Curatorial Projects
A summary of the exhibitions I have
curated recently
curated recently
Our Earth
Salisbury Cathedral
20 April - 6 October 2024
Our Earth focuses on the domestic impact of climate change asking us to consider how our day to day lives may be impacted and how that will be felt differently across the world. Includes artwork by Rebecca Chesney, Dryden Goodwin, Hilary Jack and Derek Jarman.
Leviathan by Shezad Dawood
Salisbury Cathedral
28 November 2023 - 3 February 2024
This body of work touches on some of the most urgent issues of our time, that of climate change, migration and mental health.
TO BE FREE
Salisbury Cathedral
28 November 2023 - 3 February 2024
An exhibition which explored human rights and freedoms, questioning what it means to be free. The exhibition offers a contemporary lens for its interpretation, presenting artworks that intersect with the five facets of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of expression, freedom of movement and freedom from fear. Featuring work by Jeffrey Gibson, Yinka Shonibare, Cornelia Parker, Ai Weiwei, Mona Hatoum and Lucy Jones.
Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City
co-curated with Lubaina Himid CBE
A large-scale touring exhibition highlighting shared female experiences of urban life, considering the privileges enjoyed and boundaries faced by women in the modern city. Launched in 2022 and toured to Birmingham City Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, RWA Bristol and Leeds Art Gallery.
Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare CBE curates the Arts Council Collection
Criminal Ornamentation explored the cultural and social dimensions of the use of pattern in art. Launched in September 2018 at the Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester) and toured to Longside Gallery (West Yorkshire), Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter) and Southampton City Art Gallery.
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences
The Vanity of Small Differences tells the story of class mobility and the influence social class has on our aesthetic taste. Inspired by William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress the six tapestries, measuring 2m x 4m each, chart the 'class journey' made by young Tim Rakewell and include many of the characters, incidents and objects Grayson Perry encountered on journeys through Sunderland, Tunbridge Wells and The Cotswolds for the television series 'All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry'.
Face Value: Contemporary portraiture from the Arts Council Collection
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
27 March - 13 June 2015
Patrick Caulfield
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
17 January - 29 March 2014
Barbara Hepworth: Within the Landscape
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
5 July - 27 September 2014
Salisbury Cathedral
20 April - 6 October 2024
Our Earth focuses on the domestic impact of climate change asking us to consider how our day to day lives may be impacted and how that will be felt differently across the world. Includes artwork by Rebecca Chesney, Dryden Goodwin, Hilary Jack and Derek Jarman.
Leviathan by Shezad Dawood
Salisbury Cathedral
28 November 2023 - 3 February 2024
This body of work touches on some of the most urgent issues of our time, that of climate change, migration and mental health.
TO BE FREE
Salisbury Cathedral
28 November 2023 - 3 February 2024
An exhibition which explored human rights and freedoms, questioning what it means to be free. The exhibition offers a contemporary lens for its interpretation, presenting artworks that intersect with the five facets of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of expression, freedom of movement and freedom from fear. Featuring work by Jeffrey Gibson, Yinka Shonibare, Cornelia Parker, Ai Weiwei, Mona Hatoum and Lucy Jones.
Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City
co-curated with Lubaina Himid CBE
A large-scale touring exhibition highlighting shared female experiences of urban life, considering the privileges enjoyed and boundaries faced by women in the modern city. Launched in 2022 and toured to Birmingham City Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, RWA Bristol and Leeds Art Gallery.
Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare CBE curates the Arts Council Collection
Criminal Ornamentation explored the cultural and social dimensions of the use of pattern in art. Launched in September 2018 at the Attenborough Arts Centre (Leicester) and toured to Longside Gallery (West Yorkshire), Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter) and Southampton City Art Gallery.
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences
The Vanity of Small Differences tells the story of class mobility and the influence social class has on our aesthetic taste. Inspired by William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress the six tapestries, measuring 2m x 4m each, chart the 'class journey' made by young Tim Rakewell and include many of the characters, incidents and objects Grayson Perry encountered on journeys through Sunderland, Tunbridge Wells and The Cotswolds for the television series 'All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry'.
Face Value: Contemporary portraiture from the Arts Council Collection
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
27 March - 13 June 2015
Patrick Caulfield
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
17 January - 29 March 2014
Barbara Hepworth: Within the Landscape
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
5 July - 27 September 2014