Art Prize Jury 2026
Since 2007, we have worked with thousands of artists, putting their work in front of curators and gallerists from across the world, including those from Tate Modern, Barbican, Guggenheim, Brooklyn Museum, British Journal of Photography, Creative Review, YSP, Frieze, London Art Fair and more.
We are delighted to present the Jury for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2026. The panel comprises influential art figures, including curators, academics and artists whose expertise spans all media.
Carrie Chan
Contemporary Programme Curator, V&A
Carrie Chan is Contemporary Programme Curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. She curates live programmes, site‑responsive installations and commissions including Wild Digits for Friday Lates and V&A’s London Design Festival projects, foregrounding digital and material practices. Her practice bridges art, design and technology to animate museum space and audiences.
Charlotte Hale
Head of Exhibitions, V&A Dundee
Charlotte Hale is Curator at V&A Dundee, where she shapes major design and cultural exhibitions. Her projects include Plastic: Remaking Our World, exploring the complex history and future of plastic through global design perspectives. She contributes to interdisciplinary programmes that connect design, sustainability and public engagement at Scotland’s national design museum.
Taous Dahmani
Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery
Taous Dahmani is a Curator at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, specialising in photography and contemporary visual culture. She has curated international exhibitions including Unstable Point at Jaou Tunis Biennale and solo shows such as SMITH at NOUA. she continues to contribute to publications and programmes that explore photography’s political and cultural resonances.
Sarah Coulson
Senior Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Sarah Coulson is Senior Curator and Publications Lead at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire. She has curated major exhibitions and off‑site projects including Saad Qureshi’s museum debut and YSP’s Chapel programmes, and collaborates with artists and poets on site‑responsive commissions while shaping publications and public initiatives that connect sculpture with landscape and audiences.
Jason Bruges
Artist, Jason Bruges Studio
Jason Bruges is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in London. He creates interactive, site-specific installations that blend architecture, technology, and mixed media to explore dynamic spatial experiences. His projects have engaged audiences worldwide, combining spectacle and innovation, and he continues to develop pioneering works through Jason Bruges Studio.
Dina Akhmadeeva
Assistant Curator, Tate Modern
Dina Akhmadeeva is an art historian, writer, and Assistant Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, London. She has curated exhibitions and performance programmes including major displays of works by Anna Daučíková, Nikita Gale, Felix Gonzalez‑Torres and El Anatsui, and contributes to expanding the collection with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe.