Paul Bayley

Paul Bayley is currently working as the Loans for Churches Officer for the Church of England’s body for engaging with contemporary art, ACE (Art and Christian Enquiry).

The job title perhaps obscures the immediate relevance of the appointment: as a curator with a reputation for working with cross-disciplinary artists such as performance artist Carolee Schneemann and visionary architectural practice Archigram, as well as curating substantial survey shows, Bayley is being asked to enable an encounter to take place between artists, church and the public.

He has been the director of exhibitions at Cornerhouse, Manchester and worked from 1987 to 1991 in the Tate Gallery’s exhibition department.