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What can I ask?

We accept queries from any visual artist or craftsperson working professionally in London, in any medium, and about any issue.

Although the Artquest staff have, between them, over 40 years of experience in the visual arts and crafts both in the UK and overseas, our answers are never definitive. We are all practitioners happy to share our insights and learn new things from our contact with Artquest users.

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Artquest has three part-time members of staff, who are all London-based artists.

Simona Dell'Agli

Simona Dell'Agli is an Italian photo-artist interested in the social history of landscapes. She graduated in an MA in Photographic Studies at the University of Westminster in 2001, also producing a limited edition self-published photo-booklet who gone to sell more than 300 copies.

Simona's areas of expertise include: exhibition organisation; arts administration; marketing; the photography landscape in the London visual arts world; and is forever grateful to Arts Media Contacts for showing her the importance of a well updated mailing and press list.

Nick Kaplony

Having worked as assistant Curator at the Arts Gallery London Nick went on to join the Artquest team as Programme Co-ordinator in June 2007. Nick also works as Exhibitions and Education officer at the Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park and is a practicing artist and freelance curator/exhibitions organiser.

Nick's areas of expertise include: education and community projects; exhibition marketing; curating; the public gallery sector; funding applications.

Russell Martin

Russell Martin is a graduate from The Glasgow School of Art and has lived in London since 1998 where he initially worked extensively in gallery education. His self-initiated projects include the peer mentoring group Speakeasy which became a partial model for Forum, and the HÔTEL BELLVILLE and Way East artist's project spaces in Waterloo (2003-2004) and Hackney Wick (2008). He co-produced and presented two series for Resonance 104.4FM in 2006. He is also a co-founder and one of the directors of Rational Rec, the interdisciplinary social occasion working nationally and internationally to commission and present new works.

Russell's areas of expertise include: peer mentoring projects; setting up artist led spaces; education and community projects; funding applications and general presentation skills; artists networks.