Lives and works in Bristol, UK

Claire Doherty is a curator and writer. Since 2003 she has been research fellow in Fine Art at the University of the West of England and coordinator of Situations. a programme of projects, commissions, talks, publications and events, which investigate the significance of context in the commissioning and production of contemporary art. The program seeks to create a unique network of debates and projects, which radiate from its Bristol base across the South West region, nationally and internationally, informing the ways in which art is commissioned and made. It is led by the University of the West of England in association with partners Arnolfini, Bristol City Council and Picture This.

1995-2000, she was Curator at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and from 2000-2001 established a new programme of projects and residencies at Spike Island, Bristol. She has worked extensively as a curator and writer, as Associate Curator for FACT Foundation of Art and Creative Technology from 2001-2004 and as Associate Curator for the new visual arts facility firstsite newsite, in Colchester