Æviágrip / BioHelen Nisbet is a curator from the Shetland Islands who lives and works in London. She is currently the Curatorial Fellow at Cubitt Gallery in London. Previous to this she worked as curator for UP Projects, Open Source Festival and the Arts Council Collection. She has also commissioned public projects with the Contemporary Art Society, London and Creative Time, New York. Helen is the co-founder of collaborative duo Hi Barbara and founder of Shetland Night, a series of events celebrating the food and culture of her native islands.
Jennifer Schmidt is a multi-media artist living in Brooklyn, NY, who works with print media, graphic design, and sound to create site-specific installations, video, and performances that question the role of visual iconography and repetitive actions within a given environment. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Delaware; and is Chair of the Print and Graphic Arts Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA. |