Jonathan Watkins

Jonathan Watkins has been Director of Ikon Gallery since 1999. Previously he worked for a number of years in London, as Curator of the Serpentine Gallery (1995-1997) and Director of Chisenhale Gallery (1990-1995).

Jonathan Watkins was Artistic Director of the Biennale of Sydney 1998. He was guest curator for Quotidiana, Castello di Rivoli, Turin (1999-2000), Europarte La Biennale di Venezia (June 1997), Milano Europa 2000, Palazzo di Triennale, Milan (November 2000), Facts of Life an exhibition of contemporary Japanese art at the Hayward Gallery, London (Autumn 2001), and Days Like These, the Tate Triennial exhibition of contemporary British art (London 2003). He was on the curatorial team for the Shanghai Biennale (September 2006) and the Sharjah Biennale (April 2007). Jonathan Watkins has written extensively on contemporary art, and recently was the author of a Phaidon monograph on the Japanese artist On Kawara.