Stewart Watson Greater London, United Kingdom
I am an established woman identifying American Artist with a right to work in the UK. I have 25 years of experience in mounting site specific indoor and outdoor exhibitions, collaborating with communities and museums. I am an artistic connector, facilitator, teacher, curator, and researcher who works with people and histories, telling stories through objects, technologies, and created environments
My work tends to employ family objects, historical narratives, relationships, and foregrounding underrepresented people, looking for intersections and shared spaces in the lives lived by our ancestors with the lives we are living now. Recreating and recontextualizing become the connecting part of building a presence from the past, a narrative for the now and into the future. I have focussed my practice to working with and in diverse communities both nationally and internationally. I previously ran a large artist studio, gallery and community space in the USA alongside my own art practice. I have lived in the UK for 4 years and through COVID lockdowns. I look forward to connecting with new and diverse communities to create engaging and memorable exhibition experiences. I create installations in museums, galleries, and public sites for community based and research projects, gathering knowledge of the textured past of communities and places, meeting people where they are, developing relationships and identifying local people to collaborate, inspire, or participate on projects. I have participated in over 100 curated exhibitions creating temporary and permanent works and installations for galleries, museums, and historic sites.
