Writer, Editor, Researcher, Curator

I come from an academic background, as a doctoral candidate, tutor, and lecturer in German and Linguistics at the University of Oxford, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Humboldt University in Berlin. I am also a qualified and experienced CELTA tutor.

In September 2010, after an extended period of illness, I decided to  transfer my research skills to the art world, beginning with a research internship at Turner Contemporary, Margate. From May - September 2011, I held an exhibitions assistant internship at Matt Roberts Arts. May 2011 saw my debut curatorial effort, with [ Word Incarnate ] at Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells. My recent curation, Anything Goes? Contemporary British Painting, at Art Bermondsey Project Space, made FAD magazine's list of top 6 shows to see in London. I have also co-curated internationally in Gdansk, Poland, and, in March 2020, in Iasi, Romania.

Since January 2011, I have been a regular contributor to the online art journal Studio International, for whom I write and present video interviews and reviews. From March 2017 to December 2019, I was Assistant Editor for Art Quarterly (Art Fund), but sadly had to step down due to health issues. I am also former Deputy Editor for State media and former Arts Editor for DIVA magazine. I write catalogue essays, reviews, interviews and profiles for various online and print publications, including Photomonitor, Elephant, The Burlington Magazine, Art Zip, RA Magazine, Platea, the Mail on Sunday and the Guardian. I work as a freelance editor and was part of the original SLIK magazine team. Links to most of my work can be found on this site and  on my blog. 

I am a member of the NUJ and WiJ and AICA (for whom I served on the executive committee and as Web Editor for five years). I am NCTJ certified. In autumn 2013, I completed an MA in History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London. 

Read more about me in this short interview with Feral Horses.

Twitter: @annamcnay