WHEEL series (2025–26)
Public Programming

Olukemi Lijadu: Feedback

Launch party 

Spike Island 

January 2026 “The opening night took this reclamation out of the gallery and into the room. Lijadu took over the Emmeline Café and Bar for a DJ set that had the place absolutely brimming. As she mixed sonic landscapes in real-time, the café became a living extension of the film’s soul. 

This was joy as a political act. The crowd wasn’t just watching a film; they were the output and the input, participating in a feedback loop that turned a fractured history into a shared, amplified energy.”
— Claire Parsons, Arts Hub



Danielle Dean and Dan Guthrie launch event 

Spike Island

January 2025

Nour Jaouda and Dan Lie launch party

Spike Island 

September 2025 


Ruby Taylor CV 
Ruby Taylor 
rubytaylor99@outlook.com
Instagram: @rubyelizataylorI am a curator currently working across programming and marketing. My curatorial practice centres around forging new spaces to strengthen creative communities, working closely with artists to support experimentation and activate new spaces within buildings and programmes. Through independent curatorial projects and work with institutions including Spike Island and live art producers In Between Time, I work collaboratively with artists to foster experimentation, collectivism and space for work to reach new audiences. 



Education
BA in Art History, First Class Honours,
University of Bristol, 2018–21
Curatorial Projects  Evening programme curator, Spike Island 
January 2025 to present 

Tidal Bodies, exhibition at Spike Island
March 2026

Spike Green Futures Week: Big Dreaming, exhibition and event series at Spike Island
March 2026

WHEEL, exhibition and event series at Spike Island 2025–26

Tundra, nomadic curatorial platform
October 2021 to December 2023

Employment Communications Manager and Digital Producer,
In Between Time
February 2024 to present

Communications Assistant, Spike Island
January 2024 to present

Duty Production Manager, Shangri-La Glastonbury 2024–25

Freelance Event Co-ordinator, Creative Youth Network
February 2022 to January 2024

Live Music programmer, The Crofters Rights
August 2022 to January 2024

Curatorial Assistant, After The Fire at Trinity Centre September 2022

Curatorial Assistant, Photo50 at London Art Fair
April 2022



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