A curatorial office shaped by collaboration
Looking Forward operates as a distributed curatorial office built on collaboration, adaptability, and shared responsibility. Our structure is fluid: a small core team shapes the overall direction, while each project is developed through evolving constellations of artists, researchers, producers, and institutional partners.
We don’t follow a fixed hierarchy or traditional studio model. Instead, we work through open dialogue, co-design, and processes that adapt to each project’s context. Team members shift between roles depending on the needs of the work, ensuring flexibility and shared authorship.
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Current Project Teams
2023 - ongoing
Art Lead: Andrew Merritt
Associate Artist: Emilio Hernandez Martínez
Research Lead: Nik Petek-Sargeant
Curator: Carolina Lio
Partners:
British Council
Cocina Colaboratorio (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo
Gaia Art Foundation
National Trust
The Sustainability Institute (South Africa)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
University of Cambridge
Event Hosts:
Cambridge Botanical Garden
Cape Town Design Week
Delfina Foundation (London)
IEREK International Conference Sustainable Creative Art, Museum of the Future (Dubai)
Feedforward Peers
Feedforward: Creative Wellbeing (2025)
Greenwich Peninsula Design District (London)
Chaired by: Sylvia Keck and Carolina Lio
George Collum (Learning Curator, Camden Art Centre)
Julia Cort (Community Engagement Manager, Horniman Museum)
Paul Crook (Head of Communities & Learning, South London Gallery)
Vania Gonzalvez (Learning Curator, Barbican Centre)
Erin Li (Curator of Public Programming, Delfina Foundation)
Richard Martin (Director of Participation, Whitechapel Gallery)
Seth Pimlott (Social Practice Curator, Chisenhale Gallery)
Rachel Routledge (Curator, Community and Engagement, Auto-Italia)
Alex Thorp (Education Curator, Serpentine Galleries)
Frances Williams (Health and Research Lead, Queer Circle)
Associate Artist Facilitators
Our Associate Artist Facilitators are artists who collaborate with Looking Forward on specific projects that involve facilitation, co-creation, and community-based engagement. Each facilitator brings a distinct perspective, and their role adapts to the needs and values of the context.
Past Collaborations
Francis Almendárez
Monica Arreola
Ella Belenky
Greg Bunbury
Yamile Calderon
Helen Cammock
Camila Cañeque
Luigi Coppola
DAAR Decolonizing Architecture
Olga Margarita Dávila
Ali El Aziz
Ryan Gander
Daniel Godínez Nivon
Felipe García Salazar
Norma Iglesias Prieto
Michelle-Marie Letelier
Biel Llinàs
Laura Ní Fhlainhín
Fiamma Montezemolo
Yasmine Ostendorf
Joan Pallé
Keith Piper
Irma Sofia Poeter
Moira Ricci
Gro Sarauw
Marlene Solis
Joyce Treasure