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Karen MacKinnon
Karen Mackinnon is Director at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea and was Director and Curator at Artes Mundi from 2013-19. While at Artes Mundi MacKinnon shaped a rich programme of expanded activity outside the prize including exhibitions, community projects and socially engaged commissions working in partnership with organisations in the UK and beyond such as Broomberg & Chanarin's Divine Violence with Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno and Bedwyr Williams’ Traw with 14:18 NOW.
Mackinnon began her career at Chapter, Cardiff, where she focused on solo exhibitions and commissions with artists such as Lucy Gunning, Nick Crowe and Orlan. Later at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery she curated shows such as Displaced: contemporary art from Colombia which included the artists Oscar Muñoz, José Alejandro Restrepo and Maria Elvira Escallón. Other curated exhibitions include Shimabuku’s Swansea Jack Memorial Swimming Competition, Rut Blees Luxemburg exhibition Ffolly and the city wide project Lets see what happens... (2013) which included the work of seven artists from Wales and China across five sites in Swansea.
In 2005 she was appointed Curator for the Wales at the Venice Biennale and showcased a group exhibition including work by Peter Finnemore, Laura Ford, Paul Granjon and a residency with Bedwyr Williams.
Karen MacKinnon
Biography
Karen Mackinnon is Director at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea and was Director and Curator at Artes Mundi from 2013-19. While at Artes Mundi MacKinnon shaped a rich programme of expanded activity outside the prize including exhibitions, community projects and socially engaged commissions working in partnership with organisations in the UK and beyond such as Broomberg & Chanarin's Divine Violence with Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno and Bedwyr Williams’ Traw with 14:18 NOW.
Mackinnon began her career at Chapter, Cardiff, where she focused on solo exhibitions and commissions with artists such as Lucy Gunning, Nick Crowe and Orlan. Later at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery she curated shows such as Displaced: contemporary art from Colombia which included the artists Oscar Muñoz, José Alejandro Restrepo and Maria Elvira Escallón. Other curated exhibitions include Shimabuku’s Swansea Jack Memorial Swimming Competition, Rut Blees Luxemburg exhibition Ffolly and the city wide project Lets see what happens... (2013) which included the work of seven artists from Wales and China across five sites in Swansea.
In 2005 she was appointed Curator for the Wales at the Venice Biennale and showcased a group exhibition including work by Peter Finnemore, Laura Ford, Paul Granjon and a residency with Bedwyr Williams.
