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Staff and Trustees

Staff and Trustees

Jesse Jones The Struggle Against Ourselves (2012) Installation view, Spike Island, Bristol. Photograph by Stuart Whipps
Our highly skilled and enthusiastic team come from a range of different backgrounds but all have one thing in common: a determination to bring art to more people, by believing in and investing in artists.

STAFF

Billie Appleton

Visitor Assistant

Rebecca Bertin

Visitor Assistant

Tanith Blackman

Front of House Assistant admin@spikeisland.org.uk

Jane Faram

Communications Manager jane.faram@spikeisland.org.uk

Adam Green

Operations Manager adam.green@spikeisland.org.uk

Simone Hesselberg

Front of House Assistant admin@spikeisland.org.uk

Cassie Ireland

Operations Assistant cassie.ireland@spikeisland.org.uk

Isabel Jones

Office and HR Manager isabel.jones@spikeisland.org.uk

Olivia Jones

Senior Technician olivia.jones@spikeisland.org.uk

Carmen Juliá

Curator carmen.julia@spikeisland.org.uk

Robert Leckie

Director robert.leckie@spikeisland.org.uk

Rosa Martyn

Communications Coordinator and Mentor rosa.martyn@spikeisland.org.uk

Sitheag Mckinnon

Front of House Supervisor sitheag.mckinnon@spikeisland.org.uk

Andy Moss

Exhibition Services Manager andy.moss@spikeisland.org.uk

Tendai Mutambu

Assistant Curator: Commissions and Public Programmes tendai.mutambu@spikeisland.org.uk

Alan Parry

Finance Manager alan.parry@spikeisland.org.uk

Ali Roche

Head of Commissions ali.roche@spikeisland.org.uk

Chloe Sclater

Front of House Assistant admin@spikeisland.org.uk

Oliver Sutherland

Senior AV Technician oliver.sutherland@spikeisland.org.uk

Rosa Tyhurst

Assistant Curator: Exhibitions and Artist Development rosa.tyhurst@spikeisland.org.uk

Iman West

Visitor Assistant and MA Curatorial Placement iman.west@spikeisland.org.uk

Aidan Woodburn

Deputy Director aidan.woodburn@spikeisland.org.uk

Board of Trustees

  • Andy Braithwaite Commercial and intellectual property lawyer
  • Linda Brothwell Artist and studio holder. Associate Lecturer at Royal College of Art, London
  • Andrew Cooper, Chair Commercial property lawyer
  • Louise O'Donnell Chief Executive, John James Bristol Foundation
  • Catherine Frankpitt Founder and Director, Strike Communications
  • Tessa Jackson OBE Independent curator, writer and cultural advisor
  • Jacqueline Kingsley Fundraising and organisational development specialist
  • Marie Bak Mortensen (starting 2021) Head of Exhibitions & Interpretation, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
  • Paula Newport Director of People and Culture, Aardman Animations Ltd
  • Imran Perretta Artist and Educator
  • Jazlyn M Pinckney (starting 2021) Intersectional Inclusion Producer
  • Professor Dorothy Price Professor in History of Art, University of Bristol
Alex Cecchetti, Singing Chandelier (2018) 1000 unique blown glass pieces, waterphone, iron structure. Installation view: At the Gates of the Music Palace, Spike Island, Bristol. Photograph by Lisa Whiting

We are looking for diverse, enthusiastic and committed applicants who believe in the fundamental value of arts and culture to join our board.

Join our Board

More in Community

Lots of visitors gathered in the gallery - the photograph is focussed on one man in particular who is looking straight at the camera, smiling and clapping.

Our community
Artists Conway and Young host a meeting in their studio.

Studio artists
A photograph of a grey breeze block wall, featuring two closed doors - the left door is red and the right door is pink.

Studio Review Process

Spike Island Associates
Theatre company Wise Children have a meeting in their studio. Their studio is grey with lots of different types of chairs and a large box light in the shape of the letter R

Creative businesses
Spike Design, Bristol. Photograph by Yiannis Katsaris

Spike Design
A member of Spike Print Studio lays out small bits of paper that have been printed with highly decorative designs.

Spike Print Studio
A visitor studies the art on display at UWE's graduate show 2017. Some bunting decorated with the Union Flag hangs with 'Bloody Hell' written across it.

UWE Fine Art
Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1 6UX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 117 929 2266+44 (0) 117 929 2266 E: admin@spikeisland.org.uk

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