Chris Rawcliffe

Chris Rawcliffe was born in Paris and currently lives and works in London, where he serves as the Artistic Director of Forma, a leading non-profit contemporary art organisation that prides itself in being artist driven. At Forma, Chris and his team commission and produce ambitious exhibitions including the projects “Waiting With {Sonic Support}” by Abbas Zahedi, for the Frieze Artist Award in 2022; the film “Lagareh – The Last Born” by Alberta Whittle, created for the Venice Biennale in 2022; “Moving Target Shadow Detection” by Sung Tieu; and “A Perfect Sentence” by Oliver Chanarin, which is currently touring to 6 UK museums that will also acquire 72 works for posterity.

Prior to his role at Forma, Chris organised independent exhibitions at organisations such as Open Source, Arebyte Gallery, and SPACE, showcasing works by artists such as Joan Jonas, Guy Ben-Ner, and Jade Monserrat. From 2010 to 2016, Chris directed Pro Numb, a non-profit art gallery he founded in Hackney, East London, where, he exhibited specially commissioned works by artists Lawrence Weiner, Peles Empire, Benedict Drew, Liam Gillick, Heather Phillipson, Jesse Darling, Anne Hardy and Larry Achiampong. Chris also held positions at Outpost Gallery, Arts Council England, Art Monthly and in the commercial sector.

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