John Hartley is our Deputy Director and comes to Cement Fields with wide experience from across the arts in the UK and internationally. John co-founded an international agency managing artist commission and research residencies, working with partners and artists from across Europe and Asia. He previously worked at Arts Council England in visual and interdisciplinary […]

Sam is our Curator and contributes to the development and delivery of Cement Fields’ artistic programme, with a focus on commissions and artists development. He has a background as a visual artist, having studied Print at the Royal College of Art and Photographic Art at the University of Westminster, and experience working with multiple UK-based […]

Jane Pitt is an artist based in North Kent. She makes installations that include sound, performance and text. Often sited in unusual public spaces, on land, water and in moving vehicles. Her work evokes a heightened awareness of environment and encourages curiosity in the topography and complexity of a place. Running away with French Circus […]

Emma Leach is one of our Associate Curators and is currently working with artist Andrew Merritt on Intertidal Allotment. She has a background as a visual artist, having studied at Kent Institute of Art & Design in Canterbury. For over 15 years she has been helping artists realise their ideas. She enjoys inhabiting other conceptual […]

Sue is one of our Associate Curators and is working to consolidate the archives of Whitstable Biennale, which span twenty years from 2002 to 2022.  She is a curator and writer, and has been working closely with early career artists on experimental and ambitious new work for 30 years, as Curator of Chisenhale Gallery in […]

Rachel started her career in the arts after achieving her BA in Performing Arts at Middlesex University. She worked as an artist and actor for the first 10 years of her career. In the 1990s Rachel pioneered the arts initiative Creative Block, a charity funded by the London Arts Board and the Arts Council. The project […]

Amanda spent her professional career working in arts management, including media relations, regional theatres and then for The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House. She held senior management roles at the Barbican, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (where she was Director of Arts and Heritage), Crafts Council, and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She […]

Andy is an artist, and lives and works in Whitstable. He is Course Leader and Associate Head of School at the University for the Creative Arts and previously taught at Wimbledon School of Art after studying Sculpture at Central Saint Martins in the 1980s. He has been involved in the Whitstable Biennale since its inception. Andy […]