Margot Heller

Director of the South London Gallery

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Margot Heller has been Director of the South London Gallery (SLG) since 2001, leading the institution through significant change and establishing its international reputation for contemporary art programmes and associated education and outreach work.

In 2010 the SLG expanded its premises in an award-winning project with architects 6a, resulting in a six-fold increase in visitor numbers, and currently is fund-raising to further expand into a former Fire Station on Peckham Road as well as for a permanent garden by Gabriel Orozco. As curator of the exhibitions programme, Heller has worked with scores of artists, including Chris Burden, Ellen Gallagher, Ryan Gander, Rashid Johnson, Thomas Hirschhorn, Steve McQueen, Oscar Murillo and many others.

Prior to joining the SLG, she was Director of Southampton City Art Gallery, Director of Exhibitions at Anthony d’Offay Gallery and a freelance curator. In 2007 she was made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. She served two three-year terms on the Government Art Collection Committee from 2002, was a judge for the 2006 Turner Prize and was on the British Council's 2015 Venice Biennale Selection Committee. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the arts.