Iwona Blazwick
| Iwona Maria Blazwick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 October 1955 |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Exeter University |
| Occupation | Art critic, lecturer |
| Known for | Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery |
Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE (born 14 October 1955) is an art critic and lecturer, and director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.
Blazwick was brought up in Blackheath, South East London. She studied English and Fine Art at Exeter University before becoming an assistant curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, under the tutelage of Sandy Nairne, who is a former director of the National Portrait Gallery. Her first exhibition was, Objects and Sculpture (1981), which included work by artists Bill Woodrow, Richard Deacon, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley.
From 1984 to 1986, Blazwick was Director of AIR Gallery, London. From 1986 to 1993, she was Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, where she curated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
From 1993 to 1997, Blazwick worked as an independent curator for museums and major public arts projects in Europe and Japan, devising surveys of contemporary artists and commissioning new works of art.
From 1997 to 2001 Blazwick was Curator and then Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern. There she co-conceived a new model for the display of the Collection and a blueprint for the Museum's future program, including the Turbine Hall commissions. She co-curated the inaugural display and the groundbreaking exhibition 'Century City.'
Since 2001, Blazwick has been the Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London. She is series editor of Whitechapel Gallery/ MIT Documents of Contemporary Art. Blazwick is Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group at London's City Hall, appointed by Mayor Boris Johnson.
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