Michael Wellen
Michael Wellen is Senior Curator, International Art at Tate Modern, where he manages the displays of the collection across the museum. He is specialist of modern and contemporary art from Latin America. He is curator of the Philip Guston retrospective, currently on view. He has also curated exhibitions Lubaina Himid in 2021 and Takis in 2019, together with Guy Brett. He conceived of pivotal collection displays such as Cecilia Vicuña and Joseph Beuys, A Year in Art: 1973, and staged Ernesto Salmerón's Auras of War in Turbine Hall as well as live performances of Tunga’s work. He holds an MA and PhD in art history from the University of Texas at Austin.
Bill Rolston
Bill Rolston is emeritus professor of Sociology and former director of the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University. He has published on many issues, from mass media representations of the Northern Ireland conflict to the role of politically motivated former prisoners in conflict transformation, as well as on the political wall murals of Northern Ireland.
Jacob V Joyce
Jacob V Joyce is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice amplifies historical and nourishes new queer and anti-colonial narratives. They are currently researching the cultural legacies of Black British arts education for a PhD supported by C.R.E.A.M (The Center for Research in Education and Arts Media) and 198 Cal Arts Learning Brixton.
David Rosenberg
David Rosenberg is an educator, writer and tour guide of London’s radical history with a special interest in the social history of London’s East End. He teaches Adult Education courses at the City Literary Institute. He is the author of Battle for the East End (2011) and Rebel Footprints (2nd edition 2019). David has been active in anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigning since the mid-1970s. He has helped to organise 5 yearly commemorations of the Battle of Cable Street and was the convenor of the Cable Street 80 commemoration in 2016. His guided walks include 'Anti-Fascist Footprints: a walk through the 1930s East End'. He wrote about the Cable Street mural for The Guardian. More information about David Rosenberg can be found here: www.eastendwalks.com
Bolanle Tajudeen
Bolanle Tajudeen, the founder of Black Blossoms, an art school and an expanded curatorial platform focusing on artists of colour, aims to make their art accessible to all. Working with artists at various career stages, including Bokani, Kimathi Donkor, and Amanda Holiday, she has curated mural and outdoor public art projects with organisations such as Kensington and Chelsea Art Week, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Peckham Platform, and Southwark Council. Bolanle has recently been appointed Public Art Commissioner for the Bristol Legacy Project in partnership with Bristol City Council. In this role, she is tasked with project managing and curating a permanent commemorative artwork to honour the legacy of the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans.
