Curator directory

The Axis curator directory supports and profiles the work of curators based in the UK and overseas who regard curating as an artistic, social and critical undertaking. This international resource for artists and arts professionals enables online dialogue between curators and UK artists, brokers opportunities and raises awareness of contemporary art.

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Karen Gaskill

Independent curator

Karen Gaskill is a Curator, Researcher and Artist based in Manchester, UK. Her curatorial practice is interested in the ways that artists create sociality through the use of technologies, and the different ways in which this is manifest. She is... more

Gillian McIver

Independent curator

I am interested in issues surrounding the curation of moving-image based work, and in developing the role of the 'artist-curator' as opposed to the idea of the 'professionalised and certificated' curator.

It is my belief, based on... more

Peter Lewis

Independent curator
Director, MA Curating Contemporary Art, Leeds Metropolitan University

I have been an artist and curator since mid 70s. I worked with Paul Neagu after leaving Chelsea and St Martins Schools of Art, maintaining a studio whilst teaching. I started to organise exhibitions in 90s more energetically, with Runa Islam, Matthew... more

Rupert White

Independent curator

I am a curator working in the unique context of the county of Cornwall.

Cornwall, in the far South West of England, has long been a centre for the visual arts. As well as a distinctive maritime landscape it therefore also has a... more

Charlie Arnold

Independent curator

I am an independent artist curator (BA painting, MA printed textiles) who since 2000 has created several touring exhibition projects in NE England highlighting interdisciplinary work by contemporary designer-makers and artists. These include,... more

Charlie Levine

Independent curator

I am a curator, writer and photographer working predominantly in the West Midlands. Born in Birmingham in 1981, I studied BA Photography at Surrey Institute of Art graduating in 2003 to later obtained an MA in Critical and Contextual Art Practices... more

Neil Mulholland

Independent curator

If you read the caption above you will notice it says that I'm an 'independent curator' (who isn't?) This is misleading - I'm a writer. When the mood takes me I put group exhibitions together, self-publish and produce various guises of... more

Claudia Zeiske

Independent curator

Claudia Zeiske is a free-lance curator and cultural administrator who advises organisations on all levels through her company FineFunds since moving to Scotland in 1995. She has gained her experience in arts management over many years... more

Anne Goodchild

Independent curator

Anne Goodchild was curator of the Graves Art Gallery Sheffield until 1997 and latterly Senior Curator of Visual Art for Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust. She is now working independently based in Sheffield. Her practice and experience have... more

Tereza Kotyk

Independent curator
Exhibitions Organiser, Cornerhouse

Curator/Exhibitions Organiser, Cornerhouse, Manchester

Tereza Kotyk's practice involves curating exhibitions of contemporary art, film and events within a socio-political context. Kotyk’s personal interest evolves around the documentary... more

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