Hello. I’m a curator and creative producer with fifteen years’ experience working on design and craft exhibitions, artist-led public engagement, research and creative programming with clients including the Design Museum, Crafts Council, Jane Withers, North East Museums and UP Projects. As the Amateur Ancestor, I create experiences that harness the power of material culture and storytelling to expand participants’ sense of time and agency, when faced with the reality of the climate and biodiversity crises.

Committed to socially-engaged and environmentally-conscious practices, I work with partners who put culture at the heart of systemic change. I am a fellow of the RSA, member of Climate Museum UK and a graduate from the V&A/RCA MA in Design History. Client projects include curating a touring exhibition of two Grayson Perry tapestries (‘Julie Cope’s Grand Tour’, Crafts Council), project management of major exhibitions (‘Azzedine Alaïa the Couturier’ and ‘Weird Sensation Feels Good’ at Design Museum) and one of the longest public artworks in the UK (‘Newham Trackside Wall’ by Sonia Boyce for UP Projects). Prior to the Amateur Ancestor project, my self-initiated projects have focused on regenerative economics (‘Non Pavilion’ installation), ecocentric design (‘Designing London National Park City’ audiojourney) and Craft and the Commons (‘Common Ground’ engagement project).

I now live in the North East of England, where I try and dip in the North Sea as often as I can.