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kate.eleanor.ross@gmail.com www.kateross.org 07970 55 117 Twitter: @CuriousCurating www.facebook.com/katecurates www.uk.linkedin.com/in/kateross/
kate.eleanor.ross@gmail.com www.kateross.org 07970 55 117 Twitter: @CuriousCurating www.facebook.com/katecurates www.uk.linkedin.com/in/kateross/
ABOUT
KATE ROSS
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CURATOR
I am a London based curator who has worked extensively in art galleries, museums, arts higher education and arts administration. I research and deliver exhibitions, arts events and programmes. I am curator for Notting Hill Arts Club and was Chelsea Arts Club Trust Research Fellow at CHELSEA space gallery (academic year 2012 - 13) where I carried out a range of curatorial practice and gallery management work. Having successfully developed my own brand (Curatorial Curiosities) with effective online marketing I independently curate contemporary arts, sound exhibitions and live events with a particular interest in non-gallery spaces. I have a 1st class BA in Art History & Italian, an MA in Museum Studies and studied curating at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, University of the Arts, London. I am also a keen arts blogger, user of online social media and exhibition reviewer.
kate.eleanor.ross@gmail.com www.kateross.org 07970 55 117 Twitter: @CuriousCurating www.facebook.com/katecurates www.uk.linkedin.com/in/kateross/
PROJECTS
EXHIBITION & FILM EVENT
DOWNTOWN - SYNESTHESIA II
Notting Hill Arts Club Event: 8
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Aug 2013 Exhibition: Aug - Oct 2013
the exhibition brings together work from artists who explore the urban and respond to the idea of DOWNTOWN - the core of a city and its creative heart, a melting pot of diverse communities living life on the street - with specific relation to the downtown of Kingston, Jamaica. DOWNTOWN features new collages created by Jenny Gordon, photographs by Whitty Gordon Projects from their work in Kingston, Jamaica; and a collection of images illustrating the story of The Four Aces Club in Dalston through flyers, posters and photographs, collated by Winstan Whitter. The artists whose work is shown in DOWNTOWN have been influenced by Jamaican music, the presence of Jamaican culture in London and its vibrant history which has been brought over from one urban hub to be recreated and reinvented in another. Continuing with the SYNESTHESIA series theme of creating a multi-sensory experience, DOWNTOWN launch night featured a show reel film screening of 10 short films selected through an open call out process, resulting in films by artist film makers whose work reflects the themes of DOWNTOWN, whether this is through its urban setting and subject matter or other connected identities. The DOWNTOWN exhibition was accompanied by music from reggae DJ Mylon D of Notting Hill Arts Club nights Sweet Memory Sounds and Lick It Back in keeping with the Jamaica theme of the night.
kate.eleanor.ross@gmail.com www.kateross.org 07970 55 117 Twitter: @CuriousCurating www.facebook.com/katecurates www.uk.linkedin.com/in/kateross/
EXHIBITION & LIVE LAB SOUND EVENT
EN VISAGE - SYNESTHESIA I
Notting Hill Arts Club
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Event: 3
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June
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Exhibition: June
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Aug 2013
The exhibition consisted of large scale 'Naff Graphic' Decals made of vinyl material by graphic artist Nicky Carvell, mirroring the huge cut outs of musicians and sports people which still adorn the now stripped out interior of Leisure World. Carvell sees her own cut outs as signals to an alternate realm, where anything is possible. Indulging on the look of 80's Postmodern record covers, fabric prints and TOTP Sets, these 'signs' envisage uplifting visions which fizz before the eyes, dynamically flashing, always on the precipice. 3
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June 2013 was the launch night of the new visual arts, sound & moving image series SYNESTHESIA which aims to create a stimulating cross-sensory environment through the experience of simultaneous exposure to vibrant visual arts and experimental live lab sounds as well as short films and projections. SYNESTHESIA I launch night included IKTA Live (Victoria Trinder & guests) who performed an experimental sound play live lab set & live music from Horseless Headmen.