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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We are looking for creative curators based in the UK and overseas who are developing projects with emerging and mid-career UK artists. The directory will give you an online profile, access to curator opportunities and networks of curators and artists.

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Rose Strang

Independent curator
Arts Manager, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB, NHS)

I've worked as a project curator for the past ten years in many fields - most recently public art management for the NHS. My practice involves the organisation of cross-disciplinary projects, art commissions and events - encouraging interaction... more

Outi Remes

Visual Arts and Exhibitions Officer,South Hill Park

Outi Remes is a curator and art historian. Since 2007, she has directed the exhibitions programme at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire, and also lectures on modern and contemporary art at Birkbeck College, the University of London.

Michaela Freeman

Independent curator
Curator, DIVUS UNIT 30

Michaela Freeman has curated exhibitions in the UK and Czech Republic since 1994. Her interest is in the new media practice and multidisciplinary events as well as creating new dialogues and platforms through curating group exhibitions of... more

Jemma Egan

Independent curator
Co-director, The Royal Standard

I am an emerging curator and co-director of The Royal Standard, an artist led gallery and studio provider in Liverpool. For me, being a curator goes hand in hand with my art practice; it is something I have always done alongside my own work... more

Tsendpurev Tsegmid

Independent curator

In March 2006 I founded MONUK, and started to manage the not for profit art project aimed to encourage and develop arts links between UK and Mongolia. A team of voluntary members comprised of artists, researchers and educators ran an exhibition... more

Flora Fairbairn

Independent curator

Over the last seven years I have curated over 25 large-scale exhibitions in London and exhibited the work of over 400 artists. The pieces have ranged from sound and film installations to photography, painting, sculpture and performance. Many of... more

Maria Regla Garcia-Bernal

Independent curator
Assistant Curator, International Project Space

I focus on curating site-specific exhibitions by emerging artists in the public realm. An example... more

Pamela Dickinson

Independent curator

After a lifetime working at the bench, participating in important exhibitions worldwide, selling to discerning galleries and the most upmarket retailers, as well as undertaking a few interesting commissions, I can look back and recall my... more

Patrick Murphy

Independent curator

Patrick Murphy works as an artist & independent curator based in South Yorkshire. His curatorial practice is concerned with the ways that artists connect with and influence society using a diverse range of media, skills and techniques. Since... more

Rachel Lois Clapham

Independent curator

As a Curator I work across exhibitions, gallery education and performance, most recently curating Nahnou-Together Now, an exhibition of socially engaged art at Tate Britain (June - Sept 08).

As Co-Director of the writing collaboration... more

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