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Senior Curator (head of exhibitions and engagement)
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Will Cooper is listed as Senior Curator (head of exhibitions and engagement) at Lakeland Arts, a with 44 employees, based in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Will Cooper.
Will Cooper previously worked as Head of Programmes at The Royal Scottish Academy Of Art And Architecture and Director at The Wyllieum. Will Cooper holds Master Of Arts - Ma, Curatorial Practice, Pass With Merit from London Metropolitan University & Whitechapel Gallery.
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Will is an experienced museum and gallery professional skilled in leading teams to develop robust, engaging, and deliverable programmes of exhibitions, acquisitions, and other activities specific to, and enhancing of, their host venue. Creative, yet detail oriented, Will has proven senior level experience managing simultaneous projects to the highest standards, including fundraising, budget and project administration, staff delegation, and artist management. He is an excellent public speaker, can write engagingly for diverse audiences, and has excellent, demonstrable experience bringing seemingly disparate groups into the conversation. During this time Will has curated projects with a range of international artists including Nalini Malani, Alberta Whittle, Steven Claydon, Ryan Gander, Laure Provoust, Aaron Angell, Heather Phillipson, Felicity Hammond, Mick Peter, Graham Fagen and Stansfield // Hooykaas. He has acquired work for museum collections by artists including Charlotte Prodger, Jesse Darling, Walter Price, Victoria Morton, Hal Fischer, and Sharon Hayes. To support this activity Will has successfully raised funds from charitable and grant giving bodies such as Arts Council England, The Ampersand Foundation, Creative Scotland, The Goethe Institute, The Art Fund, The National Fund for Acquisitions and many more. Will has hosted artist in-conversations, spoken on panel discussions, written extensively for catalogues and other media, and sat on juries for a number of awards and prizes.
Listed skills include Writing, Museum Planning, Research, University Teaching, and 11 others.
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Lakeland Arts
10 roles · 16 years
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Head Of Programmes
CurrentProviding programming & exhibition leadership as the RSA prepares for its 200th anniversary.Leading the organisation’s programming department.Sitting with the RSA’s senior leadership team.
Oct 2024 - Present
Director
The Wyllieum
Providing artistic and operational direction for the Wyllieum, a new venue in Greenock celebrating the work and legacy of George Wyllie. The Wyllieum shows George’s work with a fresh, critical eye, bringing his tremendous output into the c21st. Alongside this, we’ll develop new projects with contemporary artists that share thematic or ideological threads with George’s work.
Jun 2023 - May 2024
Visiting Lecturer
Invited to lecture by Assemble, the Turner Prize winning architecture practice.
2019 - Jul 2023
Visiting Lecturer
2019 - Jul 2023
Curator Of Contemporary Programmes
Developing a new and innovative programme of contemporary art at the Holburne Museum. Drawing on the museum's collection, site, and grounds to tell an inclusive, contemporary, and thought provoking narrative of British history. This programme has included major new commissions by Aaron Angell & Steven Claydon, Nalini Malani, and Alberta Whittle.
Jan 2019 - May 2023
Curator Of Contemporary Art
Goma, Glasgow (Gallery Of Modern Art)
Managing the gallery's programme of exhibitions and events. Including major solo shows by Aaron Angell, Jack Knox, and Hal Fischer, and group exhibitions focusing on Glasgow as a centre for 70s counterculture, and Margaret Tait's legacy as a pioneering Scottish filmmaker. Managing the gallery's collection of contemporary art. Acquiring work by Charlotte Prodger, Hal Fischer, Anne Collier, Walter Price, Sharon Hayes, and Victoria Morton.
2015 - 2019
~4 yrs
Curator // Gallery Manager
2014 - 2015
~1 yr
Assistant Curator
2013 - 2014
~1 yr
Curator // Gallery Manager
Galerie8
2011 - 2013
~2 yrs
4 education records
Will Cooper education
Master Of Arts - Ma, Curatorial Practice, Pass With Merit
London Metropolitan University & Whitechapel Gallery
Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History Of Art And Architecture
Master Of Arts - Ma, Curating Contemporary Art
History Of Art And Architecture
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Will Cooper is listed as Senior Curator (head of exhibitions and engagement) at Lakeland Arts.
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Will Cooper is based in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom while working with Lakeland Arts.
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Will Cooper has worked for Lakeland Arts, The Royal Scottish Academy Of Art And Architecture, The Wyllieum, Bartlett School Of Architecture, University College London, and Bath School Of Art And Design.
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Will Cooper holds Master Of Arts - Ma, Curatorial Practice, Pass With Merit from London Metropolitan University & Whitechapel Gallery.
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Will Cooper is listed with skills including Writing, Museum Planning, Research, University Teaching, Museum Collections, Contemporary Art, Public Speaking, and Art.
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