Tate is delighted to announce that Judith Nesbitt has been appointed Head of National and International Initiatives. She will take up the post in early November. This new role will be critical in extending Tate’s reach and enhancing Tate’s reputation for effective collaboration and exchange nationally and internationally. The post will also contribute to Tate’s 2015 vision, to become more open, diverse, international, entrepreneurial and sustainable.
Working closely with Caroline Collier, Director, Tate National, Judith will help develop Tate’s national and international role, initiating, shaping and implementing a number of national and international projects, working with colleagues across all four Tate galleries. She will also be responsible for strategic Learning programmes undertaken with partners in the UK and internationally.
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.