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Stephen Beddoe trained in fine art at The Glasgow School of Art. Stephen has exhibited work nationally and internationally and has curated projects in numerous galleries and public spaces in the UK and beyond. From 1995 to 1997 he was Visual Arts and Crafts Officer for London Arts Board and from 1997 to 2001 was Commissions Manager for Public Art Commissions Agency and (subsequently) Modus Operandi Art Consultants. Stephen joined University of the Arts London in 2001 to develop, launch and lead Artquest (www.artquest.org.uk), funded by Arts Council England and UAL. Artquest provides critical engagement and practical support to London's visual artists and craftspeople, working with practitioners in London throughout their careers. From 2005-2009 Stephen was also a Specialist Advisor (Visual Arts) to the Scottish Arts Council and is currently a Trustee of London Print Studio and a Non-Executive Director of Creative Capital. Stephen is also a Harkness Fellow (the UK's reciprocal Rhodes Scholarship) and a Fellow of the RSA.

Kenny Schachter has been curating contemporary art exhibits in museums and galleries for in excess of 20 years and has taught art history at the graduate level at New York University, The New School for Social Research, and lectured and organized an offsite exhibition for the first graduating class of Columbia University's Masters of Fine Art program. He has lectured internationally, been the recipient of a Rockefeller supported grant, written portions of books published by Springer Wien New York (2006, with Vito Acconci, edited by Cristina Bechtler) and MIT Press (2009, on Paul Thek, edited by Harald Falckenberg), and been profiled in The New York Times Magazine, and London's Observer, Independent and Telegraph. Received planning permission to erect Zaha Hadid's first building in England, situated on Hoxton Square. Kenny deals in international art from impressionism and modernism to the art and design of today. In addition, Kenny Schachter has exhibited his artworks internationally including one-person exhibits at Sandra Gering Gallery in NYC and International 3 in Manchester.

Clyde Hopkins was born in Bexhill, East Sussex, UK, in 1946 and studied Fine Art at the University of Reading in the 1960s. He currently works in a studio at APT, Deptford, and in St Leonards on Sea. Although principally a painter he also makes prints, recently with Advanced Graphics London. Clyde has exhibited work for over forty years, from a schoolboy show in the Gas Showrooms, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, in 1964 to recent shows in London, Cardiff and Hastings. Clyde's work is in a number of public and private collections in the UK and North America, including the Arts Council of Great Britain and Andersen Consulting (three commissioned works). In 1980-81 he was awarded the Mark Rothko Fellowship (USA) and, in 1998-99, the Lorne Award. Clyde has curated several exhibitions, either singly or jointly; a large survey exhibition of painting at Chelsea, ‘…Same As It Ever Was’, held in 2008, was shown in three UAL gallery venues.

Medeia Cohan-Petrolino is Programme Director for the School for Creative Startups. Taking her nearly six years of experience as the Head Curator for the University of the Arts London where she ran the University's unique Emerging Artist Programme, Medeia endeavours to help creative people become sustainable businesses through her new role with S4CS. This innovative scheme allows Medeia to keep her fingers on the pulse of the rising stars of the emerging art and design scened in London and allows her to support over 100 creative startups per year, in a variety of ways.

Adriana is a curator with 10 years international experience producing visual art exhibitions and events in the pubic realm. She is currently the Principal Advisor for Arts and Cultural Strategy for the Olympic Delivery Authority where she is responsible for developing the strategy and advising on the programme of permanent and temporary commissions for the Olympic Park. Adriana is also the curator of the Visual Arts Platform at the Austrian Cultural Forum, which commissions emerging artists from Austria through residencies and exhibitions.

Mandy d'Abo, Founder and Director of The Cat Street Gallery and The Space, has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over 10 years. She established The Cat Street Gallery in 2006 as a focus for the exhibition and promotion of international artists in the burgeoning Hong Kong art market. In 2008 the gallerist upgraded to a custom built space in the edgy and emerging district of Sheung Wan. The gallery quickly became a dynamic force in the local art scene, hosting an array of important international artists, championing emerging artists and playing host to some stellar events.

Danielle is Director of Danielle Arnaud contemporary art and a founding member of Parabola. She is a trustee of two regeneration organisations, Riverside Community Development Trust and Lady Margaret Hall Settlement. She regularly sits on judging and selection panels around the UK. Danielle co-curated Tatton Park Biennial in 2008 and 2010 and is currently working on the 2012 edition. She graduated in Art History from Birkberk College/Courtauld Institute in 1982.

of the Conjunction Group, a not-for-profit arts organisation based in Staffordshire. He co-curated the bi-annual Conjunction exhibition which took place at four venues in London, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent, and travelled across the UK to promote the work of the group. Moving back to London he established 'Matt Roberts Arts' to continue to link up UK and international artists with exhibition and professional development opportunities. Operating from an office in Camberwell he curated exhibitions including 'Unheimlich' (The Nunnery Gallery, 2009 and Leeds Met Gallery, 2008) and 'Quixotic Vision' (Dollinger Art Project, Tel-Aviv , 2007). Matt Roberts has also contributed to A-N magazine, Contemporary magazine and Axis, as well as lecturing on the MFA at Bezazel, Tel Aviv, Wimbledon College of Art, and Camberwell College of Art.

Nick Kaplony is an artist and freelance curator. He trained at Camberwell College of Arts where he graduated with a Joint Honours in Visual Arts. He has worked with a range of galleries and organisations exhibiting and realising exhibitions and site specific projects both nationally and internationally. Recently he has worked with Core Gallery on a series of exhibitions including Exquisite Corpse, a collaborative curatorial experiment with 11 other curators, the group show Psychometry and the upcoming photographic exhibition Trick of the Light. As well as his freelance practice Nick is currently part of the exhibitions team at Pump House Gallery.