Vanessa

"Having come to Goldsmiths because of the MFA Curating’s international scope, and its base in London as a centre for the arts, on graduation I joined Tate Modern as an Assistant Curator. At Tate Modern I curated two exhibitions (Here We Dance, 2008; Stutter, 2009) that grew out of the curatorial research on performance that I pursued at Goldsmiths. My experience at Goldsmiths also gave me the desire to develop independent curatorial projects (The artist is a mysterious entertainer, de Appel arts centre Amsterdam, 2008; le Chant de la carpe, Parc Saint Léger, France, 2009) in parallel to my institutional position.

In 2009 I was invited to curate the exhibitions programme at Bloomberg Space in London. At the same time I returned to Goldsmiths to start a PhD in Art/Curating. While working on my PhD, currently I combine teaching at the école nationale supérieure d’art de Dijon with independent curatorial work. Operating in various institutions and contexts, I pursue different possibilities to work with artists and to make projects happen."