Adam Wilkie

- Set up the gallery daily for opening – turning on lights and any artworks as per exhibitions instructions

- Extensive daily checks of the gallery areas, ensuring that they are clean and presentable

- On a weekend managing the invigilators – making sure that they are on time for work, managing their breaks and rota as well as overseeing that they are working to White Cube standards

- Complete timesheets for invigilators and other casual members of staff

- Ensure the invigilators sign and understand the risk assessment for each exhibition

- Conduct facility tours with new invigilators

- Greeting visitors and clients

- Managing the switch board, making sure calls are answered and transferred promptly and efficiently

- Taking detailed messages and passing the correct information on to the relevant member of staff

- Responding and processing general email enquiries

- Booking meeting rooms, and taxis for directors as required

- Preparing meeting rooms for Sales executives and clients, including setting up water, coffees

- Processing incoming post

Recent graduate from the Royal College of Art seeking job opportunities within an art institution, gallery setting or art handling company. Holding triple-citizenship with the UK, USA and France, I am personable, bilingual and have an international background. 

Produced a variety of contemporary art projects independently and collaboratively. Skilled researcher focused on the history of visual and sound art practices. 

Over the past 8 years, I have worked efficiently in a team of visual artists, filmmakers, musicians and art handlers which required understanding, adaptability, technical know-how, planning and time- management.

In addition, skills include collections care procedures, packing, storing and restoring objects, documentation, collections-based research, exhibition production, display evaluation, sales and archiving.

Besides enthusiasm, I can bring to the table a good work ethic; a serious commitment to working in the arts; personal experience as a fine artist; hands-on experience working in commercial gallery spaces such as White Cube and Copeland Gallery and artist studios such at HQI in White City and Pol Bury’s studio in France.

Royal College of Art

Master's degree, Contemporary Art Practice 2019 - 2021

The Contemporary Art Practice program offers a discursive environment in which to discuss contemporary issues for thinking about, making and displaying fine art. The course provides the appropriate technical means to make works in any format and also offers individual tutorials, seminars and cross-pathway crits for debate and discussion about our individual or collaborative projects. 

I have had college-wide technical workshops and gained practical skills in 3D making: metal casting, welding fabrication, glass, and ceramics. Amongst other things, I have experience in handling equipment in industry-standard film and photography studios, this also includes the use of editing software.

In addition, I have been gaining skills relevant to a professional career in museums and galleries. Skills include collections care procedures, art handling, packing and storing objects, documentation, collections-based research, exhibition production, and display evaluation.

University of the Arts London

Sound Arts and Design, Art/Art Studies, General 2015 - 2018

Grade: Honours 2:1Grade: Honours 2:1

The BA in Sound Art covers diverse ways that sound is used creatively in the contemporary world and we were taught how to apply our creativity to produce original pieces of work in a wide range of artistic areas.

The course is accordingly broad, including: fine art, sound studies, art installations and gallery practice, audio-visual communication, game environments and virtual reality, community projects, creative coding, soundscape pieces, interactive work and new media, experimental musical work of all genres and more. 

My specialization included fine art, sound studies, art installation, gallery practice as well as audio-visual and film work. Amongst other things, I took part in improvisation studies, performance and the creattice use of soundscapes, sound design and scoring for film. 

Gained experience:
Theoretical sound art studies (Art History)
Studio recording, mixing and mastering
Field recording and phonography 
Hardware synth fabrications
Foley
Synthesis