Art Elsewhere is a Curatorial Art Initiative founded in 2017 and based in London. We encourage contemporary art practice in light of ongoing transformations in philosophy, theory, and knowledge.

What We Do

Advisory

Art Elsewhere Advisory is a London-based arts and culture consultancy founded in 2017 by Senem Cagla Bilgin-Keys.

Specialising in contemporary art from Europe and West Asia, we are dedicated to promoting and representing emerging and mid-career artists. We offer bespoke advisory, curating, and art management services tailored to the needs of galleries, artists and collectors. Our mission is to foster creativity, build meaningful connections, produce curatorial projects, and bring fresh perspectives to the creative industry.

Senem Cagla Bilgin-Keys is an independent curator, advisor and founder of Art Elsewhere living and working in London over a decade. She curated solo and group exhibitions mainly focused on contemporary art practice, environmental and social issues such as ecological crises, migration, and equality.

Bilgin has been working as an independent curator and advisor with collectors from TATE Patrons, international galleries Lehmann Maupin, Arebyte Gallery, Podbielski Contemporary, Vision Art Platform, Unit G Gallery, Stour Space and art fairs Photo London, Focus Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery, and Contemporary Istanbul since 2013.

She graduated with BA in Art History at Hacettepe University and later on MA in Culture, Communication and Curation at Central Saint Martins, UAL. She has also studied in 21st Century Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art under the lecturer Ben Street.

*Please note that the program of Art Elsewhere Advisory, including the artists AE works with and the projects it is involved in, is entirely independent from the Art Elsewhere art initiative that concluded in 2021.  For more details, please visit Advisory page.

Curatorial Practice

Art Elsewhere’s exhibitions focused on contemporary art practice, environmental and social issues such as ecological crises, migration, equality.

We are interested to work on collective or individual projects for cultural institutions and creatives such as museums, art fairs, galleries, collectors and selected artists.

We provide exhibitions, art events, studio visits, publications, exchange exhibition programmes in various galleries, and support emerging artists and curators through a programme of projects in temporary spaces and international art fairs. For more details, please visit selected Exhibitions and Programmes.

Open Laboratory of Elsewhere

Open Laboratory of Elsewhere (OLE), is an independent collective pedagogical laboratory locates on temporary places in London and Turkey. To engage the existing capacity of knowledge between professionals and academic users and turn itself into a collective learning centre, within yearly programs and variable durations.

A purpose is to be a space where for a group of four postgraduate level art students, and academicians who lecture at different fine art universities, to work, produce and learn together.

OLE started with an urgent need to rethink alternative education models for art students who come from lower financial groups and diverse communities.

The programme of Open Laboratory of Elsewhere will be announced every year in January.

Selected Partners & Collaborators

Tate Patrons, Lehmann Maupin, Arebyte Gallery, EcoWorld + Ballymore, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Start Art Fair London and Central Saint Martins.