Gallery CV

Please follow links for examples of projects

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Freelance clients:

Victoria Miro Gallery, Lisson Gallery, Martin Creed, KitMapper, Ab-Anbar @ Cromwell Place, Kettle’s Yard, Norwich Castle, Stranger’s Hall, The Yare Gallery, Unit One.

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Art Fairs:

Frieze New York, Frieze LA, Frieze London, Art Dubai, Art Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Basel Miami, The Armory Show NY, FIAC Paris, TEFAF Maastricht.

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Yinka Shonibare Studio - Project Manager

May ‘23 – Present

• Project managing in the production team

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Idris Khan and Annie Morris Studio - Studio Manager

May ‘22 – Jan ‘23

• Project manager – New studio setup, taking a 4,000 sq ft empty warehouse, turning it into a working storage + fabrication space

• Storage manager and Registrar – set up new storage system, responsible for all ins and outs

• Exhibitions and planning - Create intricate Sketch Up models for exhibitions and the plans for the new studio · retouching artwork photography · creating mock ups in Photoshop · researching international foundries

• Liaise with artist owners and point of contact for sales and potential projects

• Artwork Installs

• Day to day management + financial administration

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Victoria Miro Gallery - Senior Technician

Oct ‘16 – May '21

• Lead on all technical aspects of assigned exhibition installs/deinstalls at VMG galleries and global art fairs. Create virtual models of stands and exhibitions pre-show, source equipment and materials, install, swap and deinstall artworks.

• Additional registrar duties – Run weekly London 'shuttle' between framers, conservators, studios, fabricators, various shippers and VMG. Update artwork locations on the database to reflect movements in/out of the gallery.

• Condition checking, create reports for clients and loan venues.

• Completed stocktake.

• Support photography and VR image capture at the gallery.

• Do Ho Suh 'hub' specialist.        

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Lisson Gallery - Technician

June ‘15 - October ‘16

• Began as viewing room technician, managed all aspects of viewing room installs; liaised with the sales team, arranged transport of artworks, scheduling and installation.

• Lead installs at client's houses.

• My responsibilities then shifted to be exhibitions and loans focused. I was in charge of all loan condition reporting. Lead on several very varied exhibitions. Involved of all loan condition reporting. Lead on several very varied exhibitions. Involved liaising with studios and artists around the world, sourcing materials for site specific installations, leading on physically installing the works which varied from very fragile to very heavy, large and small and arranging AV equipment.

• Salesforce (database) and Articheck (condition reporting App) representative for the technical team.

• Worked with Artist Liaison and fabricators on technical aspects of Jason Martin artwork fabrication.

• Worked at art fairs.

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Tate Galleries - Art Handling Technician

May ‘12 - June ‘15

• Worked on installing and deinstalling shows at Tate Modern and Tate Britain.

• Completed artwork cleaning and AV switch outside regular hours.

• Temporary Senior Technician at Tate Store. Managed teams, attended weekly planning meetings, ran installs for the collection committee, oversaw deliveries and collections and liaised with registrars, management, conservation and framing.

• Couriered artworks to different loan venues for Tate.

• Chairperson on the Tate Staff Council. Organised and chaired meetings, liaised with senior management and represented Tate Staff regarding working culture.

• Assigned to Time-Based Media, Conservation and Photography departments for periods when extra support was needed.

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Saatchi Gallery - Education Intern

Sep ‘11 - Oct ‘11

• Wrote and delivered tours to groups

• Lead children's art-making workshops

• Took bookings and remodelled booking system.

• Compiled databases and completed calling campaigns.

• Wrote workshop guides and edited the intern handbook.

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Gallery of Photography, Dublin - Intern

March ‘10 - April ‘11

• Admin, membership and receptionist duties

• Answered switchboard, dealt with exhibition and course queries

• Co-ordinated course schedule for 6 course programs over 3 semesters

• Helped update the website

• Assisted with exhibition installations

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Black Church Print Studio, Dublin – Administrative/Exhibition Intern

Jul ‘09 - Aug ‘10

• Documenting, preparing and installing works for exhibition

• Photographing and documenting of the Studio Archive Collection

• Managing junior interns + general office administration