Emma Benyon

Emma Benyon is a contemporary art curator and the MTSA’s Assistant Director, having joined Standpoint in 2017 and led the development of the award since. Benyon curates the exhibition and education programme at Standpoint, which focuses on supportng emerging and mid-career artists to develop and present new work and ideas. She is also the Associate Curator at Cross Lane Projects, supporting the gallery’s programmes in Kendal, Cumbria and Vestry St, London.

Over the past 10 years, Benyon has curated numerous other exhibitions for international galleries, museums and arts festivals including: Alexander Duncan: blow in, Aldama Fabre Gallery, Bilbao, Spain (2017); George Barber: Fences Make Senses, Waterside Contemporary (2015); Art Brussels: Oreet Ashery, Mathilde ter Heijne, Waterside Contemporary (2015); Art International Istanbul: Nikita Kadan, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, Waterside Contemporary (2015); and Making Sense, Fallout Factory, Liverpool (2014).