Lucy Badrocke is an independent curator and editor based in the UK. Her work focuses on socially engaged practice, public-realm commissioning and collaborative approaches to creative infrastructure. She is Co-Director of Visual Art South West (VASW), where she supports artists and art workers across the South West region and develops programmes that strengthen the visual arts ecology through strategic development.
Lucy's independent practice focuses on site-responsive projects and community-led initiatives that bring artists into long-term dialogue with place. Previous projects include commissions by Nika Neelova, Henrietta Armstrong, Owen Bullett and Studio in Place. From 2017 to 22, she led a significant programme of site responsive and collaborative commissions that included a major infrastructure project designed with artist Bahbak Hashemi Nezhad; commissions by OOMK, Muneera Pilgrim and Fozia Ismail; and an architectural project by Jo Lathwood that brought together commissions by Oliver Sutherland, Phil Owen and Kayle Brandon.
Previous roles include Curator of Exhibitions at Arnolfini, where Lucy led on exhibition projects and interdisciplinary programmes with artists including Richard Long, Basim Magdy, Josephine Pryde, Willem de Rooij, Oscar Tuazon, Kate Newby, Jerimiah Day, Jennifer Kabat and Assemble. She has participated in international initiatives with Publics (Helsinki), Antwerp Art Weekend/Flanders Arts Institute, Casco, Utrecht, and Grizedale Arts.
Lucy Badrocke
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