PLATFORM Artist Network: Katie Simpson 18

Katie Simpson is Senior Curator at Nottingham Contemporary. In her talk for our PLATFORM Artist Network she’ll introduce some of the ways they work with artists at Nottingham Contemporary and draw on her past curatorial projects to explore different models of collaboration.

Katie’s current research interests align with socially, politically and environmentally engaged practices that propose alternatives to dominant narratives and methodologies. Her practice is guided by curiosity, encounters and openness with an aim to dismantle hierarchies of, and access to, art and culture.

She has experience of commissioning ambitious and experimental artistic projects and public programming, as well as organising and nurturing artistic residencies and community engaged projects. In a freelance capacity, she mentors and supports artists with funding, grant, and residency application writing, and with the development of artistic and curatorial projects.

Previously, she held the positions of Curator of Exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, Studio Manager & Exhibitions Hub Curator within the Art Department at Goldsmiths (London), Co-Director at not-for-profit art organisation Jupiter Woods (London), and Curatorial Assistant at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (London). In 2020 she participated in the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s YCRP (Young Curator’s Residency Programme) co-curating the exhibition Waves Between Us in Turin. She received a BFA in Visual Culture from the University of Brighton (2013) and MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths (2018).

Event schedule:

6.30pm – doors open

6.45pm – talk from Katie Simpson, Nottingham Contemporary

7.45pm – networking

9pm – end

This is a public event, open to all. Tickets are £2.

PLATFORM is a new programme for filmmakers and digital visual artists in Leicester. Find out more here.