Curating Conversation

This week's episode sees Leo in conversation with the conductor Nicholas McGegan OBE.  - Nic McGegan is a British conductor who is regarded as an ‘expert in the 18th Century Style’. Having recently reached his 6th decade behind the podium, his career has led to engagements with many of the world’s major orchestras, including those of Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Sa...

This week's episode sees Leo in conversation with musician Bess Atwell - Bess Atwell is a British musician who has been making music for over 10 years. Her last album, 'Already Always' we met with widespread praise for her honest lyricism and beautiful songwriting. Having found a way to capture the emotions of her listeners like a few others, Bess chats with me about the build-up to...

Join us in this episode of the Curating Conversation podcast as we delve into the fascinating world of the Infems Art Collective.  Leo sits down with the talented directors of the Infems Art collective, Marie-Anne Mancio, Rebecca Fontaine Wolf, and Roxana Halls, to uncover the remarkable origins of Infems. Discover the captivating story behind their upcoming London exhibition, 'Lost Girls,&ap...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Musician Cyrano - Cyrano or James is an Edinburgh-based musician who has been making music for over a decade but only in 2021 did he start releasing tracks under his project 'Cyrano'. Described as music for the late night over-thinkers, his tracks have a percussive focus with electronic production and a personal, melancholy lyr...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Scottish Photographer Rosie Biggar - Rosie Biggar, or rosie.sco as she is known to much of the industry thanks to her social media presence is a Glasgow-based photographer who works within the music scene. An introduction to photography via her mum's 35mm point-and-shoot film camera led her to capture much of the music scene she was...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Artist Faye Woods. Faye Woods is a Scottish artist, she is currently working out of a tiny home studio in West Yorkshire. She graduated from Greys school of art with a BA in painting. Her current work acts as a love letter to the much-loved establishment of the British pub. To Woods, the pub represents a state of emotional freedom where...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Musician and Producer James Minas. - James is a Greek/Welsh Musician and Producer, who has made waves with his honest, emotional and energetic songs and performances, bouncing between hip hop, punk and rock, his music is hard to fit into a genre. Moving from Greece to Wales at a young age and with parents in the Circus, it wasn't a...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Artist and Musician Michael Kay Terence, perhaps better known for his music project, Swiss Portrait. - Michael is a Scottish artist, who turned to making music in 2020 as a way to channel his creative energy. Fast forward to 2022 and he is selling out venues and playing stages all over the country with a full band. His 'dream pop&ap...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary Artist Joe Grieve and the Curator of his recent show, Jack Trodd - Joe Grieve is a London based contemporary artist who's work plays with themes of place, nature, Romanticism, religion and landscape. He recently graduated from City and Guilds and has just finished a solo show with Brushes with Greatness. Jack Trodd is a...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Curator and founder of Brushes with Greatness, Jack Trodd - Jack Trodd is a London based curator, and gallerist. A lifelong lover of art and passionate creative, Jack came from a marketing background to realise his intense passion for supporting artists, giving birth to Brushes with Greatness. He works with a variety of emerging talents...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with painter and founder of the Clovermill Artist Residency, Jennifer Smith - Jennifer Smith is an Irish visual artist based in The Netherlands. She received a BA of Fine Art, Painting in 2005 from Limerick School of Art & Design. She creates abstract expressionist nude figurative paintings. Or so her bio would have you believe, she does...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary Scottish artist Jacob Littlejohn. - Jacob Littlejohn is an Edinburgh based artist. He graduated from Glasgow School of art in 2018 and since then has undertaken a residency at Leith School of Art. His work revolves around the realm of human behaviour. Tackling isolation, separation and how individuals adapt to their environm...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary British artist Adam Dix. - Adam Dix is a London based painter, who's work evolves around our collective relationship with technology, communication and ritual. He graduated from Wimbledon School of Art's MA programme in 2009 - Adam grew up with a father who was a painter and jazz musician and a mother who works in...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with the fabulous duo Anna Choutova and Flora Bradwell , the team behind Bad Art Presents. - Anna Choutova is a visual artist and curator working and studying in London. She is currently studying for an MFA in Painting at Slade School of Fine Art, after graduating with a First Class Honours with a BA in Painting from Brighton University in 20...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with artist and collector Aubrey Higgin - Aubrey Higgin is an artist and collector based between London and the West Midlands. He completed his BA studies in Art and History of Art at The University of Reading, graduating in 2017. - Aubrey was first introduced to art from his Grandmother, who would routinely sit him down to paint with waterco...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with artist and arts facilitator Caroline Gormley - Caroline Gormley is a Scottish artist, based in Paisley. She studied art at Glasgow Kelvin College, obtaining a 1st class degree, before starting up Made In Paisley alongside artist Alexander Guy. - Caroline's route into art was not a direct one, having been a carer from the age of 12 s...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary artist David Iain Brown - David Iain Brown is a Scottish artist, hailing from Ayrshire and now based in Glasgow. He attended Gray's School of Art at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. - David originally trained as a print maker, and while he has now developed into a painter, his practice still maintains many prin...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary artist Jonathan Freemantle - Jonathan Freemantle is a South African born, Edinburgh based artist, gallery director and entrepreneur. - Jonathan's art should be regarded in a similar vein to the works of the Romantic era, they are created with a deep sense of awe and respect for the process and subject they are inspired...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary artist Michelle Hamer - Michelle is an Australian visual artist with over 24 solo shows to date and work in 5 permanent national collections. 'We all know the billboards, graffiti and instructional signage in our neighbourhoods but have you ever really stopped to think about what its all telling you about society? Miche...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with contemporary artist and Art Gallery Co-Director Benjamin Murphy. - He holds both a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, specialising in Contemporary Fine Art, along with being the co-founder and co-director of Delphian Gallery. He is also an associate lecturer at the University of the Arts London. - Benjamin's artwork tends to be...

In this week's episode, Leo chat's to contemporary artist and curator Anna Woodward. - Our chat covers her artistic beginnings, and the support she had to be creative in her youth, through to her time at City and Guilds ( that she calls Hogwarts for artists)  and her current experiences working at The White Cube along with being a practising artist and curator in a pandemic stricken 2020...

In this week's episode, Leo and guest co host Verity Babbs chat to Swedish contemporary artist Bobo Wallmansson.  -  Our chat covers Bobo's first foray into the arts, how his mother's harsh criticism changed his artistic direction, ( for the better). What it's like being a successful artist in the 21st Century, and a whole lot more. -  Bobo has a somewhat unorthodox art career...

In this week's episode, Leo chats to contemporary artist and art fair manager Will Claridge.  - Our chat covers his artistic education and the beautiful art he produces, along with from studying Fine Art in Falmouth to managing art fairs. We mentioned the artists that inspire him such as Gerhard Richter and Isa Genzken, among others. We discussed the role contemporary, emerging artists have t...

In this week's episode Leo is joined by Edinburgh based writer Max Walker to chat with award winning artist, Gabrielle Gillott. -  Gabrielle attended the Edinburgh College of Art and won the Glenfiddich award for her artwork ' Safe Haven' which is a piece is large scale installation referencing Domesday prepping.  Our chat covers her use of Sims software to create artwork, her time...

In this week's episode, Leo chats to Verity Babbs and Joséphine May Bailey about their latest venture, Aurelia Arts Festival.  -  Our chat covers their earliest experiences with art, their time at Oxford University where they met studying History of Art, the experiences they have had in the arts, both good and bad; from dealing with huge commercial galleries through to defending their degree...