Beth Kettel

Front of House and Gallery Assistant

Beth is an artist, with a long-standing studio residence at Primary. She works freelance as Primary’s Front of House and Gallery assistant (part-time). Beth has over 10 years experience working as an independent artist with a record of developing artworks in varied contexts across the UK and Internationally. Often realising multilayered projects working with other practitioners, specialists and producers, she has worked across the gallery, public space and cinema. 

As an artist, she has exhibited with organisations such as: Art Night, London; ICA, London; Jerwood Space, London; Green Man Festival, Wales; GIBCA, Sweden; Eastside Projects, Birmingham; The Lowry, Salford; Cob Gallery, London; TACO!, Thamesmead; Two Queens, Leicester; Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham; Copperfield Gallery, London, Phoenix Cinema, Leicester and Caustic Coastal, Manchester. 

With residencies at Launchpad LaB, France 2023; Fieldwork, Wales 2023; Writer-In-Residence at Nottingham Contemporary 2022 and Delfina Foundation 2022. Beth was a NearNow Studio Fellow at Broadway Cinema Nottingham 2024 and was nominated for Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Prize 2021. Press includes: Artist to Watch, Contemporary Arts Society, Dazed Digital, Mousse Magazine, This Is Tomorrow. With her own experimental writing published with DeamsTimeFree TACO! and The Contemporary Journal.

In addition to the gallery work at Primary, Beth works freelance with galleries across the UK as an Art Technician, as well as an Artistic Consultant, Mentor and regularly works with universities and students as an invited Visiting Artist/Lecturer, delivering workshops, artist talks, lectures and tutorials. Working with universities such as: Goldsmiths University, Camberwell College of Arts, Bristol UWE, University College London, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester De Montfort and Bath Spa University. 

Previously, alongside her artistic practice, Beth worked for the international arts publisher, IAM, managing Performing Arts Magazine for five years before moving to Nottingham.