I’m Katriona, and the Year 2 Leader on the BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts. I am new in post (Sept 2024). I have overall responsibility for 172 students in 2nd Year. I have my own tutor group of 28 students and do one to one tutorials, teaching and assessments as part of this role. I run the Year meetings and have been experimenting with turning this into a context for students to showcase work in progress as well as where the week to week timetable and events are discussed. I oversee the 2nd Year lecture series, working with colleagues to align it to the 2nd Year and also deliver lectures. I oversee a staff team of 6 fractional staff and 7 associate lecturers. I coordinate the assessment process and also run parity meetings. A key part of my role is to oversee all the students to participate in a series of exhibition projects over the year: a collective exhibition in Nov, a group off-site project in March and an on-site solo presentation in May.
I’m an artist and I make digital artefacts, objects, moving image and installation as well as participatory projects. Recent work includes new commissions at the V&A and Science Gallery London (both 2018); a participatory green screen installation at Autograph (2020); a commission for Disrupt & Reflect, online at IMPAKT, Netherlands (2020-21) and a commission for Sotheby’s Institute of Art that premiered at the V&A (2023).
I started a trade union for artists in 2014, Artists’ Union England and I am currently on the National Executive Committee for AUE.
