Judith Nesbitt

Judith Nesbitt began her career at Leeds City Art Gallery, before joining Tate Liverpool as Exhibitions Curator, where she curated exhibitions of work by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Gober and Sigmar Polke, among others. As Director of Chisenhale Gallery in the mid 1990s she worked with leading artists at a formative stage in their careers, including Sam Taylor-Wood, Pipilotti Rist, Wolfgang Tillmans, Thomas Hirshhorn, Paul Noble and Gillian Wearing. Judith also served as Head of Programming at Whitechapel Art Gallery, and Head of UK Content at eyestorm, the art media company.

Appointed Chief Curator, Tate Britain in 2001, she has played a key role in shaping all aspects of Tate Britain’s programme of exhibitions and displays in recent years. She co-curated the 2003 Tate Triennial Days Like These and curated Michael Landy’s Duveens Commission Semi-detached in 2004, Peter Doig in 2008 and Chris Ofili in 2010. Judith has also worked with many colleagues across Tate in leading Tate’s Sustainability Strategy and will continue to develop this in conjunction with museums and galleries nationally and internationally.