymouth, UK
contact: baga
at plymouth
dot ac
dot uk
Sara Black
Curator,
ProjectBase
St'Ives, UK
contact: sara
at projectbase
dot org
dot uk
Judit Bodor
Curator and Lecturer,
Dartington College of Arts,
Dartington, UK
Lecturer in the Field of Art at Dartington College of Arts, UK and responsible for teaching on the courses of BA Arts & Cultural Management and MA Curating. She is also curator at The Gallery at Dartington. She holds a BA and MA in Arts History and an MA in Arts Management. Previously she was working as an art historian and archivist at Artpool Art Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary (1999-2004). Her research interests are histories and theories of fine art-based performance art, counter-cultural practices and issues of public art as well as the means by which these histories are constructed, archived and disseminated through models of archival practice. She has been lecturing and working mainly on archival and publication projects as well as artists residencies with other art organisations in the UK and abroad.
contact: j.bodor
at dartington
dot ac
dot uk
Claire Doherty
Curator,
Situations
Bristol, UK
contact: claire
at situations
dot org
dot uk
Nicola Hood
Director,
Spacex
Exeter, UK
Director of Spacex, Exeter, UK since December 2005. Prior to that she worked at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, here she curated exhibitions for the gallery spaces and off-site, initiated a programme of live art events and developed the artist-in-residence programme. She also worked at Arts Council of England, the Architectural Association, Whitechapel Gallery, Kingsgate Gallery and Cubitt Gallery, in London. She has curated projects at South London Gallery and the Showroom, London, and is a Trustee of Kahve-Society. Kahve-Society initiates and produces a programme of artistic and creative activity that includes presentations, events, talks, and publications. All activities serve the central purpose of encouraging open debate and place contemporary arts practices within a social context. She has an MA in Curating from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
contact: nicola
at spacex
dot co
dot uk
Lindsay Hughes
Visual Arts and Literature Team,
Arts Council England, South West
Exeter, UK
contact: lindsay
dot hughes
at artscouncil
dot org
dot uk
Ann Jones
Director,
ArtProjects and Solutions (APS)
London, UK
contact: ann
at artprojects
dot fsnet
dot co
dot uk
Joasia Krysa
Curator and Lecturer,
KURATOR /
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, UK
Independent curator and lecturer in Art and Technology at the Faculty of Technology, University of Plymouth, UK. In 2004 she founded curatorial platform and a research project KURATOR. She is co-editor of the DATA browser series (with Autonomedia publishers, New York); member of the Council of Management for the WRO Media Center, Wroclaw (Poland) and is involved in developing the Curatorial Network.
Resume and CV
contact: joasia
at kurator
dot org
Hazel Northwood
ArtProjects and Solutions (APS)
London, UK
contact: hazel
dot northwood
at virgin
dot net
Paula Orrell
Curator,
http:Plymouth Arts Centre
Plymouth, UK
contact: paula
at plymouthac
dot org
dot uk
Mariam Sharp
Head of Visual Arts and Literature,
Arts Council England, South West
Exeter, UK
contact: Mariam.Sharp
at artscouncil
dot org
dot uk
Zoë Shearman
Curator, Relational
Bristol, UK
Zoë Shearman is curator of RELATIONAL, a Bristol-based contemporary art commissioning agency that works with artists on the production and presentation of context-led, socially engaged and participatory projects. Current projects include a series of commissions concerning our contemporary implication in the histories of slavery, for Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery, with artists Mel Jackson, Jyll Bradley, Lisa Cheung, Raimi Gbadamosi and Fiona Kam Meadley, and ‘off-site’ projects for Bristol as part of Arnolfini’s The Far West, co-curated with Tom Trevor and Lu Jie. She was formerly Director of Visual Arts at Riverside Studios, London, and Co-Director of Spacex, Exeter, and has curated context-based projects for The Institute of International Visual Arts, Camden Arts Centre, the Freud Museum and Wellcome Trust. She also works as a consultant.
Full Resume
http://www.relational.org.uk/ (website under construction)
contact: zoe
dot shearman
at relational
dot org
dot uk
Martin Thomas
Head of Learning,
Arts Council England, South West
Exeter, UK
Martin joined Arts Council England, South West, in 2005, to develop the children, young people and the arts strategy and to act as Arts Council�s regional lead for the Every Child Matters government agenda. Previously he was head of development for South West Museums, Libraries & Archives Council, where he led on strategic marketing, learning and social policy; and before that was regional access officer with responsibility for diversity, equality and inclusion.
contact: martin
dot thomas
at artscouncil
dot org
dot uk
Tom Trevor
Director,
Arnolfini
Bristol, UK
Tom Trevor was appointed Director of Arnolfini, Bristol, in 2005. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin, University of Oxford, and Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. In the early 1990s he worked as an artist based in London, as well as a musician and music producer for television. As an independent curator from 1994-99, he curated context-based projects for the Institute of International Visual Arts, the Wellcome Trust, Camden Arts Centre and the Freud Museum, amongst other places. He was Director of SPACEX, Exeter, from 1999 to 2005.
Full Resume
contact: tom
dot trevor
at arnolfini
dot org
dot uk
DIRECTORY OF ORGANISATIONS
Arnolfini
Arnolfini is one of Britain's leading independent contemporary arts organisations, based in Bristol. Since its foundation in 1961, Arnolfini has gained a national and international reputation for presenting innovative, experimental work in the visual arts, live art, dance, literature, music and film, accompanied by a strong programme of educational activities. It is an educational charity, core funded by Arts Council England and Bristol City Council.
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/
Arts Council England South West is a regional division of Arts Council England. It aims to develop and promote the arts across South West 'acting as an independent body at arm�s length from government'.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions
ArtProjects and Solutions (APS), incorporated in 2003, is an association of experienced arts professionals with a national and international perspective on contemporary arts practice. The team�s collective knowledge of the arts industry and extensive international experience informs every project undertaken. Amongst other services APS specialises in delivering professional development programmes. The organisation is run from bases in the South West of England and London.
http://www.artprojectsandsolutions.com
i-DAT (The Institute of Digital Art and Technology)
i-DAT is a Centre of Expertise based at the School of Computing, Communication and Electronics, University of Plymouth, and provides an interface for dynamic interactions between industry, the arts and science. It aims to define and establish new fields of practice and critical discourse through the creative and innovative use of digital technologies. It recognises the transformative qualities of digital technologies and their ability to provide a catalyst for trans-disciplinary collaboration, new cultural perspectives and the generation of new knowledge. Integrating teaching, research and creative output, i-DAT disseminates its activities to a broad audience. It seeks to have a positive impact on the local community, regional distinctiveness and urban regeneration in Plymouth. It aims to contribute to developing new audiences, sharing new practices with local practitioners and contribute to a better cultural exchange and understanding through fostering new cultural links.
http://i-dat.org
KURATOR is a curatorial practice-based research project to investigate the cultural context of network technologies and immaterial production. It has a particular interest in online curatorial platforms and distributed systems.KURATOR promotes work through programme of public events, commissions, residencies, conferences, seminars, talks and publications. It aims to contribute to the emerging critical discurse around curating and network technologies, and is committed to the development of professional curatorial practice.
http://www.kurator.org/
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, UK
Plymouth Arts Centre’s programme aims to encourage critical debate and to question the role that art plays in wider culture. It maintains a special interest in artwork that engages with human interaction and social context, and places emphasis on research, interdisciplinarity, collaboration, internationalism, criticality and social exchange through a process-based approach. In relation to these issues, and taking the changing context of the city of Plymouth as a starting point, PAC presents a new programme of exhibitions, artists’ and curatorial residencies, off site projects, education and outreach activities, workshops, and talks.
http://www.plymouthac.org.uk/
Spacex, Exeter, UK
Spacex is a public-funded contemporary art space and registered educational charity. It works to
encourage public engagement with the latest developments in contemporary art through commissioned projects, exhibitions, events, talks and activities for all ages. Spacex became a registered charity in the early 1990s and is now recognised by Arts Council England as one of the UK’s leading international contemporary art spaces. Spacex presents the work of emerging artists as well as those who are internationally.
http://www.spacex.co.uk/
Situations
http://www.situations.org.uk/
ProjectBase
http://www.projectbase.org.uk/
The Gallery, Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK
Dartington College of Arts is one of very few specialist arts colleges in the world to offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees through distinctive practice-led learning/research methods across contemporary arts practices. Collaborative approaches to learning through making, managing and curating contemporary arts, enables specialist knowledge and skills to contribute to a dynamic, experimental and committed community of artists - students and staff. The Gallery at Dartington focuses on professional development and the dissemination of practice-based research of emerging and established art practitioners. It initiates its own projects as well as accepts artistic and curatorial proposals with the aim to create a laboratory for researching, making, disseminating and discussing critical art practices and to provide a platform for dialogue between local and international art practitioners as well as audiences to explore experimental forms of contemporary art practices.
http://www.dartington.ac.uk
