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Georgia Taylor Aguilar (she/her) is Exhibitions and Artist Development Curator at The Tetley, leading public programmes and co-creating with artists since 2017. She is a fellowship alumna with Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy and was Cultural Co-Producer with Yorkshire Visual Art Network (YVAN).
Georgia graduated with distinction in MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies (University of Manchester, 2020) and BA Fine Art (University of Leeds, 2017). She co-founded Index; a visual art festival to coincide with Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019, which commissioned diverse artist-led projects across Leeds and Wakefield with 300 artists. Past projects include curating Manchester’s first exhibition of the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive and advising Leeds City College's new BLANK_ gallery. She has worked with the European Artistic Research Network, Focal Point Gallery, CVAN, Helen Storey Foundation and TATE Collective and Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE). Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn |
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Selected Projects (*Curated Exhibitions)
2020
Print Perform Present, The Tetley
Here, There & Everywhere, Africa/UK: Transforming Art Ecologies consortium with NAE/The Tetley
2019
*Index Festival, co-founder and producer
*Singing the Silences, performance lecture. European Artistic Research Network (EARN) Conference, Leeds Art Gallery/Pavilion
Colombo Art Biennale Symposium, Sri Lanka (New North and South Network)
2018
Life on The Outskirts, Helen Storey Foundation, University of Leeds
2017
*Cosgrove Hall Films Exhibition, Waterside, Manchester
*So What of the Future?, Fine Art Degree Show, University of Leeds
*Trachea Tuning, Performative Installation, The Brotherton Library
Performer: Music for Uncommon People, CAVE
Performer: Vexations, CAVE, The Hepworth Wakefield
Project Assistant, voluntary, Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE) University of Leeds
Leeds loves Arts and Culture Ambassador
2016
Installation in Circuit Switch Festival, Tate St.Ives
Collaborative AV Installation, Future Late, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Awards and Residencies
2020-21 Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy Fellowship (article about Artists' Terms of Engagement with Fundraising)
2017-18 Curator Incubator Programme, Waterside, Manchester
2017 Berkofsky Arts Award, University of Leeds
2017 Alan Mohun Memorial Prize, University of Leeds
Education
MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies – University of Manchester, part-time, 2018–2020
Explore emerging critical approaches and shifts in museum practice and theory.
Self directed essays and interests in:
BA Fine Art, First Class – University of Leeds, 2014–2017
2020
Print Perform Present, The Tetley
Here, There & Everywhere, Africa/UK: Transforming Art Ecologies consortium with NAE/The Tetley
2019
*Index Festival, co-founder and producer
*Singing the Silences, performance lecture. European Artistic Research Network (EARN) Conference, Leeds Art Gallery/Pavilion
Colombo Art Biennale Symposium, Sri Lanka (New North and South Network)
2018
Life on The Outskirts, Helen Storey Foundation, University of Leeds
2017
*Cosgrove Hall Films Exhibition, Waterside, Manchester
*So What of the Future?, Fine Art Degree Show, University of Leeds
*Trachea Tuning, Performative Installation, The Brotherton Library
Performer: Music for Uncommon People, CAVE
Performer: Vexations, CAVE, The Hepworth Wakefield
Project Assistant, voluntary, Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE) University of Leeds
Leeds loves Arts and Culture Ambassador
2016
Installation in Circuit Switch Festival, Tate St.Ives
Collaborative AV Installation, Future Late, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern
Awards and Residencies
2020-21 Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy Fellowship (article about Artists' Terms of Engagement with Fundraising)
2017-18 Curator Incubator Programme, Waterside, Manchester
2017 Berkofsky Arts Award, University of Leeds
2017 Alan Mohun Memorial Prize, University of Leeds
Education
MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies – University of Manchester, part-time, 2018–2020
Explore emerging critical approaches and shifts in museum practice and theory.
Self directed essays and interests in:
- Artist-led festivals
- Posthumanism museology: Intra-actions between humans and nonhumans
- Curatorial Activism within South East Asia
- Business Strategies for the Arts
BA Fine Art, First Class – University of Leeds, 2014–2017
- Thesis: The contemporary condition of Audio-Visual Media
- Modules: Cultural Analysis, Elements of Visual Culture, Cultural History
