Experience

Contemporary Visual Arts Network East Midlands

• United Kingdom
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Director

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Colette is the Regional Director of CVAN East Midlands, part of the national Contemporary Visual Arts Network, a sector support and advocacy organisation that represents a diverse community of visual arts practitioners and organisations across England. CVAN EM is a catalyst for conversation and collaborative action, emphasising equity and agency for all arts workers. Colette is the Regional Director of CVAN East Midlands, part of the national Contemporary Visual Arts Network, a sector support and advocacy organisation that represents a diverse community of visual arts practitioners and organisations across England. CVAN EM is a catalyst for conversation and collaborative action, emphasising equity and agency for all arts workers.



Primary

• United Kingdom
• Retail Art Supplies

• Artist Development Coordinator / Curator

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Colette is Artist Development Coordinator / Curator at Primary, an artist-led space in Nottingham that supports creative research through artist studios and residencies, public exhibitions and events. Here she leads on the organisation’s Artist Development Strategy, working alongside residents and partners to identify and generate opportunities for artists within Primary and across the City. Colette is Artist Development Coordinator / Curator at Primary, an artist-led space in Nottingham that supports creative research through artist studios and residencies, public exhibitions and events. Here she leads on the organisation’s Artist Development Strategy, working alongside residents and partners to identify and generate opportunities for artists within Primary and across the City.



Nottingham

• Artist

  • Jun 2009 - Present

  Through her artistic practice Colette explores the crossover between studio based working, and domestic, often performative ritual, merging traditional sculptural language and shapes or materials found within the artists daily routine. Ritualistic behaviours, and interactions we often have without thinking, are nonetheless performed and provide a continual, repeated means of exploring our surroundings.Colette selects the tools best suited to express her ideas at a particular time. Through her moving image work she considers actions and processes, cataloguing repeated outcomes, labours and failed attempts to 'make' or 'perform'. The day to day pressures of production and social reproduction have led to a recent shift to poetry – navigating conversations and routine social interactions that often shape our mood and can undermine our self-worth.



Mansions of the Future

• Curator

  • Apr 2018 - Nov 2020

  Until September 2020 Colette was Curator at Mansions of the Future, an arts and cultural hub in Lincoln adopting an approach which privileged social, site-specific, and collaborative ways of working. Colette worked with the project from its launched in 2018 and supported in the programming and delivery of discussions, exhibitions, performances and events taking place within seasons of activity that were rooted in Lincoln’s history but reflective of its contemporary reality. Until September 2020 Colette was Curator at Mansions of the Future, an arts and cultural hub in Lincoln adopting an approach which privileged social, site-specific, and collaborative ways of working. Colette worked with the project from its launched in 2018 and supported in the programming and delivery of discussions, exhibitions, performances and events taking place within seasons of activity that were rooted in Lincoln’s history but reflective of its contemporary reality.



Freelance

• Copy Editor and Proofreader

  • Apr 2013 - Apr 2018

  Colette identified and edited inaccuracies in texts, working on funding applications, arts and culture reviews, articles and proposals for arts professionals and workshop facilitators. Colette identified and edited inaccuracies in texts, working on funding applications, arts and culture reviews, articles and proposals for arts professionals and workshop facilitators.



Nottingham City Museums & Galleries (NCMG)

• Assistant Curator of Temporary Exhibitions

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2018

  At NCMG Colette worked with artists and curators exploring the potential and possibilities of re-presenting public collections and archives, commissioning exhibitions and performances informed by histories and displays. At NCMG Colette worked with artists and curators exploring the potential and possibilities of re-presenting public collections and archives, commissioning exhibitions and performances informed by histories and displays.



Nottingham Contemporary

• United Kingdom
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Gallery Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - May 2016

  I promoted the exchange and dissemination of ideas inspired by today’s art practices across disciplines and cultures. A central focus was to encourage discussion and engagement with contemporary art by supporting visitors and confidently delivering gallery tours. I promoted the exchange and dissemination of ideas inspired by today’s art practices across disciplines and cultures. A central focus was to encourage discussion and engagement with contemporary art by supporting visitors and confidently delivering gallery tours.



Ikon Gallery

• Exhibitions & Programming Internship

  • Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

  Assisted with exhibition planning and preparation through to delivery and installation, providing administrative support whilst carrying out research and evaluations. Assisted with exhibition planning and preparation through to delivery and installation, providing administrative support whilst carrying out research and evaluations.



Surface Gallery

• Exhibitions Coordinator

  • Jun 2011 - Mar 2013

  Duties included responding to proposals and inquiries, coordinating volunteers, scheduling, curating and marketing exhibitions as well as writing contracts, press releases and policies. Duties included responding to proposals and inquiries, coordinating volunteers, scheduling, curating and marketing exhibitions as well as writing contracts, press releases and policies.