mark devereux projects
MARK DEVEREUX PROJECTS (MDP) IS AN INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION. WE SPECIALISE IN SUPPORTING EARLY TO MID-CAREER ARTISTS THROUGH
CREATIVE COLLABORATION AND TAILORED MENTORING.
MDP is a small but devoted team seeking to create safer, braver spaces for
artists. Our meticulous approach is founded on listening, trust, honesty and
caring. We build critical but nurturing relationships with artists across a
variety of artforms.
We collaborate with artists across the UK to develop and curate ambitious
creative projects, ranging from touring solo exhibitions to participatory
workshops. This challenges artists through creative risk-taking while
introducing their practice to new audiences. Our work creates new paid
opportunities for artists that aren’t freely available.
Our professional development work focuses on the individual artist, offering a
unique pathway outside of institutional programmes. Since 2013 we have provided
hundreds of artists with invaluable advice, guidance and critique through
one-to-one mentoring sessions, specialist workshops and national artist
development programmes. We ensure that our professional development activities
are affordable and seek to help artists when cost is a barrier.
MDP is committed to dismantling the barriers that often prevent artists from
advancing their careers, such as a lack of formal artistic training, childcare
responsibilities, or being Disabled or neurodiverse. We work towards our
ambition that artists will be valued and paid for their work, able to forge
sustainable careers on their own terms.
