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Hannah Firth
Hannah Firth is Curator: Head of Visual Arts at Chapter, Cardiff. Since taking up the post in 2001 she has developed a programme of activity that includes commissions, residencies, touring, off-site projects, publishing and international collaboration.
Recent exhibitions have included Le Salon, Hassan Hajjaj; Witch Hunt, Delaine Le Bas and Eddo Stern's first solo exhibition in the UK. Forthcoming activity includes a major touring public art commission by Heather & Ivan Morison and gallery exhibitions with Peter Liversidge, Mark Gubb and former Artes Mundi finalist Tim Davies. Hannah Firth is Co-Director of May You Live In Interesting Times, Cardiff's Festival of Creative Technology, a three-day event in collaboration with bloc, Creative Technology Wales. The biennial Festival has included contributions from, amongst others: Ghana ThinkTank; The People Speak; Maker Faire Africa; Blast Theory; Alfred Sirleaf - Monrovia's Analogue Blogger and Michelle Teran. The next Festival is planned for October 2011. More information is available at www.mayyouliveininterestingtimes.org.uk
In 2007 Hannah Firth was Curator for Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art and presented the exhibition 'And So It Goes' which featured new works by Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison. The critically acclaimed exhibition later toured to Oriel Davies, Newtown and Chapter, Cardiff.
Hannah Firth
Biography
Hannah Firth is Curator: Head of Visual Arts at Chapter, Cardiff. Since taking up the post in 2001 she has developed a programme of activity that includes commissions, residencies, touring, off-site projects, publishing and international collaboration.
Recent exhibitions have included Le Salon, Hassan Hajjaj; Witch Hunt, Delaine Le Bas and Eddo Stern's first solo exhibition in the UK. Forthcoming activity includes a major touring public art commission by Heather & Ivan Morison and gallery exhibitions with Peter Liversidge, Mark Gubb and former Artes Mundi finalist Tim Davies. Hannah Firth is Co-Director of May You Live In Interesting Times, Cardiff's Festival of Creative Technology, a three-day event in collaboration with bloc, Creative Technology Wales. The biennial Festival has included contributions from, amongst others: Ghana ThinkTank; The People Speak; Maker Faire Africa; Blast Theory; Alfred Sirleaf - Monrovia's Analogue Blogger and Michelle Teran. The next Festival is planned for October 2011. More information is available at www.mayyouliveininterestingtimes.org.uk
In 2007 Hannah Firth was Curator for Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art and presented the exhibition 'And So It Goes' which featured new works by Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison. The critically acclaimed exhibition later toured to Oriel Davies, Newtown and Chapter, Cardiff.
