Nicola Shipley is co-founder and Director of GRAIN Projects CIC. She is a Producer, Curator, Project Manager, Mentor and Consultant specialising in photography. She trained as an art historian, has an MA in History of Art, and a background in the visual arts, including in commissioning, exhibitions, collections, public art, artists education and professional development. GRAIN is a platform for contemporary photography and a hub and network for practitioners. The programme includes commissioning photography, curating exhibitions, publishing, developing artist’s and photographer’s training, development and networking opportunities and producing events and symposia including the biannual The State of Photography. Nicola is on the board of Photofusion and in 2019 was one of the selectors for the Taylor Wessing Photography Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery.
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