Laura Wilson is an artist and curator from Northern Island. Laura’s interdisciplinary and research based works have been exhibited recently at CCA Derry~Londonderry; Istanbul Design Biennial; V&A Museum; British Museum; SPACE; RIBA; Delfina Foundation; Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery; Whitstable Biennial; Camden Arts Centre; and Turner Contemporary. She was awarded the Dover Prize 2021, is the recipient of the inaugural Jerwood New Work Fund, a Churchill fellow, RSA Fellow and currently a visiting Fellow at the V&A museum. She is interested in working collaboratively with other artists and in 2022 curated two exhibitions: I Have Eaten It (1-28 February) with Open Space and Refettorio Felix and In-Side-Out-Side-In (22 September – 22 December) with Site Gallery, Sheffield.
Laura Worked for ten years in various programming and curatorial roles at publicly funded galleries in London, realising projects with artists including: Amalia Pica, Edward Thomasson, Ruth Ewan, Lloyd Corporation and Ilona Sagar. She was the Offisite and Education at Chisenhale Gallery where she initiated the gallery’s programme of Offsite commissions and received the Marsh Award for Excellence in Gallery Education.
Clare Cumberlidge & Co works nationally and internationally to deliver high profile commissions, engagement programmes, exhibitions, cultural strategies and campaigns. Founded in 2011 by curator and cultural strategist Clare Cumberlidge, we are expert in enabling art and art thinking to contribute to the challenges and opportunities of contemporary society. We work across art forms and cultures and are interested in developing models through which art and artists impact on everyday life. Clients and collaborators include the V&A, BBC, National Poetry Day, Tate, Argent Kings Cross, The Mayor’s Office, Fiona Banner, Southbank Centre, British Council, Marcus Coates, Museum of London, Wellcome Trust.
Clare Cumberlidge has pioneered new forms of curatorial practice, creative business and cross sector collaborations. She co-founded General Public Agency, an interdisciplinary agency delivering research and practice in the public realm, and Thirteen Ways, the curatorial and communications agency. Notable projects include concept and artistic direction of Mansions of the Future, a home for a shared democratic culture in the city of Lincoln, devising and directing the Arts Council England 60th Anniversary Campaign, producing the public realm strategy for Kings Cross Central and initiating the pioneering Science Museum Art Commissioning programme. Clare is published on culture and creativity, public engagement, and the physical, symbolic and virtual public realm – Build Your Own; Tools for Sharing (Crafts Council), Design & Landscape for People (Thames & Hudson), Did Someone Say Participate (MIT press), The Good Life (Van Alen Institute), Slides as a Form of Public Transportation (Carsten Holler and Tate), and Society by Bridget Smith (Steidl).