WINGSHAN SMITH
Wingshan Smith is an artist/curator/witch based in Nottingham, UK.
Her embodied practice explores the cathartics of rituals as sites for healing in community settings. She is interested in tracing forgotten histories and lost identities to invent new ways of understanding one another and our shared futures.
She currently works as Artist Development Curator at Freelands Foundation, supporting emerging artists and regional arts ecosystems across the UK. Wingshan is Lead Curator at the artist-led project space, Chaos Magic and is the creator of Tender Coven - an online community providing witch boxes, full moon circles, and other public events.
She has previously held roles at Nottingham Contemporary and Delphian Gallery. In 2017, Wingshan graduated from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London with an MA in Art History specialising in photography, film and video in global contemporary art.