Portfolio Reviewers at the Future Now Symposium 2020
The Portfolio Review Sessions at Future Now are for practitioners working across all different types of genre including drawing and painting, photography and digital art, sculpture, design and three-dimensional art, video, installation and performance. Here artists have the opportunity to book a slot with industry experts who can provide essential advice and guidance on your current practice and your career progression opportunities. This is a unique chance for you to develop work and find out about new ways to expand their practice.
Reviewers for Sessions 1-3
Anne McNeill
Director, Impressions Gallery
Anne McNeill is Director and Curator at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. It is a charity that helps people to understand the world through photography. The gallery opened in 1972 as one of the first specialist photography galleries in the country, and it continues to support and encourage ground-breaking artists changing the medium. Impressions makes art accessible for everyone to enjoy. Every year 50,000 people visit to experience the exhibitions.
www.impressions-gallery.com
Charles Danby
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Northumbria University
Charles works collaboratively across painting, photography, film, object construction, writing and curation with artist Rob Smith as a member of the collective NEUSCHLOSS. Charles is on the board of Norwegian Collaborative Organisation For Contemporary Art Abroad. He curated an exhibitions programme for choreographer Siobhan Davies at her London studios 2009-12 and was editor of Tanks Programme Notes 2012 for Tate Modern.
Griselda Goldsbrough
Aesthetica Art Prize
Griselda Goldsbrough is a visual artist and writer, community educator and co-curator of an arts and events company, Spike and Sponge. She has over 15 years’ experience in devising and curating creative art, science and literature programmes and events. Griselda provides comprehensive arts and education consultancy which is tailored to meet client’s specific needs. She has also been involved in the Aesthetica Art Prize for several years running.
Lottie Davies
Photographer
Lottie Davies is currently based in London and Cornwall, creating work concerned with stories and personal histories. Her work has garnered international acclaim, winning First Prize at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Her collaboration on Dreams of Your Life with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 was BAFTA-nominated in 2012. NPG, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative.”
Helen Turner
Subject Director Fine Art, Illustration and Photography, York St John University
Helen Turner has worked in HE since 2003 and has a background in Public Art, with a specialism in Textiles. She is experienced in arts project management and participatory practice including Arts in Health projects and projects in schools and informal educational settings. Her research interests explore the creation of artefact through performance.
Reviewers for Sessions 4-6
Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Artist
Andrea Luka Zimmerman is an artist and filmmaker whose work is concerned with marginalisation, co-existence, waywardness and social justice. Films include the Artangel-produced Here for Life, 2019, which had its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival and Erase and Forget, 2017, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival. Zimmerman has had exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery, and is co-founder of the cultural collective Fugitive Images.
Eliza Williams
Editor, Creative Review
Eliza Williams is Editor at Creative Review magazine. She is also a writer, critic and broadcaster on art, design, advertising and music. Williams hosts the Creative Review Podcast. Eliza has published two books via Laurence King, titled This Is Advertising and How 30 Great Ads Were Made, and has contributed texts to several books published by Phaidon, including The 21st Century Art Book and The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design.
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Photographer
Julia Fullerton-Batten’s images communicate tension and mystery. Since becoming a professional photographer in 2005, she has accomplished 13 major projects. Early in her career, she was commissioned by National Portrait Gallery, London, to make portraits of the UK health service. They are now in the permanent collection. Her work is globally renowned: she has won numerous awards and is included in photographic journals.
Pierre Saurisse
Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Pierre Saurisse is a Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, in London. His book Mechanics of the Unpredictable explores the question of chance in art in the 1960s. He has written on Gilbert and George in Visual Culture in Britain. His work is also published in Sculptures, Espace Art Actuel and The Mediatization of the Artist. Saurisse has taught contemporary art at the Universities of Aix-Marseilles and Rennes.
Shasti Lowton
Independent Curator
Shasti Lowton is a curator and art consultant who using exhibitions promote social change. Her research specialisms are in Latin American, South Asian, African and conflict art. Projects include collaborations with the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, The National Trust and Southbank Centre. Lowton curated the Science Museum Group’s award-winning Illuminating India: Photography 1857 – 2017 and is currently Curator at Design Museum.
Thomas Dukes
Curator
Thomas Dukes’ previous roles include curator at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool – a space to explore photography’s unique ability to connect, tell stories, reflect on humanity and to celebrate diversity and creativity. An MA in Arts, Aesthetics & Cultural Institutions at Liverpool University led to an internship with Karen Newman, an ongoing inspiration in visual media. Open Eye’s recent shows include Ren Hang: Wake Up Together.
Reviewers for Session 7-9
Caterina Mestrovich
Associate Director, ATLAS Gallery
Photography specialist Caterina Mestrovich is the Associate Director of leading London photography gallery Atlas Gallery. As co-curator of an extensive exhibition programme, she coordinates, directs and oversees shows whilst liaising with relevant local and international institutions and fairs. Born and raised in Venice, Italy, Caterina’s background is in History of Art and Cultural Heritage. She has gained significant experience at all the major London auction houses.
Louise Lohr
Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Louise Lohr is Assistant Curator at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). Alongside working on the temporary exhibition programme, recently including Alfredo Jaar, Giuseppe Penone and David Smith, Louise supports early and mid-career artist residencies and the YSP Graduate progamme. Louise is on the board of Gallery Town in Rotherham, which supports the development and appreciation of art in local communities.
www.ysp.org.uk
Reviewers for Sessions 10-12
Adrian Davies
Programme Director, Leeds Arts University
Adrian Davies is Programme Director of Lens Based Practices. His area of specialist research is the photobook. Davies’ works have been exhibited and published in a number of locations, including The Photographers Gallery, London. His commercial experience was gained as a freelance photographer. He regularly attends events within Europe – including as a panellist at the Recontres d’Arles international photography festival.
www.leeds-art.ac.uk
Gary Topp
Interim Director, Arnolfini
Gary Topp delivers Arnolfini’s wide-ranging programme of exceptional artistic encounters and experiences of internationally significant art through commissioning, co-productions, partnerships and touring productions. Previous roles include CEO of Culture Central, the city scale cultural development agency for Birmingham and Honorary Professor of Culture and Cities at the University of Birmingham. He was a visual arts curator in his early career.
Lotte Inch
Gallery Director, Lotte Inch Gallery
Lotte is a freelance curator who comes from a background in Heritage & Museums, having worked for organisations such as the National Trust and Leeds University Art Gallery. Her expertise lie in the realms of painting, printmaking and ceramics. She is the co-founder of York Galleries Network, a founding member of the Guild of Media Arts and an advocate for young artists. Lotte Inch Gallery is located in York, UK, showcasing works by emerging artists.
Nigel Prince
Director, Artes Mundi
Nigel Prince became Director of Artes Mundi in 2019. Previous roles include Executive Director at the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), Vancouver, Canada, and Curator at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Prince began his career at Tate Liverpool. He has worked with names including Ryan Gander, Andrea Zittel, Donald Judd and Olafur Eliasson. His 2009 exhibition with Cuban artist Carmen Herrera was acclaimed by The Guardian and The New York Times.
Reviewers for Sessions 13-15
Charmian Griffin
Head of Digital, Artangel
Charmian Griffin is Head of Digital at Artangel, a London-based organisation that creates extraordinary art in unexpected places. She produced their first major online work Jerusalem by Paul Pfeiffer in 2014 and their first networked project Red Lines by Evan Roth in 2018. She continues to run their digital programme, teach art criticism at Central Saint Martins and write on art and technology whilst freelancing.
Charles Danby
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Northumbria University
Charles works collaboratively across painting, photography, film, object construction, writing and curation with artist Rob Smith as a member of the collective NEUSCHLOSS. Charles is on the board of Norwegian Collaborative Organisation For Contemporary Art Abroad. He curated an exhibitions programme for choreographer Siobhan Davies at her London studios 2009-12 and was editor of Tanks Programme Notes 2012 for Tate Modern.
Griselda Goldsbrough
Aesthetica Art Prize
Griselda Goldsbrough is a visual artist and writer, community educator and co-curator of an arts and events company, Spike and Sponge. She has over 15 years’ experience in devising and curating creative art, science and literature programmes and events. Griselda provides comprehensive arts and education consultancy which is tailored to meet client’s specific needs. She has also been involved in the Aesthetica Art Prize for several years running.
Richard Waring
Course Leader, Arts University Bournemouth
Richard Waring is the Course Leader the BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree at the Arts University Bournemouth. He studied at Chelsea School of Art for his MA in Fine Art and at Cardiff for his BA. Richard is currently undertaking a PhD about Fine Art pedagogy and co-ordinates educational projects in Milan and Athens. Richard has exhibited and curated widely – including for the ICA. A recent Arts Council England project saw Richard re-envision an Anthony Caro sculpture.
Thomas Dukes
Curator
Thomas Dukes’ previous roles include curator at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool – a space to explore photography’s unique ability to connect, tell stories, reflect on humanity and to celebrate diversity and creativity. An MA in Arts, Aesthetics & Cultural Institutions at Liverpool University led to an internship with Karen Newman, an ongoing inspiration in visual media. Open Eye’s recent shows include Ren Hang: Wake Up Together.
Wilhemina Madeley
Project Manager, Acute Art
Acute Art collaborates with the world’s most compelling contemporary artists, including Marina Abramovic, Olafur Eliasson and Anish Kapoor, translating their creative vision into new digital mediums – including virtual, augmented and mixed realities. Madeley works in exhibition management, communications strategy, events and artist liaison. Madeley has studied at The Courtauld Institute of Art and University College London.
Reviewers for Sessions 16-18
John Keane
Artist
John Keane is a renowned political artist whose work continues to address the most pressing social and political issues of our time. His sustained artistic inquiry into military and social conflicts around the world has extended from Northern Ireland to the Middle East, where he was commissioned as the Official British War Artist of the 1991 Gulf War. His paintings depict displacement, war, terror, politics and the environment.
Kit Monkman
Artist & Film Director
Kit is a leading innovator in screen-based art and interactive media. He directed the visually experimental feature Macbeth and co-directed The Knife That Killed Me. He is also co-founder of KMA – an artistic collaboration that specialises in environmental installations – whose works have dramatically transformed public spaces across the world. Kit has worked with Prince and DV8. The work is driven by an interest in interaction.
Lottie Davies
Photographer
Lottie Davies is currently based in London and Cornwall, creating work concerned with stories and personal histories. Her work has garnered international acclaim, winning First Prize at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Her collaboration on Dreams of Your Life with Hide & Seek/Film 4.0 was BAFTA-nominated in 2012. NPG, described Davies’ work as “brilliantly imaginative.”
Penny Harris
Partner, Parker Harris
Penny Harris has been a Partner in Parker Harris since 1989. Parker Harris is one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK. It works with trusts, foundations and public and private arts organisations to create and run sustainable art projects throughout the UK and internationally. The work spans all disciplines – from photography, painting and film to sound and performance. Penny is a member of the Surrey Hill Arts Advisory Group.