Louise Clements is the Artistic Director of QUAD (www.derbyquad.co.uk) – a centre for contemporary art, film and new technologies in Derby (UK)- since 2001, and the Artistic Director of FORMAT International Photography Festival (www.formatfestival.com) since 2004. As an independent curator, she has produced commissions, exhibitions and publications and of art, film, mass participation and photography since 1998. She is a photography writer, juror, portfolio reviewer, workshop leader and award nominator throughout Europe, America and Asia. She has been guest curator at Habitat Centre and Hauz Khas BlowUp (Delhi, India 2012), Dong Gang Photography Festival (South Korea, 2013), Dali Photography Festival (China, 2013), Noorderlicht 20/20 (Groningen, Netherlands, 2013), Photoquai Biennale (Paris, 2015), Christophe Guye 2020vision (Switzerland 2015), Les Rencontres Arles, Discoveries (France 2015), Hamburg Photo Triennial (Container City, Germany, 2015), Venice Biennale, EM15 (2015), Slideluck Rome (Italy 2015). Louise is the editor at Large for www.1000wordsmag.com
