A selective overview of work from the past 8 years. A full pdf CV available on request by email.
CURRENT
Lead Curator at MAIA
Steering Group Panellist at Contemporary Visual Arts Network East Midlands
Head of Research and Projects at The Drill
Director at Young Hustlers Festival
Creative ThinkTank Panellist at UK New Artists
PAST
2023 to 2024 - Co-Chair at Contemporary Visual Arts Network East Midlands
2023 to 2024 - Associate Artistic Director at New Art Exchange
2022 to 2023 - Curator at New Art Exchange
2020 to 2022 - Curator at UK New Arists
2021 to 2022 - Exhibitions Producer at Maison Foo
2021 to 2022 - Exhibitions Producer at New Art Exchange
2020 - 2021 - Curator in Residence at City Arts
2020 - Producer. Sabato Studio.
2019 - Gallery Manager. MK Skate Exhibition / Milton Keynes Council.
2019 - Producer. Migration Matters Festival.
2019 - Artist and Curator Residency Coordinator. FORMAT Photography Festival.
2017 to 2019 - Creative Programme Assistant. New Art Exchange.
2016 to 2019 - Artistic Coordinator, Youths Arts Research & Development. New Art Exchange.
2016 to 2017 - Gallery Supervisor. New Art Exchange.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR OR CO-CURATOR
2024 - Water into Wine by Kim Thompson. New Art Exchange
2023 - Dellu by Enam Gbewonyo. New Art Exchange.
2023 - NAE Open 2023 (group show). New Art Exchange
2022 - Trinity by Hetain Patel. New Art Exchange.
2022 - UK New Artists City Takeover. Various locations across Leicester
2021 - BLACK by Honey Williams.City Arts Nottingham.
2021 - In reality these things needs to be said (group show). Backlit Gallery.
2020 - An Exhibition of URLs. No Jobs in the Arts. Online
2018 - Digging Deep. New Art Exchange.
2018 - Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in the UK.Alex Bartsch at New Art Exchange.
2017 - The Social Medium. Frequency Festival, Lincoln.
2017 - Near Now VR Residencies. Various artists, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham.
2017 to 2020 - Hockley Wall Residencies. Nottingham Arts Theatre.
2017 - A Collective Voice (group show). Nottingham Contemporary.
2016 - re:MIXED by Isaac Waring-Thomas. Henderson Gallery, Malt Cross.
2016 - A Hip Opsession @ Breakin’ Convention by Sadlers Wells. Nottingham Royal Theatre.
2016 - Mighty Fine Art.Rough Trade Nottingham.
SELECTED TALKS / PANELS
2024: In Conversation with Lakwena Maciver. New Art Exchange.
2023: In Conversation with Nwando Ebizie. PRIMARY.
2021 - Art and Brexit: Young People’s Opportunities. Centrala Space.
2019 - Paint the Change. Nuart Festival.
2018 - SHEAfriq Art Dates: Joy Labinjo & Saziso Phiri. Bonington Gallery.
2017 - Collaborative practices with museums: durational in socially engaged practices. Nottingham Contemporary.
2017 - Rights to the City. Nuart Aberdeen.
2017 - Race and Representation: Beyond the Box Ticking (Panel discussion). Threshold Studios.
SELECTION PANELS
2022: Curatorial Accelerator Programme for Jerwood Arts
2021: Future Focus for Derby Quad
2020: No Jobs in the Arts: An Exhibition of URLs.
2018: Off-Centre Photography Festival.
2018: Near Now Fellowship.