Team

Emma Morris

Director

Emma has over 17 years experience in strategic planning, business development, financial and operational management, fundraising and change management. Emma was Deputy Director at the De La Warr Pavilion from 2002 until 2010 and Deputy Director at The Photographers’ Gallery, London for seven years prior to that.

Celia Davies

Head of Programme

Celia Davies is responsible for overseeing the delivering of our artistic programme including artists’ commissions, exhibitions, the Brighton Photo Biennial and publishing activity. Within her role, she also deputises for the Director in her absence.

Celia joined the Photoworks team in 2009 as Head of Projects. Previous to this she was Head of Exhibitions at the De La Warr Pavilion where as part of the senior management team and Head of Exhibitions she devised numerous contemporary solo and group exhibitions and major new commissions of new work, profiling both international and UK based artists.

Having studied Illustration at the University of Brighton and Arts Management at the University of Sussex, Celia has gained over ten years experience of working in the visual arts including gallery education, and has particular expertise in commissioning and partnership curated projects. She has been editor and contributing writer for several visual art publications and is Vice Chair of Blast Theory.

Juliette Buss

Education & Participation Consultant

Juliette Buss has over fourteen years experience of working in the visual arts education sector with a strong track record in project management, fundraising, multi-agency working, and evaluation. She has qualified teaching status (PGCE Art & Design), and a PG Certificate in Arts Management. Previous freelance work includes large-scale research and evaluation projects, managing artist led programmes in a range of settings, and developing printed/web based learning resources. Clients have included QCA, Nesta, Towner Gallery, Creative Partnerships, the Clore Duffield Foundation, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Pallant House Gallery, Turner Contemporary and the British Film Institute. Juliette has contributed to various visual arts education publications and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Engage Journal. 

Juliette is responsible for developing and delivering an integrated education and participation policy, strategy and programme for the organisation.

Deborah Bullen

General Manager

Deborah has over ten years experience working in arts and photography. She previously worked at the Serpentine Gallery as Print Sales Manager and as Project Co-ordinator on various projects since 2002. She has also worked in the studios of artists and photographers, such as Antony Gormley and Tim Flach. Deborah studied photography at University for the Creative Arts Farnham and practices in her spare time.

Deborah joined Photoworks at the beginning of 2012 and is responsible for the general management of the organisation.

Helen Wade

Sales & Marketing Manager

Helen joined Photoworks in 2005 from her position as Marketing and Project Co-ordinator at 24 Hour Museum (now Culture24). Prior to this she was Head of Sales for the art publisher King and McGaw. Helen graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in Art History.

Helen oversees the distribution, marketing and sales of our publications, manages our communications and media relations and contributes to the overall marketing of the organisation.

Ben Burbridge

Programme Curator, Co-Editor Photoworks magazine

Dr. Benedict Burbridge holds degrees in Art History from the University of Sussex (B.A. Hons., M.A.) and The Courtauld Institute of Art (Ph.D.). From 2008 he held the position of Visiting Lecturer at The Courtauld Institute, before joining the University of Sussex in 2011, where he lectures in the history and theory of photography and post-war American and European Art. Ben is the co-founder of Ph, an AHRC-funded network of more than thirty early career academics working with photography.

Ben has written widely on photography and its histories for a range of journals, magazines, books and catalogues. Recently curated exhibitions include We Are Witnessing the Dawn of an Unknown Science (Permanent Gallery, Brighton, 2007); No Passaran! Robert Capa and the Spanish Civil War (Charleston Farmhouse Gallery, Firle, 2007) and The Daily Nice Take Away (Kunsthaus, Essen, 2010).

Ben has worked with Photoworks in various capacities since 2003, most recently as Programme Curator and Co-Editor of Photoworks magazine. 

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