A Bit About Me
As a daughter of an artist I was always surrounded by art and became fascinated in the stories which lay behind them. Studying art history at A level, degree and then as a postgraduate I was interested in the social history and context as much as the images themselves. Passionate about contemporary art in all its forms I was drawn to photography and moving image work at an early point. I was keen to be a contemporary art curator and to work for publicly funded art galleries. Eventually I got there and worked as a curator at Tate Liverpool and then for ten years at The Photographers Gallery London.
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I always wrote on artists work and developed ongoing relationships with a generation of artists around me. When I had children I was looking for more work life balance and moved away from curating full time and into academia. Lecturing and teaching at Degree and Postgraduate level I now run an Masters in Photography at Middlesex University and input on professional development for our undergraduate students. I continue to regularly publish and curate and commission work for shows and books.
Work Experience
May 2012 - Present
Dec 2016 - Jan 2021
2000 - March 2011
Programme Leader MA Photography
Senior Lecturer Creative Industries
Middlesex University (0.5)
I am module leader for two modules Collaborate: Strategies for Change; Explore: Aesthetic and Ethics. I oversee recruitment and planning for the MA. I am also module leader for the 3rd year BA students on professional development. I bring in visiting artists to talk and advise students on how to develop a language around their work and promote and network professionally. I am currently training to be a PhD supervisor and working towards an HEA Fellowship.
Associate Curator at GRAIN
(an Arts Council funded photography hub based in the Midlands)
For two years I worked to develop 11 commission across the Midlands looking at Rural issues. Culminating in a symposium on 21st May 2021 and contributing an essay to the publication 2021. To advise on the curatorial direction for GRAIN and be a sounding board for ideas; to devise and develop areas for potential growth including academic partnerships, new arts collaborations, exhibitions and events; to advise on and support the creation of new funding opportunities; to champion and advocate for GRAIN regionally, nationally and internationally in conversation and in writing; to contribute to the GRAIN symposium in 2017.
The Photographers' Gallery: Senior Curator
Curatorial role: Devising future exhibitions over 3 floors of gallery, initiating group and solo shows, working on new commissions. Senior manager role: Developing strategic partnerships nationally and internationally, representing the organisation with press and at conferences and professional network meetings. Publications: Edit and writing all copy for exhibitions and for publications.
Education
July 2006 - June 2007
Sep 1993 - Aug 1993
Oct 1989 - July 1992
City University
Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Leadership
Awarded a Scholarship from the European Social Fund
The Courtauld Institute of Art
MA History of Modern European Art
Awarded the Sir John Cass Postgraduate Scholarship
Leeds University
BA Hons History of Art 2(i)
Curatorial
2000 - March 2011
Jan 1998 - Dec 1999
Sept 1996 - Dec 1997
The Photographers' Gallery: Senior Curator
Curatorial role: Devising future exhibitions over 3 floors of gallery, initiating group and solo shows, working on new commissions. Senior manager role: Developing strategic partnerships nationally and internationally, representing the organisation with press and at conferences and professional network meetings. Publications: Edit and writing all copy for exhibitions and for publications.
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Selection of shows/ projects:
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Sally Mann: The Family and the land (Summer 2010)
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Jordan Baseman: Dark is the night (April-June 2009) - New commission of three films, exhibition, edited and wrote essay in book
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Dryden Goodwin: Cast (September 2008 – January 2009) - New commission, exhibition, essay in book with Steidl, oversaw tour to Sweden, Hasselblad Centre.
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Once more with feeling: Recent photography from Colombia (April – June 2008) - Co-curated, oversaw tour to 4 venues in UK; essay and editorial role for book
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Ori Gersht The Clearing (December 2005 – February 2006) - New commission of film work and exhibition.
Tate Gallery Liverpool: Exhibitions Curator
Curated group shows from the collection; solo exhibitions and large international commissions. Wrote all copy for shows and edited publications and represented the organisation nationally and internationally.
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Selection of shows/ projects:
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The 1st Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art: Trace (September – November 1999) - New commissions with Miroslaw Balka and Ernesto Neto.
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Violent Incident (March 1999 – March 2000) - Selected works from the collection on the theme of violence and the creative process.
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Willie Doherty Somewhere Else (August to October 1998) - Curated show, new film commission, wrote and commissioned essays for catalogue.
Savannah College of Art and Design: Assistant Director of Galleries
Oversaw team of 8 staff running 12 gallery spaces across university campus. Developed high profile exhibition programme for three spaces, for which each show had a modest catalogue.
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Selection of shows/ projects:
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Jasper Johns (September - October 1997)
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101 Visions - Icons of the Century Series (January - March 1997) Charles Cowles photography collection
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Robert Rauschenberg: Photems, Photographic works and prints - Icons of the Century Series (October – November 1996)
Published Outputs (Camilla Brown nee Jackson)
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Brown, Camilla; 2010, Sally Mann: The Family and the land; The Photographers’ Gallery; London; 35pp
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Brown, Camilla; Bonnell, Peter: 2009; Jordan Baseman: Dark is the night, The Photographers’ Gallery; London and ArtSway, New Forest; 40pp
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Brown, Camilla and Oldfield, Pippa: 2007: Once more with feeling: Recent photography from Colombia: The Photographers’ Gallery; London and Impressions Gallery, Bradford; 105 pp
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Brown, Camilla; 2020; Reflections of time and movement in Place in time: The work of Tim Simmons, Dewi Lewi, Edited by Judith Stewart. pp, 9-16
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Brown, Camilla; 2017; How the personal remains political in photography today; Scene 5:1, Intellect Ltd, pp. 23–35
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Brown, Camilla; 2017; In the Public domain – A Curator’s Perspective in Photographers and Research – the role of research in contemporary photographic practice, Focal Press, Edited by Shirley Read and Mike Simmons.
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Brown, Camilla; 2012; Photography the Whole Story, Thames and Hudson, London edited by Dr Juliet Hacking; pp 360-367; 374-379; 384-391; 395; 472-485;514-517
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Brown, Camilla; 2012; Francesco Pignatelli Osservatorio 1994-2010; Giunti Arte Mostre Musei; Milan pp 265 – 271
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Brown, Camilla; 2011;Over the Threshold; Frenchmottershead, The Photographers’ Gallery, London pp 2-5
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Brown, Camilla; 2010, Sally Mann: The Family and the land; The Photographers’ Gallery; London; pp10-17
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Brown, Camilla; 2009; The Grand Tour: Gayle Chong Kwan, ArtSway, New Forest; pp60-65
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Brown, Camilla; 2008; Dryden Goodwin: Cast; Photoworks, UK and Steidl, Germany pp 30-35
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Brown, Camilla; 2007; Cinco miradas europeas. Fotografia Espanolae hispanoamericana an essay on the work of Maria Isabel Rueda; Instituto Cervantes, Madrid Spain (ISBN 9788488252814)
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Brown, Camilla; 2007;Chris Coekin: The Hitcher; Walkout Books, UK pp 3-5
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Brown, Camilla; 2006; The House by the sea; Marjorlaine Ryley Villa Mona a proper kind of house; Trace editions, Dorset; pp70 - 77
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Brown, Camilla, 2005; Looking at the overlooked; Stilled contemporary still life photography by women; Ffotogallery Wales Ltd; published by IRIS publications (part of University ofStaffordshire) December 2005; pp 72 -77
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Jackson, Camilla; 2003; Re:mote; Remote Essays on creativity, technology and remoteness; Bloc Press, UK pp 40 -47
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Jackson, Camilla; 1998; Willie Doherty Somewhere Else; Tate Liverpool pp 1-3
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