Independent curator
Poster from Act Out, 2007 live art performance at Studio Voltaire, London by Emma Hedditch, Jimmy Robert and Emily Roysden, 2007
Adelaide Bannerman is a freelance curator and writer based in London. She completed her BA Fine Art Practice in 1994 from the University of East London, and graduated with an MA in Fine Art Administration and Curatorship from Goldsmiths College in 2001. Bannerman’s research interests are focused on highlighting the performative gestures and responses in live and visual performance art, referencing individual and group autonomous art practices. Bannerman has worked on a curatorial, consultative and project management basis for organisations such as the 198 Gallery, South London Gallery, the Institute of International Visual Arts, African and Asian Visual Artists Archive (AAVAA), London Print Studio, Arts Council England, Artquest, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, PLATFORM, A-N and Axis, and serves on the boards of The Showroom, London, and hancock & kelly live, Nottingham. Independent projects include Performance: Strategy and Process, 2004, Artsadmin, London and Yes, Yes, Y’all, 2007 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, East Sussex.