Jeni Walwin is a curator, writer and public art consultant. After fourteen years as a curator in regional galleries and as an Arts Council officer Jeni has worked independently since 1990. She has undertaken a range of projects which include managing public art commissions, selecting exhibitions, and devising strategies for contemporary art programmes. She is currently an Associate Lecturer on the MA Art and Politics, Goldsmiths University of London
Public Art Projects
Her current projects include new commissions for housing developments in East London. She was previously Project Director for Artists in the City, the public art programme in Reading, and from 2010-17 she was Curator of WOMAD’s World of Art programme.
Exhibitions
With the artist Henry Krokatsis, she devised and selected ‘You’ll Never Know: Drawing and Random Interference’ a national touring exhibition for the Hayward Gallery that travelled to museums and galleries around the UK. For many years she has worked as an associate with the Contemporary Art Society, and was the lead curator for the annual ARTfutures exhibition. For the Pump House Gallery in London she curated ‘I am the Warrior’ with Juneau Projects.
Consultancies/Art Strategies
She has recently completed an Art Strategy for a large regeneration project in Hackney, North London. In 2009/10 she worked with Graham Devlin to produce the contemporary art strategy for Canal and River Trust. In 2011 she was commissioned by Wiltshire Council to develop an Art Strategy for the County Hall, proposing the means by which the County Art Collections could enjoy wider public access and recommending ways in which contemporary artists could respond to the collections and contribute to the new public spaces.
Publications
She writes on an occasional basis for art journals, books and catalogues. In 2010 she edited ‘Searching for Art’s New Publics’ for Intellect Books. She is the author of ‘Low Tide: Writings on Artists’ Collaborations’ for Black Dog, and for Rivers Oram she co-edited ‘A Split Second of Paradise: Writings on Live Art, Performance and Installation’
Voluntary and Advisory Positions
She is a member of the Public Art Network UK Steering Group
www.walwin.co.uk
www.artistsinthecity.org.uk