I’m an Executive Producer with 15+ years of creative and cultural experience working in the USA, UK, and internationally.

I work with high-level cross-functional teams to develop dynamic 0-1 projects from the ground up. I’m always looking to push boundaries, challenge norms, and build new approaches with teams to deliver incredible creative work.

My focus is on immersive work that explores and offers new ways of engaging with the world and continues to evolve our creative language. I focus on projects and products that test or showcase nascent and next-gen technologies with the potential to drive new modes of interaction, and in turn new knowledge. This interest has run through all of my creative and academic work, from curating early New Media works through to the Generative AI projects I work on today.

Storytelling is always an anchor point for my projects, whether it is producing creative projects that tell a story through their content and allow new stories to unfold as audiences/users engage with them - such as spatial/immersive, or new forms of visual storytelling being developed through the use of generative AI technologies, or conceptual works that draw from culture to reflect new narratives and ways of seeing the world.

For the past 7 years, I have worked as a creative and immersive producer for companies such as Google, Apple, and Mozilla, and delivered projects with creative agencies for Salesforce, LinkedIn, Cisco, Meta, and X (Twitter), gaining a deep understanding of leading early-stage work and supporting teams showcasing new products coming to market. I’ve also worked on approaches to enhance existing products through showcases, immersive, and experiential campaigns, and other activations.

Prior to this, I was a digital art curator and academic, focussing on art, interactivity, and experience. I curated for international biennials, festivals, and exhibitions, programmed conferences and symposia, and wrote about and gave many papers on my work. My research interest was on early interactive digital work and how this was curated and collected, with my curatorial practice focused on building new platforms, approaches, and methods of curating and showing this type of work to drive forward change and raise-up artists and creatives using (and mis-using) technology in their work. This background has given me a solid understanding of the history and development of computational technologies and how they became a global industry, and an ongoing excitement about their development and potential for catalyzing new creative languages.

You can find my short resume on Linkedin here, and a detailed bio below for more information on my previous experience across creative innovation and cultural strategy, academia (teaching and external examiner positions), independent curatorial work for galleries and festivals, my Ph.D. research, and a selected list of writing, publications, awards, and honors. Or you can send me an email here.

LONG RESUME

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Curation (Doctor of Philosophy). Digital Art Curation and Culture. The University of Huddersfield. Awarded UK Research and Innovation/UKRI (prev. HEFCE) Exceptional Research Funding Award. Ph.D. Awarded.

MA Research Contemporary and Digital Art. Curating Digital and Performance Art. Sheffield Hallam University. Awarded AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council) Research Bursary. Merit Awarded.

Bachelor of Technology - BTech Interactive Media and UX Design. Merit. Liverpool University Connect Course.

BA(Hons) Contemporary Art. 1st Class with Honors. Liverpool John Moores University.

POSTS HELD - ACTIVE

Executive Immersive Producer - Gen AI and XR, Strategic Content Partnerships. Google, New York. Feb ‘23 - Current

Tribeca Festival Circle Incubator - Associate and Mentor 2024. New York. June ‘24 - May ‘25

Freelance - Independent Creative Producer and Curator. New York, San Francisco & International. Jan ‘05 - Mar ‘17

POSTS HELD - PREVIOUS:

Executive Creative Producer, Firefox (In-Product Experiences). Mozilla. New York. Jan ‘22 - Jan ‘23

Director Of Creative Development. Tencue Productions, Berkeley, CA. Oct ‘18 - Jan ‘22

Cross-Functional Producer and Creative Strategy, Global Communications Team. Apple, Cupertino, CA. Mar ‘17 - Oct ‘18

Director of Innovation and Creative Partnerships. Crafts Council, London. Apr ‘13 - Mar ‘17

External Examiner - 3D Design. University of Plymouth, UK. Jun ‘15 - Nov ‘15

External Examiner - Interactive Media Design. Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and Tar College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Oct ‘12 - Oct ‘15

Head of Exhibitions. Crafts Council, London. Aug ‘12 - Apr ‘13

Associate Professor in Photography and Curation. Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Sep ‘08 - Jun ‘13

Guest Curator. Somerset Art Works, UK. Jun ‘11 - Jun ‘12

Curator and Art Award Manager. FutureEverything Festival, UK. Sep ‘09 - May ‘11

Research Consultant. Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK. Jan ‘07 - Jan ‘08

Associate Professor in Media Art. University of Huddersfield, UK. Sep ‘05 - Jun ‘08

Interactive Media and Graphic Designer. TheWorkshop, Sheffield. Feb ‘01 - Sep ‘02.

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

Earthworks. Recombinant Festival, The Lab, San Francisco. Nov - Dec ‘18. Piece by SemiConductor, UK. Info here.

Bio-Design Salon Conversations. Crafts Council in partnership with Central St Martins University, London. Dec ‘15 - ‘16. See Work section here. Download Project .pdf.

Networked Encounters - Sonic Pattern. Lithuania Biennial, UK partner. 6 sonic-textile artists, live coders, and panel talks. Biennial info here. Also, see Work Project 4 or here.

Sonic Pattern and the Textility of Code. Various venues, London ‘14 and ‘15. Series of talks and live performances discussing diverse viewpoints on weaving, knitting, live coding, dyadic mathematics, generative music, and digital making. Sessions were moderated by musician and author David Toop and Bronac Ferran (Royal College of Art, London). See Work section here.

Sound Matters. Crafts Council Touring Show.‘13 - ‘14. Exploring the connections between sound and materials. Info here.

Constellations. Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, UK. June – Sept ‘12. Kitty Kraus, Takahiro Iwasaki, Katie Paterson, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres. In conjunction with the Manchester International Festival 2011. Info here.

Wild Thing. Paradise Mill, Macclesfield, UK. June – July ‘11. 7 national and international artists including Dallas Seitz, Beata Veszely, and Hilary Jack.

Artist-in-Restaurant, Pied-a-Terre, London, UK. Oct 10 – Feb ‘11. Nominated curator for the inaugural Artist-in-restaurant scheme, a new annual contemporary art residency project.

Save Us. Macclesfield, UK. Jan – July ‘10. 10 established artists including Ian Davenport, David Shrigley, and Jerwood Drawing Prize winner Mit Senoj.

Serendipity City. Multiple venues, Manchester, UK. Jan – June ‘10. FutureEverything Art Program Manager and co-curator. Management and co-curation of the FutureEverything art program 2010. 

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INTERVAL: Founder, Co-Director, and Curator (2005-2009). Arts Organization. Funded by Arts Council England.

I founded Interval in 2005 to support emergent and mid-career contemporary artists working with technology. I curated numerous exhibitions supporting over 50 artists and worked in partnership with Dorkbot, FACT, FutureEverything, and the Manchester International Festival. Funded for 4-years by Arts Council England, and other trusts and foundations.

INTERVAL CURATORIAL PROJECTS INCLUDED:

Trade City exhibition. Urban Splash CHIPS Building, Manchester, UK. July ‘09. Collective exhibition between 15 independent Manchester-based galleries and organizations, in association with Manchester International Festival. Including Castlefield Gallery, Bureau, 20+3 Gallery, Apartment and Interval, and supporting work of 35 national and international artists.

Illumination, Interval. The Service Point Building, Manchester, UK. Oct ‘08. 34 artists from the Slade School of Art MA Media and MFA, London.

From One To Another, Interval. The Service Point Building, Manchester, UK. April ‘08. 3 dual-screen Video Artists.

Turnstile, Interval. The Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK. July ‘07. 3 single-day exhibitions, 11 mixed-media Artists.

Becoming Electric, Interval. The Lower Turks Head, Manchester, UK. Dec ‘06. 6 Contemporary Media Artists.

Fast and Slow Networks, Interval. Bridgewater Canal and Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK. July ‘06. 4 Screen-based Artists.

Meme Pool, Interval. Victoria Baths, Manchester, UK. Nov ‘05. 6 Installation Artists.

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SELECTED PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS, AND PANELS:

Vertigo in the City Symposium. Conference paper, University of Westminster, London, May ‘15. Paper on cultural anxiety, architecture, and the uncanny.

Crafting the Future Panel. Chair. Collect Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, May ‘15. Panel talks chair with artists Shelley James, Martin Bodilsen Kaldaal and Monika Žaltauskaite.-Grašiene.

Project Steering Group Member: AHRC Digital Transformations funded Coding Weaves project. Jan ‘15 - Jan ‘17. Steering group member on the 2-year project, producing several events such as hackathons, live code performances, and discussions in conjunction with the project’s two artists.

Sonic Pattern and the Textility of Code Symposium Series Chair. May ‘14. Co-programmed with Alex McLean, University of Leeds, exploring live coding, mathematics, notation, weave, and textile practice. Supported by AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council), UK, and the University of Goldsmiths, London.

REACT Hub Objects Sandbox Advisor. Jan-May ‘14. Invited to be part of the advisory panel for the Internet of Things objects sandbox, commissioned by Watershed, Bristol, and supported by AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council).

Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves Conference, Goldsmiths University, London. Mar ‘15. Paper on device and representation across arts and digital culture.

Digital Utopias Conference, Hull, UK. Jan ‘15. Paper on the contexts of digital making in contemporary art. Supported by AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council) and Google Cultural Labs.

Interview with PostMatter online Journal. Nov ‘14. http://postmatter.com/currents/qa-dr-karen-gaskill

All Makers Now Conference, Falmouth, UK. Jul ‘14. Paper and plenary session talk on Innovation across Arts, Science, and Design.

Ruth Beale Artist Review. Axis Online Journal. July ‘12. Open Frequency, July 2012. 

Curatorial Cultures. ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Arts) Istanbul. Sept ‘11. Conference paper and publication. 

Katri Walker. Axis Online Journal. July ‘11. Selection of Artist of the Month. Artist selection and text about their practice.

The Inhospitable Frame. Transmission Conference, Sheffield, UK. July ‘10. Conference paper and publication.

Curation and Art. Creative Practice, Creative Research Conference. York St John University, UK. April ‘09. Conference paper.

Interview for Curating.info blog site on Curatorial Approaches. June ‘08.

Award. Curatorial Trip to Berlin Biennial supported by Arts Council England and British Council. May 08.

Asia Triennial Discussion Panel, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK. April 08. Panel member.

Interview for Axis - Dialogue on Curating and New Media Art. April ‘08.

Barge Culture – The ebb and flow of cultural traffic. City in Film Conference, Liverpool University, UK. Mar ‘08. Conference paper and publication. Supported by the AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council) and Liverpool Capital of Culture. ISBN 978-0-9557884-1-3.

Interval. Research Presentation. Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK. Feb ‘08. Supported by Castlefield Gallery.

Intimacy Conference, London, UK. Dec ‘07. Conference Poster. Supported by AHRC (Arts Humanities Research Council), UK.

It’s all about Context. Book Chapter. Nov ‘07. DeCentre. ISBN 0-920397-55-5.

Award. Curatorial Trip to Istanbul Biennial supported by Arts Council England and British Council. Oct/Nov ‘07.

Social Practice. Urban Screens Conference, Manchester, UK. Oct ‘07. Conference paper and publication.

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NETWORKS AND AFFILIATIONS

Fellow Royal Society of Art, London, UK.