Dr Ele Carpenter is Curator of the Nuclear Culture project. Her curatorial research investigates nuclear aesthetics through commissioning new artwork, publishing, curating exhibitions, site visits and roundtable discussions in partnership with arts organisations and nuclear agencies. Ele regularly participates in European workshops on the role of culture in long-term radioactive waste management, and was interviewed for ‘Radioactive Art’ on BBC Radio 4 (2 March, 2017). Carpenter is convenor of the Nuclear Culture Research Group at Goldsmiths University of London where she is a Reader in Curating. She is a Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria.

Recent curated exhibitions and roundtable discussions include: ‘Perpetual Uncertainty’ Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden (24 Feb – 26 Aug 2018), Z33 House of Contemporary Art, Hasselt, Belgium (Sept – Dec 2017), Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Sweden (Oct 2016 – April 2017); ‘Material Nuclear Culture’ KARST, Plymouth, UK (June-Aug 2016); ‘Actinium’, S-AIR, Sapporo, Japan (July 2014). Ele is editor of The Nuclear Culture Source Book (2016).

The project has been supported by: Bildmuseet, Z33, Malmo Konstmuseum, The Arts Catalyst, Arts Council England, AHRC Early Career Research Fellowship 2012-13, Daiwa Foundation, and Goldsmiths University of London.

Image : One Too Many, Etching, Yelena Popova, 2018