Dr Andrew Renton

Career: fndr and artistic dir Quiet Theatre 1985-88, fndr memb Thin Men Performance Ensemble 1985-89, art critic Blitz magazine 1988-91, Br corr Flash Art magazine 1989-95, dir Cleveland (project space and imprint) London 1996-97, curator The Cranford Collection London 1999-, Slade curator Slade Sch of Fine Art London 2001-02 (lectr in theoretical studies 1997-2001), art columnist Evening Standard 2002-, dir of curating Goldsmiths Coll London 2003-; exhibitions curated: The Times London's Young Artists (Olympia London) 1991, Show Hide Show (Anderson O'Day London) 1991, Confrontaciones (Palacio di Velázquez Madrid) 1991-92, Molteplici Culture (Museo del Folklore Rome) 1992, Barcelona Abroad (Euro Visual Arts Centre Ipswich) 1992, Nothing is Hidden (London) 1992, Walter Benjamin's Briefcase (Oporto) 1993, Manifesta I (Rotterdam) 1996, Browser (Vancouver) 1997, Bankside Browser (Tate Modern) 1999, Total Object Complete with Missing Pots (Tramway Glasgow) 2001, Shumakom (Artists House Jerusalem) 2002

Books and Publications: Technique Anglaise: current trends in British art (ed jtly, 1991)