Staff profiles

James Lingwood, Co-Director

James Lingwood has been Co-Director of Artangel with Michael Morris since 1991. Amongst some 80 projects produced over the past decade and a half are Rachel Whiteread’s House (1993-94), Michael Landy’s Break Down (2001) in Oxford Street, Gregor Schneider’s Die Familie Schneider (2004), Francis Alÿs’ Seven Walks (2005), Roni Horn’s Vatnasafn/Library of Water in Iceland (2007) and Roger Hiorns’ Seizure (2008), as well as ambitious moving image installation with artists such as Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Tony Oursler.

In addition to his work with Artangel, Lingwood has curated exhibitions for national and international arts institutions including Juan Muñoz’s Double Bind (2001) in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Field Trips – Robert Smithson and Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Museu Serralves in Porto and Douglas Gordon’s exhibition What Have I Done (2002) at the Hayward Gallery in London. He has organised major survey exhibitions with Vija Celmins, Juliao Sarmento, Thomas Struth and Thomas Schütte. He is a Trustee of The Art Fund and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and is on the International Advisory Board of the Museu Serralves, Porto.

Michael Morris, Co-Director

Michael Morris, alongside James Lingwood, has been Co-Director of Artangel since 1991. Together they have built Artangel into a significant international commissioning and producing organistation, working internationally with artists across the visual arts and performance as well as forging innovative collaborations with film and the broadcast media.

After working at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) as Director of Performing Arts in the 1980s, Michael established his own production company Cultural Industry (www.culturalindustry.co.uk) in 1987, since when he has continued to develop the work of Pina Bausch and Robert Lepage in the UK.

Michael is also an Artistic Advisor to the Manchester International Festival, the Roundhouse, the Wexner Center in Ohio and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center in Long Island. He is a member of Tate Modern Council, an Ambassador for Alain de Botton’s The School of Life, a guest lecturer for the Clore Leadership Foundation and a trustee of Longplayer.

Rachel Anderson – Head of Interaction

Rachel is responsible for Artangel’s Interaction programme. She was previously Education and Outreach Manager at the South London Gallery where she established a programme of on and off-site artists' collaborations with the local community. Before this she managed the Queensbridge Youth Project in Hackney where she developed the Queensbridge Community Arts Partnership and the Childrens' Fund Local Providers Network. Rachel graduated from Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury with a degree in Fine Art in 2001 and maintains her artistic practice today. Rachel is in the office Tuesday to Friday and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at rachel@artangel.org.uk

Alice Boff - Administrative Assistant

Alice has recently completed an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths College. Previous to her placement at the National Campaign for the Arts (NCA), Alice worked at the Saatchi Gallery for two years developing Saatchi Online and education programme at Duke of York HQ. After graduating with an MA in History from Edinburgh University in 2006, Alice co-founded the Build Malawi Project. Alice is in the office Monday to Friday and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at alice@artangel.org.uk

Rob Bowman – Head of Programmes and Production

Rob is responsible for planning and developing Artangel’s programming activities. He was previously a Curator at the ICA, where he developed exhibitions with a range of international artists, and ran Beck’s Futures exhibition and awards, for which he also commissioned and produced a number of new works. Prior to this, Rob was on the curatorial team at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford where he worked with artists as diverse as Marina Abramovic, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Matt Mullican, and organised a number of ambitious group exhibitions and a programme of offsite projects. Rob occasionally writes and speaks on issues related to contemporary art and artistic practice. Rob is in the Artangel office Monday to Friday and can be reached on 020 7713 1400 or at rob@artangel.org.uk

Maria David – Head of Development

Maria graduated in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2001, and received an MA in Art Criticism at City University in 2002. She worked in the Development Department of Sadler's Wells theatre, before taking up a position at the Royal Academy of Arts. There she set up and ran the Contemporary Patrons' programme, which was a completely new initiative for the Royal Academy and contributed to the development of the Academy's Contemporary Season. At Artangel, Maria is responsible for planning and developing all Artangel's fundraising activities. She is in the office Monday - Friday and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at maria@artangel.org.uk

Sarah Davies – Development & Publicity Coordinator

Sarah graduated in 2002 from Goldsmiths College, London, with a degree in Fine Art and Art History. Since university she has worked as assistant manager at the Greenwich Village Gallery in south London, and for specialist arts marketing agency The Cogency. She joined Artangel in 2004 and since then has provided administrative support, worked as part of the Interaction team, and assisted on the production of a number of projects. Her responsibilities now lie across the press and publicity and development departments; organising events and openings, and looking after Artangel's patrons, the Company of Angels. Sarah is in the Artangel office from Monday to Friday and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at sarah@artangel.org.uk

Seb Emina - Web Editor

Seb joined Artangel in October 2008 and is responsible for commissioning, producing and maintaining the contents of this website. Formerly a co-director of Seb & Fiona - a creative agency for the cultural sector - he now also writes, edits and consults for a range of clients and runs several online projects of his own. Seb graduated from the University of Leeds in 1998 with a joint honours degree in English & Philosophy. Seb is in the office three days a week and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at seb@artangel.org.uk

Cressida Hubbard – Administrative Director

Cressida is responsible for assisting the Co-Directors with Artangel’s financial management and in developing partnerships with funders and co-producers. She also assists with strategic planning, organisational management and human resources. Prior to working at Artangel, Cressida worked for Siobhan Davies Dance Company as Finance Co-ordinator and for The English Concert and other classical music organisations in management, finance and development. She graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, with a degree in history. Cressida is in the office from Monday-Friday and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at cressida@artangel.org.uk

Gabrielle Le Coq - Finance Assistant

Gabrielle graduated from Chelsea College of Art in 2004 with an MA in Fine Art and was a participant on the Research Program at CCA, Kitakyushu in Japan from 2000-2001. Before joining Artangel she worked for ACAVA, an organization providing artists’ studios in London. Gabrielle is in the office on Mondays and Tuesdays and can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at gabrielle@artangel.org.uk

Sinéad McCarthy – Production Assistant

Sinéad recently graduated from an MFA in Curating at Goldsmiths College, previously completing a degree in BA Fine Art and History of Art (2004). She currently also works part time at Electra, a regularly funded arts organisation, as the Web Editor - and has previously worked for ‘With’ on projects at the ICA and the Hayward Gallery and as a curator on ‘Contested Ground’ at 176 Project Space. At Artangel, Sinéad assists in the development and production of the programme and is in the office Monday, Tuesday and Friday. She can be contacted on 020 7713 1400 or at sinead@artangel.org.uk

Janette Scott – Head of Press and Publicity

Janette is responsible for the press, public relations and marketing for Artangel's projects, interaction programme and website. Prior to Artangel she was Head of Marketing and Development at The Photographers' Gallery, responsible for communications and fundraising for the exhibitions, events and education programme. In 2006 she gained an MA Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths College. Before moving into the arts, Janette had a diverse range of marketing roles in retail, manufacturing and publishing. Janette can be contacted Monday – Wednesday on 020 7713 1400 or by email at js@artangel.org.uk