303 Projects CIC is an artist-led contemporary art gallery in Lowestoft, Suffolk, run by artist Alexander Costello. It champions contemporary art in Lowestoft to engage and enrich the community through the promotion and delivery of a high quality contemporary art programme of diverse and inclusive exhibitions, screenings and talks by and with local, national and internationally recognised and renowned artists.

theCoLAB creates collaborations between artists and spaces/organisations, supports experimentation and new experiences through residencies and interventions/commissions in the field of contemporary sculpture and drawing.2021 - ongoing: The Artist's Garden, roof of Temple tube station, London WC2R 2PH - transformation of vast neglected public outdoor space into a sculpture garden for women and underrepresented artists. In collaboration with Westminster City Council/180 Studios/Frieze 91. Holly Hendry Slackwater, Heywood & Condie's Through the Cosmic Allotment, LAKWENA's technicolour vision of Paradise + RCA/YSP Graduate Award Winner's commission + residencies.2019 - ongoing: Body and Place: exploratory drawing residencies for professional artists across the disciplines to reconsider life drawing in the context of the landscape at Owlpen Manor.2018-19 - Headlands to Headspace: Landscape Art Commissions for the Morecambe Bay Partnership in collaboration with DecoPublique. Artistic Advisor commissioning permanent works by Chris Drury and Anna Gillespie + temporary site-specific interventions by About Time Dance Company, storytelling by Emily Hennessey and Rob Mulholland. 2013-2016 - Sculpture Shock – nine residencies and commissions for early career artists making works in response to the subterranean, historic and ambulatory contexts in London.2015 - SKULPTUR - first ever large-scale group exhibition on contemporary Nordic sculpture across 3 sites in London of 17 artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. 2014 - Boyle Family - Contemporary Archaeology: The World Series, Gotland Site 1968/2015 (and exh. cat) a commission in collaboration with RBS.www.thecolab.art@thecolab.art

Awarded NPO status in 2022, The National Festival of Making is a unique celebration of UK making, from the factory floor to the kitchen table. Presenting a programme of work that combines Art, Manufacturing, Making and Communities – commissioning international and national artists to create world class works and a participatory festival for all to enjoy.Art in Manufacturing is the NFM’s commissioning programme giving artists the opportunity to undertake a residency in industry and to make new work relating to it.

Panel member for Westminster's City of Sculpture which brings contemporary and traditional sculpture to iconic outdoor locations across the City of Westminster in collaboration with artists and galleries from London and across the world. Advisory Panel includes Claire Mander theCOLAB, Priyesh Mistry The National Gallery, Richard Parry and Jessica Toale, MP.

Mother Art Prize promotes and supports artist mothers and drives the attention of the wider public to a broad spectrum of themes that would otherwise be overlooked and devalued. Selected 20 artist-mothers from over 650 applications and invited to co-curate the exhibition at Cromwell Place, London 5-30 October 2020. Invited to edit the catalogue, contribute an essay and interview 3 artists for IGTV. Part of panel including: Niamh Coghlan, Richard Saltoun Gallery Director Pauline Desouza, Director of the Diversity Art Forum, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director, The Showroom, Lecturer, Goldsmiths UniversityEva Langret, Artistic Director Frieze London, Frances Morris, Director of Tate ModernWinners: Eileen Reynolds, Helen Benigson, Violet CostelloGroup show finalists: Cassie Arnold, Emmeline de Mooij, Christine De Vuono, Sabba Elahi, Michelle Hartney, Madison Hendry, Sadie Hennessy, Shannon Lewis, Katherine Lovett, Lauren Pisano, Louise Richardson, Carly Schmitt, Holly Stevenson, Marta Stysiak, Kim Walker, Emma Wilson, Coral Woodbury

UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (UK Friends of NMWA) supports the mission of NMWA, the only major museum in the world dedicated to art by women, based in Washington DC, by championing art by women with a connection to the UK, past and present. I was Chair of the Steering Committee 2018-2020, and organised two editions of Women to Watch: an exhibition series held every two to three years designed to increase the visibility of female artists who deserve greater international recognition and an opportunity to exhibit in a major museum in the United States. Each exhibition focuses on a specific medium chosen by the museum's curators, a local curator is appointed and up to 5 artists selected for whom we have an exhibition in London. For (works made of not on) Paper in 2019, NMWA selected Mary Evans and we showed the work of Abigail Reynolds, Mary Evans, Ludovica Gioscia, Charlotte McGowan Griffin and Sophie Bouvier Ausländer at Sotheby's selected by Natasha Howes of Manchester Art Gallery. For Metal in 2017, NMWA selected Rana Begum and we showed the work of Claire Barclay, Sara Barker, Rana Begum and Alison Wilding at Phillips with selector Caroline Douglas, Director, Contemporary Art Society.

Member of panel making small grants to artists and arts organisations creating contemporary artworks/events in the Royal Borough.

Founded in 1905, this artist-led organisation promotes the practice and appreciation of contemporary three dimensional work in all its forms. Worked on all aspects of the strategy including financial and fundraising. Formulate, secure funding for and curate theCoLAB Programme a high profile programme of exhibitions and awards including Sculpture Shock, Skulptur and Boyle Family and accompanying series of panel discussions and talks. Generally oversee the curatorial side of the programme; approach key partners and raise the profile of the organisation.Selected activity:2013 - 16 NAPOLEON GARDEN, Holland Park, London To celebrate the contribution of female sculptors, an annual installation supported by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Exhibiting artists: Sinta Tantra The Eccentricity of Zero, 2013 (2013); Almuth Tebbenhoff Sunset, 2013 (2014); Julia Vance HOLD, with performance (2015); Helaine Blumenfeld, Meridian, 2015 (2016). Select, curate, oversee funded 7 year education programme.2014 CONCEPTION EXECUTION RECEPTION: DEACON, PYE, WILSON Richard Deacon RA and Isabel Vasseur, William Pye, Richard Wilson RA and Mark Davey of Futurecity exhibition of archive material, maquettes and drawings of three major public art projects accompanied by a series of talks discussing the projects. Exh Cat.2014 UPHOLD WITHOLD performance by Lisa Selby Performance in which a number of female participants enact a strictly controlled tea drinking ceremony, addressing the everyday rituals that perpetuate and legitimise gendered power structures in British society. Selby’s performance revolves around the pressures of social etiquette, specifically focusing on the virtues of self-restraint in the maintenance of manners.

Founded in 1948, (as The Crafts Council of Great Britain) CAA is a registered charity set up to promote and champion British craft.

Set up a new commercial contemporary gallery within an existing modern gallery and curated its exhibition programme.

Solicitor in Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department of this leading international City law firm. One of the first in the country to become Solicitor Advocate giving me rights of audience in the High Courts. Selected for six month placement to set up the firm's Milan office.