emma dean
Emma Dean is a curator, editor and writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Over the past two decades Emma has collaborated with artists to stage ambitious projects for institutional and public realm contexts. She is currently Curator at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead where she has realised many major large-scale exhibitions and commissions, programmed live art, performance, talks and events, and has edited and contributed to a range of artists’ publications. As part of her role, Emma leads on the development of Baltic’s Artists’ Residency Programme working with UK and international partners. She is interested to curate imaginative and impactful projects that explore issues around the environment, climate change, migration and displacement.
Prior to BALTIC, Emma was Head of Exhibitions at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes where she oversaw the programme of exhibitions, offsite projects, film, performance, events, commissions and publications. She has also held curatorial positions at Modern Art Oxford and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Emma has curated exhibitions independently for AV Festival, The Agency and Crisis UK among others. She is a former Trustee of the Chiltern Sculpture Trust and has nominated and selected artists for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards, The Arts Foundation Future Awards, AXIS, C-Art, the Hayward Touring Curatorial Open, the Durham University Art Prize and the Aesthetica Art Prize.
Over the past two decades Emma has collaborated with artists to stage ambitious projects for institutional and public realm contexts. She is currently Curator at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead where she has realised many major large-scale exhibitions and commissions, programmed live art, performance, talks and events, and has edited and contributed to a range of artists’ publications. As part of her role, Emma leads on the development of Baltic’s Artists’ Residency Programme working with UK and international partners. She is interested to curate imaginative and impactful projects that explore issues around the environment, climate change, migration and displacement.
Prior to BALTIC, Emma was Head of Exhibitions at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes where she oversaw the programme of exhibitions, offsite projects, film, performance, events, commissions and publications. She has also held curatorial positions at Modern Art Oxford and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Emma has curated exhibitions independently for AV Festival, The Agency and Crisis UK among others. She is a former Trustee of the Chiltern Sculpture Trust and has nominated and selected artists for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards, The Arts Foundation Future Awards, AXIS, C-Art, the Hayward Touring Curatorial Open, the Durham University Art Prize and the Aesthetica Art Prize.
