Working as a curator since 2005, my professional approach has developed as a flexible and affective response to experience and curiosity. I have organized over 100 public exhibitions, mostly developed by seeking answers to theoretical propositions made by artists, site-specific concerns, or a question posed by an institution.

Significantly, these exhibitions were produced in a kunsthalle context, with a focus on commissioning new works with artists, and liberated from more traditional curatorial preoccupations involving the care of a collection. Each opportunity brought a new set of challenges to my practice and over the years my curatorial role has expanded as a result; from a specialist exhibition-maker to that of a cultural producer, encompassing the commissioning of new works, producing publications and hosting artist residencies.

I am grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to collaborate with so many wonderful artists, curators and arts professionals. Through these projects and relationships my curatorial practice has been shaped by an accumulation of care enabling me to go beyond stewardship of artworks to encompass engagement, empathy and allyship with artists and audiences.

My current research interests include:  

• care, ethics & invisible labor

• artist residencies

• migration stories

• climate change & curatorial activism

• memory & documentary practices in photography

• Sasquatch, selkies & other mythical creatures

• Arthur Caley (1824-1889), the Manx Giant