Cubitt Artists is a British artist-run art gallery, artist studios and art educator, founded in 1991. Cubitt was first located in Goods Way in London's Kings Cross area, moved to Cubitt Street (from which it takes its current name), later to Caledonia Street, and is now located at

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Cubitt Gallery

The Cubitt Gallery is funded by Arts Council England allowing it to offer the 18-month Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship to emerging curators (previously named the Curatorial Bursary from 2001 to 2015). Past Cubitt curators are: * Polly Staple (July 2001 – January 2003) * Emily Pethick (March 2003 – August 2004) * David Bussel (September 2004 – February 2006) * Tom Morton (April 2006 – August 2007) * Bart van der Heide (October 2007 – March 2009) * Michelle Cotton (April 2009 – November 2010) * Fiona Parry (December 2010 – May 2012) * Jamie Stevens (June 2012 – December 2013) * Fatima Hellberg (January 2014 – June 2015) * Morgan Quaintance (July 2015 – December 2016) * Louise Shelly (July 2018 – December 2019) The current recipients of the fellowship are Languid Hands, composed of DJ, filmmaker and curator Rabz Lansiquot and facilitator and live art practitioner Imani Robinson (2020 to present). The Cubitt Gallery has displayed work from a wide range of notable artists, including Adam Chodzko,

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Angela Bulloch Angela Bulloch (born 1966 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada), is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the Young British Artists. Bulloch lives and works in Berlin. Life and career Bulloch studied at G ...

, Billy Childish, Boris Groys (''Thinking in Loop'', 2008),

Carol Bove Carol Bove (born 1971) is an American artist based in New York City. She lives and works in Brooklyn. Early life and education Born in 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland to American parents, Bove (pronounced bo-VAY) was raised in Berkeley, California, m ...

, Cathy Wilkes, David Robbins,

Florian Hecker Florian Hecker was born in 1975 in Augsburg, Germany. He was raised in Kissing, Germany and studied Computational Linguistics and Psycholinguistics at Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich and Fine Arts at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, V ...

, Gunter Förg,

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(''Eichmann and the Angel'', 2005),

Harun Farocki Harun Farocki (9 January 1944 – 30 July 2014) was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film. Early life and education Farocki was born as Harun El Usman FaroqhiMargalit Fox (3 August 2014)''New York Times''. in Neutitschein, which is n ...

Henri Chopin Henri Chopin (18 June 1922 – 3 January 2008) was a French avant-garde poet and musician. Life Henri Chopin was born in Paris, 18 June 1922, one of three brothers, and the son of an accountant. Both his siblings died during the war. One was sh ...

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, Jimmy Robert (''Figure de Style'', 2008),

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, Marjetica Potrč,

Matthew Day Jackson Matthew Day Jackson (born 1974) is an American artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography, drawing, video, performance and installation. Since graduating with an MFA from Rutgers University in 2001, ...

Paul Noble Paul Noble (born 1963) is a British visual artist. Life and career Noble studied at Humberside College of Higher Education (1983–1986) and Sunderland Polytechnic (1982–1983), before moving to London in 1987. He was one of the five foun ...

Tacita Dean Tacita Charlotte Dean CBE, RA (born 1965) is a British / German visual artist who works primarily in film. She was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998, won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008. ...

, Willem de Rooij ("Birds", 2009) and Tris Vonna Michell (''Tall Tales and Short Stories'', 2007), Ajamu (''Archival Sensoria'', 2020), R.I.P Germain (''Dead Yard'', 2020) and Camara Taylor (a ''rant! a reel!'', 2021). To support the ongoing artistic programme of the Gallery, a limited edition set titled the ''Cubitt Print Box'' was offered for sale in 2000. This is a set of twenty works produced by contemporary artists

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(''Dark Eyes'', 2000), Ceal Floyer (''Etching (at 45 rpm)'', 2000), Chris Ofili (''no title'', 2000), Elizabeth Wright (''Snowball'', 2000), Gareth Jones (''Diamond'', 2000), Giorgio Sadotti (''Don't Look'', 2000), Hilary Lloyd (''Shopfront'', 2000), James Pyman (''On the Sound'', 2000), Jane Simpson (''Sunset Still Life'', 2000), Jochen Klein (''Untitled'', 2000), Martin Creed (''Work No. 233'', 2000), Matthew Higgs (''Despair'', 2000), Paul McCarthy (''Dog'', 2000), Paul Noble (''Playframe'', 2000), Peter Doig (''Echo Lake'', 2000), Peter Pommerer (''Giraffe with Blue Coloured Eyes'', 2000),

Piotr Uklański Piotr Uklański (born 1968) is a contemporary Polish-American artist who has produced art since the mid 1990s which have explored themes of spectacle, cliche, and tropes of modern art. Many of his pieces and projects take well-known, overused, s ...

(''no title'', 2000), Scott King (''Joy Division, The Moonlight Club, 4 April 1980, West Hampstead, London, England'', 2000), Tacita Dean (''Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998'', 2000) and

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(''Faltenwurf (Cubitt Edition)'', 2000).

Cubitt Studios

Cubitt Studios provides central London studio space for up to 30 artists at any given time. Former notable members of Cubitt include

Chris Ofili Christopher Ofili, (born 10 October 1968) is a British Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in T ...

, Dinos and Jake Chapman,

Matthew Higgs Matthew Higgs (born 1964) is an English artist, curator, writer and publisher. His contribution to UK contemporary art has included the creation of ''Imprint 93'', a series of artists’ editions featuring the work of artists such as Martin Creed ...

and

Peter Doig Peter Doig ( ; born 17 April 1959) is a Scottish painter. One of the most renowned living figurative painters, he has settled in Trinidad since 2002. In 2007, his painting ''White Canoe'' sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction rec ...

Cubitt education

In 2007 Cubitt started an ambitious education programme and employed a part-time education co-ordinator.

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