Vanessa Peterson

Vanessa Peterson

-London, United Kingdom
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Vanessa Peterson

Vanessa Peterson

-London, United Kingdom
About me
Editor, photographer and writer with a decade's worth of experience in the arts, coordinating and managing research and editorial projects in national institutions such as Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum and British Film Institute, and currently, internationally-renowned contemporary art magazine, frieze. I am collaborative, organised and analytical, with strong communication, editorial, digital and interpersonal skills. I currently sit on the Arts Council Collection’s Acquisitions Committee (2022-24), assisting the directors with proposals for key acquisitions to be brought into the nation’s largest touring art collection.
Projects credited in
  • CONSERVING TONY CONRAD: Keeping an artwork alive
    CONSERVING TONY CONRAD: Keeping an artwork alive'Conserving doesn’t mean looking back, ever. It always means looking ahead.' Directed by Aya Kaido Produced by Vanessa Peterson Cinematography by Will Wilkinson Edited by Pawel Stec Music by Tony Conrad ***** How can a museum attempt to conserve a performance? This short doc follows Tate's Time-Based Media Conservation team, curators and researchers from Tate’s Reshaping the Collectible Research team as they attempt to conserve and re-stage avant-garde artist Tony Conrad's Ten Years Alive o
Work history
    Researcher & Curator
    Working to produce a documentary film highlighting the housing crisis in London and its effects on a wide demographic. Research duties includes contacting relevant organisations and individuals, reading articles / research papers for statistics relevant to the film and other necessary documents such as information booklets. This role requires attention to detail, as well as being able to process large amounts of information effectively and to a high standard.
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    Digital EditorWellcome Trust
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Maternity cover ● Commissioned and edited digital editorial content for Wellcome Collection’s Stories, supporting the team to gain 1 million views ● Generated and assessed pitches, assisting writers to develop them into deliverable, accessible editorial copy with developmental edits ● Continued to build a database of trusted writers, photographers and illustrators, focusing on the relationship between art and health ● Collaborated with Wellcome Collection curators and artists to write online copy for the promotion of events ● Worked collaboratively with photo editors, illustrators and sub-editors ● Managed digital editorial processes such as pair-writing and accessibility guidelines across Wellcome Collection teams
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Skills
  • Writing
  • Journalism
  • Design
  • Photoshop
  • Documentary Photography
  • Curation
  • Research and Critical Thinking
  • Administrative Organisational Skills
  • Art Criticism