Maria Balshaw
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Maria Balshaw CBE |
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| Born |
24 January 1970 Birmingham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Director of Tate |
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Maria Jane Balshaw CBE (born 24 January 1970) is director of the Tate art museums and galleries. The appointment was confirmed by the UK Prime Minister on 16 January 2017, making her the first female director of the Tate.[7][8]
Previously Balshaw was the director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries, which includes Manchester Art Gallery and Gallery of Costume. Balshaw was Director of Culture for Manchester City Council. until May 2017.
Balshaw is also on the National Council of the Arts Council England On 12 June 2015, Balshaw was appointed a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list for Services to the Arts.
Born in Birmingham, Balshaw grew up in Leicester and Northampton. After gaining a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Liverpool (1991), she attended the University of Sussex, where she gained an MA in Critical Theory (1992), followed by a DPhil in African American Visual and Literary Culture (1996).
Balshaw was appointed Lecturer in Cultural Studies at University College Northampton in 1993. In 1997, Balshaw joined the University of Birmingham as Research Fellow and Lecturer in Visual Culture.
In 2002, Balshaw left academia to become Director of Creative Partnerships in Birmingham. She worked for Peter Jenkinson OBE, National Director of Creative Partnerships and former West Midlands colleague where he had been founder director of the New Art Gallery, Walsall.
As part of the newly formed Creative Partnerships, Balshaw was tasked with bringing arts organisations and artists into partnerships with schools. A role which taught Balshaw “a tremendous amount about how to inspire, persuade and cajole unlike partners into common goals”
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