Kirsty Ogg
Staff details
Kirsty is interested in the intersection of emerging art practice, arts education and access.
Kirsty Ogg is an independent curator and educator. She was Director of New Contemporaries (2013-’23), an organisation offering support and exposure to emerging artists. As Director, Kirsty significantly expanded the offer to artists, from the annual exhibition to encompass a range of other development opportunities.
Kirsty was Curator at Whitechapel Gallery, London (’09-’13) curating projects such as Claire Barclay’s Bloomberg Commission, Gerard Byrne’s mid-career survey and a historical exhibition of Karl Blossfeldt’s photography. She also re-launched Whitechapel’s open submission show as The London Open and worked with the Contemporary Art Society on a year-long series of collection displays. As former Director of The Showroom, London (1998-’08) Kirsty worked with artists including Barby Asante, Diann Bauer, Subodh Gupta and Eva Rothschild.
Prior to this, Kirsty was part of Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (’93-’96) before joining Norwich Gallery, Norwich (’96-’98).
Publications and research outputs
Book
Gupta, Sunil; Singh, Radikal; Nasar, Hammad; Alam, Shahidul; Pinney, Christopher; Gadihoke, Sabeena and Kapur, Geeta. 2010. Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. London, UK: Whitechapel Gallery, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Steidl. ISBN 978-0-85488-179-6
Book Section
Reckitt, Helena. 2013. Gerard Byrne: Like a Man. In: Kirsty Ogg, ed. Gerard Byrne: A State of Neutral Pleasure. London and Stockholm: The Whitechapel Gallery, pp. 36-51. ISBN 978-0-85488-212-0
Martinon, Jean-Paul and Ogg, Kirsty. 2004. To Change an Opinion. In: , ed. The Showroom Annual 2003/4. The Showroom, pp. 25-29. ISBN 0952104040
Article
Ogg, Kirsty. 2009. Kola.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2000. Interview text, Jonathan Monk. Bildung exhibition catalogue,
Project
Ogg, Kirsty. 20 March - 30 May 2010 The Nature of the Beast: Meetings Archive;.
Exhibition Catalogue
Ogg, Kirsty. 2018. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2017. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2015. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015 exhibition publication.
Show/Exhibition
Ogg, Kirsty. 2018. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018. In: "Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017", Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, 14 July - 9 September 2018 and 5 December - 24 February 2019.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2016. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016. In: "Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016", Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 9 July – 16 October 2016 and 23 November 2016 to 22 January 2017.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2015. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015. In: "Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2015", One Thorseby Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 17 September – 31 October 2015 and 25 November to 24 January 2016.
Conference or Workshop Item
Ogg, Kirsty. 2017. 'IRL to URL'. In: IRL to URL. Baltic, Gateshead, United Kingdom 24 November 2017 - 25 November 2017.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2016. 'Emerging Practices: Ensuring Development and Sustainability'. In: Emerging Practices: Ensuring Development and Sustainability. Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom 30 September 2016.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2015. 'New Contemporaries 1949 to Now'. In: New Contemporaries 1949 to Now. ICA, London, United Kingdom 26 November 2015.
Edited Book
Ogg, Kirsty, ed. 2017. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017. London: New Contemporaries. ISBN 978-0-9566133-7-0
Ogg, Kirsty, ed. 2014. New Contemporaries Moving Image 1968 - 2010. London: New Contemporaries/LUX.
Ogg, Kirsty, ed. 2011. Shadow Spans; Claire Barclay. London: Whitechapel Gallery. ISBN 978-0-85488-191-8
Professional Activity
Ogg, Kirsty. 2010. External Examiner, MA Fine Art.
Ogg, Kirsty. 2006. External Examiner, BA Sculpture & Environmental Art.