Research Catalogue

Barnaby Drabble is a freelance writer, editor and educator with a background in curating contemporary art. His work focuses on issues of ecology and environmentalism, activism and social movements, community and sustainability, exhibition practice and artistic research.

He has produced several influential publications on environmental art, curatorial issues and artistic research and regularly contributes to journals and publications on a range of topics. His book project Along Ecological Lines – Contemporary Art and Climate Crisis (2019), relates both to his long-term focus on the social and political relevance of artistic practices and to his engagement in the environmental and social innovation taking place in intentional communities and eco-villages. 

He graduated from the Curatorial program at Goldsmiths College London in 1998 and has curated numerous independent & institutional projects including exhibitions, screenings, discursive events and events in the public space. He was awarded a PhD in Visual Culture from Edinburgh College of Art in 2010.

He has lectured and run workshops at art academies and art institutions world-wide, most notably as senior lecturer on the Master of Art in Public Spheres at the édhéa in Sierre, Switzerland (2009-2020) and co-founder and director of the Postgraduate Program in Curating at the ZHdK in Zurich (2005-2007). 

He is managing editor of the Journal for Artistic Research, and a member of its editorial board since 2010.