CELINA LOH

Bio/Contact

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 I am an independent deaf curator, consultant and writer based in Manchester, UK. I work with museums, galleries and grassroots organisations, often providing strategic advice on accessibility, curating exhibitions and public programmes, write exhibition texts and lead development workshops. Please see below for a list of my services.

Interested in cultivating disability arts and culture, I have been researching the integration of access within artistic practices, toward a more equitable and inclusive world. I am particularly interested in nurturing communal care in online and hybrid experiences. In 2021, I founded In Transit, an online platform supporting artists looking to make their practices more accessible to disabled audiences. My work is informed by the critical disability theory, which serves as the foundation for my contributions to the arts and culture landscape.

I have curated exhibitions and public programmes across the UK and internationally including Despite Extractivism for WEGO-ITN and University of Brighton, UK and EU (2022) ; Blunt Blades Online for The Higgins Bedford, UK (2021); Aesthetics of Silence at Wei-Ling Contemporary, KL Malaysia (2021); No horizon, no edge to liquid at Zabludowicz Collection, London UK (2020); h(u)man at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool UK (2018); PLAY at Hin Bus Depot, Penang Malaysia (2017); Past Forward at Ashton Memorial, Lancaster UK (2017). I often ghostwrite for organisations and artists, writing exhibition texts, press releases, artist statements,  artwork descriptions and bids while guest writing for exhibition catalogues (Immersio: Mengukir, TM Museum, 2022).

I am also Project Manager at FRANK Fair Artist Pay, a new alliance for fair artist pay in the arts initiated by curator Fatos Ustek and artists Anne Hardy and Lindsay Seers. 

My services include:
• Access consultancy
• Writing and editing exhibition texts, catalogues
• Creative Development
• Bid writing (Arts Council England Project Grants, DYCP)
• Online exhibition development
• Audio description
• Exhibition paraphernalia/Publication design
• Creating accessible documents (PDF, Large Print, EasyRead)
• Peer led workshops

For job enquiries, contact celina.loh@hotmail.com
Instagram: celinaloh


CELINA LOH

celina.loh@hotmail.com

© Celina Loh 2022