Jade Foster

Jade joins the team in July 2024 as Curator.

Jade is a British curator, artist and art historian of Afro-Caribbean heritage based in Nottingham and from Sandwell in the West Midlands. They hold the positions of Trustee / Board Member of Nottingham Contemporary (since 2020) and Public Programme Curator at Primary in Nottingham. At Primary, they lead the development of exhibitions and digital commissions, focusing on brokering international collaborations – notably curating Imagining Otherwise featuring artists Ashley Holmes, Turner Prize 2024 nominee Jasleen Kaur, and Jala Wahid.

In addition to their work at Primary, they have worked on a freelance basis Hospital Rooms as a Visiting Curator, commissioning artworks for Sandwell CAMHS, an outpatient service for children and young people with complex mental health needs. Previously, they also worked on a range of projects with organisations such as Forth (formerly Four/Four), UK New Artists (formerly UKYA), QUAD/Format International Photography Festival, New Art Exchange, Glasgow International, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Glasgow, performing borders and Never Done, and Two Queens. Their long-term independent curatorial project, At Peace, had its first iteration at Gillian Jason Gallery, London, in a group exhibition featuring artists Alanis Forde, Miranda Forrester, Sahara Longe, Cece Philips, and Emma Prempeh. Jade went on to curate At Peace II, a group exhibition featuring contributors from Barbados, Saint Vincent, the UK, and the USA at Two Queens, Leicester, in 2022.

An avid public speaker for over 6 years, they have co-curated a-n Assembly Black Country and facilitated a group discussion alongside artist Helen Cammock; they were a panellist recently for 'Time Will Tell: Future museum and contested objects' at Tate Britain; Governance Now, a flagship conference by Clore Leadership and the Cultural Governance Alliance (CGA); ‘It’s About Handing Over Power’ an Art Fund symposium at the V&A produced by Black Curatorial; ‘Collectivism, Community and Collaboration’, a conversation alongside Bolanle Tajudeen – founder of Black Blossoms Online, Blk Art Research Group Project (Keith Piper, Marlene Smith), and the Black Obsidian Sound System; and There is (No) Time, a conversation produced by performingbordersLIVE20 and the Live Art Development Agency (LADA).

Jade has always thoroughly enjoyed sharing knowledge as widely as possible and has written for Art Monthly, LUX, and ArtReview.

Jade has an art studio at BACKLIT (Nottingham) and is a member of AWITA, the British Art Network and the Black Curators Collective.

Jade will continue to advocate for cultural workers at DASH, putting a critical and anti-racist voice at the organisation's heart.