Art Sheffield announces new Director of Arts for 2016

Martin Clark, currently director at Scandinavia’s prestigious Bergan Kunstall, will be returning to Sheffield to fill the position of Director of Arts for Art Sheffield In 2016.

Clark has a strong connection to the city, studying as an undergraduate at Sheffield Hallam University in 1995 and progressing to open his first exhibition at S1 Studios four years later.

Having organised exhibitions and projects for over a decade, Clarke has worked with acclaimed artists such as Alex Katz, Simon Sterling and Carol Bove.

Delighted to be curating the festival, he said ‘Sheffield has a distinctive and proud cultural history spanning art, music, performance, film and theatre. For me it has always been a place of possibility and ambition, a place that marries a rigorous and critical international perspective with a strong local identity. I am very excited to be invited back to work again with the institutions and individuals that make up this city’s vibrant cultural life.’

Speaking on behalf of the festival, artistic director of S1 Artspace, Louise Hutchinson said ‘We are delighted at the prospect of working with Martin. With his first-hand knowledge of Sheffield, he brings a unique international perspective to the festival. Martin has proposed an ambitious artistic programme which we look forward to announcing shortly’.

To find more information about Art Sheffield’s 2016 schedule visit www.artsheffield.org.