Staff and Trustees
Spike Island team photographed outside the main entrance to the building holding the Disability Confident (Committed) certificate
Our highly skilled and enthusiastic team of staff come have a range of different experience but all have one thing in common: a determination to bring art to more people, by believing in and investing in artists.
STAFF
Erin Donnelly
Visitor Assistant
Benni Hartley
Visitor Assistant
Nicole Yip
Director (from June 2024)
Niquita Munowenyu
Communications Manager
Rosa Picard
Visitor Assistant
Davey Poole
Visitor Assistant
Simone Hesselberg
Project Manager, West of England Visual Arts Alliance (WEVAA)
Eldon Somers
Visitor Assistant
Eileen Venner
Visitor Assistant
Board of Trustees
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Lucy Bailey
Legal Counsel at the National Theatre
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Linda Brothwell
Artist and studio holder. Associate Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London
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Louise O'Donnell
Former Chief Executive of John James Bristol Foundation
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Catherine Frankpitt
Founder and Director, Strike Communications
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Bill Gething
Professor of Architecture, University of the West of England. Practising architect and sustainability consultant
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Rosa Corbishley
Development Director, Bristol Beacon
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Marie Bak Mortensen
Director, Create London
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Paula Newport
Director of People and Culture, Aardman Animations Ltd
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Professor Judith Squires (Chair)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, University of Bristol (Chair of the Board)
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Asmaa Jama
Poet, filmmaker and former Spike Island exhibiting artist
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Tamsin Hong
Curator at Serpentine Gallery
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Lenacha Lema
Artist
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Jane Sillis
Director of Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education
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Piers Tincknell
CEO of Atomic Smash and former Spike Island Workspace tenant