16 Collective CIC
16 Collective (Formerly 16 Nicholson Street/ 16NSt) is a Glasgow-based curatorial collective and itinerant gallery made up by Nell Cardozo, Aga Paulina Młyńczak and Kelly Rappleye.
We are a feminist curatorial collective dedicated to the enjoyment of experimental contemporary art while honouring our commitment to power redistribution, with particular attention to female-identifying, LGBTQ+ and class-marginalised artists. We aim to challenge the sector-wide gender and class disparities in contemporary art discourses, labour conditions, professional opportunities, and cultural narratives. Since 2016, we have been supporting early career artists to develop and produce their first large-scale commissioned body of work for exhibitions. We foster ambitious, experimental, and critical artistic practice by combining curating publications, design, socially engaged workshops, art projects, and high-quality installations.
16 collective is the newest iteration of 16 Nicholson Street, a gallery originally established by Isabella Shields in 2016. Since 2023, 16 Collective has worked with an itinerant, site-specific model of curatorial programming built on partnership working to expand our community reach, improve accessibility and support more diverse audiences and artists, meeting them where they are. This model builds our focus on fostering and commissioning long-term, research-led artistic projects foregrounding a new engagement with urban spatial politics and social histories in specific sites.
We are a feminist curatorial collective dedicated to the enjoyment of experimental contemporary art while honouring our commitment to power redistribution, with particular attention to female-identifying, LGBTQ+ and class-marginalised artists. We aim to challenge the sector-wide gender and class disparities in contemporary art discourses, labour conditions, professional opportunities, and cultural narratives. Since 2016, we have been supporting early career artists to develop and produce their first large-scale commissioned body of work for exhibitions. We foster ambitious, experimental, and critical artistic practice by combining curating publications, design, socially engaged workshops, art projects, and high-quality installations.
16 collective is the newest iteration of 16 Nicholson Street, a gallery originally established by Isabella Shields in 2016. Since 2023, 16 Collective has worked with an itinerant, site-specific model of curatorial programming built on partnership working to expand our community reach, improve accessibility and support more diverse audiences and artists, meeting them where they are. This model builds our focus on fostering and commissioning long-term, research-led artistic projects foregrounding a new engagement with urban spatial politics and social histories in specific sites.
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