Simone Hesselberg CV
Spike Island Associate & studio holder at St Anne’s House, Bristol
Education
2019-2020: MA Curating (Distinction) University of the West of England
2012-2015: BA (Hons) Fine Art (Upper Second Class) Oxford Brookes University
2011-2012: BTEC Diploma in Art & Design Henley College
Work
2024-Present: Creative Producer (Community Building), Bath Spa University
2023-Present: Project Manager (WEVAA), Spike Island Artspace
2023-Present: Porthleven Prize Coordinator, Bath Spa University
2022-Present: Associate Lecturer, Bath Spa University
2021-Present: Events Assistant, Bricks
2017-Present: Independent Curator
2022-2024: Research Assistant, Bath Spa University
2021-2022: Art Programme Assistant, Creative Youth Network
2020-2021: Volunteer Youth Worker, Creative Youth Network
2020-2021: Programme Support Assistant (Art and Design), UWE
2019-2021: Front of House Assistant, Spike Island Artspace
2019-2020: Curatorial Trainee, Spike Island Artspace
2016-2019: Programming Team Member, Rising Sun Arts Centre
2014-2017: Visitor Assistant, Modern Art Oxford
2013-2014: Gallery Assistant, The Jam Factory, Oxford
Awards and Residencies
2024: new.platform art Professional Development Programme
2023-2024: Critical Mass//SCULPT Mark Devereux Projects
2023: a-n Professional Development Bursary
2022: Exchange II Participant (Spike Island)
2021: Gane Trust Grant
2021: Spike Island/UWE Graduate Bursary
2018: Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
2018: University of Reading Arts Bursary (Staff Bursary)
Selected Projects
2024-Present: The Value of Artists (Professional Development & Outreach), Producer, Bath Spa Uni
2023-Present: Doing Together (Symposium), Producer, Bath Spa Uni
2023-Present: Dependent Machines, Research Assistant and Producer, Bath Spa Uni
2022-Present: Young Artists Summer Programme, Producer, Bath Spa Uni
2022-Present: WEVAA Wednesdays (workshops, talks and networking opportunities), Producer, Bath Spa Uni
2023: Friends with Benefits, Workshop Facilitator, Doing Together Symposium, Bath Spa Uni
2023: Dream House, Co-curator (artist Frances Willoughby), Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
2022: Studio Tenants Exhibition, Curator, The Island, Bristol
2022: MA Degree Show, Curator, Bath Spa Uni
2021: Co-, Collaborative studio-based creative development project, St Annes House, Bristol
2019: Engagement project with Creative Youth Network, Curator, Spike Island, Bristol
2019: PLAYING THE SYSTEM with Spike Island Associates, Co-curator, Tate Exchange & Spike Island
2018: Here Comes the Sun Festival, Curator (commissions) Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
2018: OUT OF BOUNDS: beyond the walls of the art school, Curator, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
2018: Fusion: a one-day salon with art, sound and people, Curator, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading
2017: Tiramisu, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Curator, Reading
2017: ICY:RUS, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Curator, Reading