At this year’s conference location, the Warburg Institute, the historic Coade stone frieze of the Nine Muses celebrates goddesses of the arts, sciences and memory. Curator and AWITA Honorary Fellow 2025, Helen Nisbet, has selected nine professionals as Future Muses. Helen’s selection celebrates people whose intersectional work embodies creativity, solidarity, and interdisciplinary exchange, across the cultural, academic and creative sectors.

9 Muses

Amrita Dhallu is an independent curator and researcher based in South East England. She provides support structures for artists through exhibition-making, commissioning, publishing and creating artistic networks.
Dr Maggie Matić (they/them) is a curator, writer and researcher with a specialism in contemporary feminist, crip and queer theory and visual cultures. Maggie is currently Director of Auto Italia, London. They have previously worked at Studio Voltaire, Tate, FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology), The University of Liverpool and The Royal Standard.
Juliet Jacques is a writer and filmmaker based in London. She has published six books, including Trans: A Memoir (2015), Variations (2021) and The Woman in the Portrait (2024). Her fiction, journalism and essays have appeared in numerous publications, and her short films have screened across the world. She teaches at the Royal College of Art and elsewhere.
Kay Watson is producer and curator working with art and advanced technologies, photography and video games. She is Head of Arts Technologies at Serpentine, London and a Trustee of Mediale and The Photographers' Gallery.
Kelly Tsipni-Kolaza is an independent curator and researcher based in Athens, Greece. Between 2012-2015 she held curatorial positions in public art institutions in London including the Serpentine Galleries, The Architecture Foundation and the Contemporary Art Society.
Marina Doritis is a curator and producer based in London, UK. She is currently the Curator at Somerset House Studios, a space for experimentation that develops ambitious cross-disciplinary projects and creative collaborations. She was previously the Senior Producer at Artangel, a London-based organisation that creates extraordinary art in unexpected places.
Nabihah Iqbal is a DJ, musician and Broadcaster. She sits on the board of trustees at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London and also for Hand Of, a UK-based charity that provides musical education for disadvantaged children.
Philippine Nguyen is an arts and culture leader, consultant and lecturer who has worked extensively in the public and non-profit sectors. She is currently Head of Cultural Programming for the London Borough of Waltham Forest, and was previously Executive Director of Art Night, a contemporary art organisation she co-founded in 2015. She is a trustee of the Bernie Grant Art Centre and was a visiting lecturer at the prestigious Sciences Po university in Paris.
Sarah Hamed is a curator, producer and editor. Embracing curiosity and vulnerability, her work looks to the future and collective hope while understanding the complicated realities that must be navigated along the way. Her previous work includes collaborating on exhibitions and live programmes at Serpentine and multiple freelance projects that have encouraged her ever-growing passion for constant learning in whatever forms that takes.

Selector of the nine muses, Helen Nisbet is a curator, currently based in London. She was Artistic Director of Art Night, Curator at Cubitt and a jury member for the 2023 Turner Prize. Helen takes on the role of Director of Glasgow International this August.

Nine Future Muses

9 Muses

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