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Team
Team
Our team at Artes Mundi is made up of permanent staff and expands for each biennial exhibition to include temporary team members.
Niamh O’DobhainDigital Content Coordinator
Niamh O’Dobhain is a freelancer and artist living in Torfaen and working across south Wales. Since graduating with a BA in Fine Art from Swansea College of Art in 2023, they have been gaining experience working in art organisations, galleries and museums.Read more
Rebecca F HardyAssistant Curator
Rebecca F Hardy is a curator, freelance creative and visual artist. Prior to her appointment as assistant curator for Artes Mundi 11 she was the co-ordinator and curator of National Eisteddfod Y Lle Celf (2022 - 2023). Co-ordinator and curator ‘Syfrdanol’ exhibition as part of the IKT Annual Congress Programme, North Wales 2023. Arts co-ordinator for Galeri, Caernarfon (2018 – 2022) and previous chair of artist-led network CARN (2017-2024).Read more
Doireann CottCurator
Cott works as a curator and researcher, focusing on socially engaged practices, exploring the connections between environmental and gender justice, and artists working across international and transnational contexts. Building connections and relationships across creative communities in Wales, Ireland and further afield.Read more
Sarah CoxonDevelopment Manager
Sarah Coxon has a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising and donor communications and a BFA in Visual Art from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. Her development experience spans trust and foundation, government and corporate funding in Canada and the UK, and her creative interests are grounded in ceramics.Read more
Nigel PrinceDirector
Prior to being appointed Director of Artes Mundi, Prince was Executive Director at the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), Vancouver, Canada, (2011-2019), Curator at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2004-2010), and worked on founding International Project Space (IPS) also in Birmingham (2002-2004).Read more
Andrew StrideFinance Officer
Amy TaylorOperations Manager
Amy studied English Literature, Film and Theatre at the University of Reading, graduating in 2002 with a 1st Class Hons degree, and has since held a variety of operational and producing roles in both venue and non-venue-based organisations, initially focusing on performing arts. Originally from London, Amy worked at internationally renowned arts venues across the capital, including Riverside Studios in West London.Read more
Board of trustees
Artes Mundi Prize Ltd is a registered charity. In support of the staff team, it is governed by a Board of Trustees comprising widely respected figures from business, the visual arts community and the wider cultural and professional sector. Each Board member serves, along with other volunteers, on one or more board committees addressing specific roles, in support of the affairs of Artes Mundi at planning and operational levels.
Prof Michael ToobyChair
Tooby is an independent curator based in Cardiff, Wales. He is Professor in Art & Design at Bath School of Art & Design, Bath Spa University. Tooby’s career includes posts at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge, Third Eye Centre Glasgow and Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield. He was founding curator of Tate St Ives (1991-9) and a Director of Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museum Wales (2000-11). He was founding chair of Wales at Venice Biennale.Read more
Derek Howell
Born and raised in Cardiff, Howell was educated in Cardiff at Cathays High School before undertaking a Mathematics Honours Degree at Bristol University.Read more
Leyla Pope
Pope is a filmmaker, campaigner and consultant. She was born in Iran but left after the 1979 Revolution and has lived in the UK and Europe for most of her adult life.Read more
Adam Salkeld
Salkeld started his career at the BBC in London as a journalist, producer and executive producer. He worked on BBC primetime shows like Panorama and the Money Programme and made documentaries all over the world. Aside from working in mainstream television broadcasting Salkeld developed top level experience in digital education. He led the largest independent supplier to the BBC’s £150 million Digital Curriculum project. Adam has also managed a range of large-scale digital learning projects to clients such as the UK’s National School of Government, the UK Ministry of Defence, Oxford University, UNHCR and the British Council.Read more
Dr Francesca Sobande
Sobande is a writer and reader in digital media studies at Cardiff University. She enjoys drawing, photography, and bringing words and images together.Read more
Peter Wong
Wong studied Fine Art Painting at Liverpool School of Art, and taught art at Secondary Schools for a number of years. He has built up over 20 years’ experience in political, Government, Arts, and voluntary sector service delivery. As a senior manager in the Civil Service in two different Government Departments he gained experience in stakeholder management and relationship building through a number of different roles: front line service delivery, project management, policy development, and HR decision making.Read more
Dr Debbie Savage
Savage is an academic and researcher based in Cardiff, where she is the Associate Dean (Research) at the Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University. In this leadership role, she plays a central part in shaping research strategy and supporting excellence across the school’s art and design disciplines, helping to develop research environments that foster innovation, societal impact, and interdisciplinary collaboration.Read more
Elaine Cabuts
Cabuts is a freelance arts consultant, supporting individuals, networks and organisations in Wales. Her focus is on creating positive environments for professional development work, strategic thinking, the creation of good governance frameworks, and the design and delivery of inclusive public engagement. Cabuts chairs the Network of Chairs - Visual Arts Wales, and is an Executive Committee member of the Contemporary Arts Society for Wales.Read more