Jenn Ellis – Artistic Director of TERRA and Founder of Apsara Studio

Ellis FRSA is a curator and founder from Switzerland, Colombia and the UK based in London following five years in Hong Kong. Passionate about the considered meeting of art, space and context, she has created over the last decade meaningful projects and connections between artists, galleries and institutions globally.  As the founder of curatorial studio APSARA, she has led projects from the UNESCO heritage vineyards in Burgundy to Frieze 9 Cork Street, and collaborated with international galleries and institutions including Silverlens, Sullivan+Strumpf, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Lehmann Maupin, Tate and South London Gallery. Ellis is equally the co-founder of acclaimed platform AORA, which combines art, architecture and music to instill a sense of calm and wellbeing. Ellis’ projects have gained critical recognition in publications such as Art Newspaper, Artforum, Frieze, CN Traveller, BBC, Evening Standard. Ellis guest lectures at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, is a Tate Young Patrons Ambassador and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Ellis hold a Law Degree from King’s College London and a History of Art Degree from the University of Cambridge.

Emie Diamond – Co-Founder, Co-Curator Emeritas & Strategic Advisor

Diamond is an art historian based in London. She has curated exhibitions featuring over seventy international artists. This Spring she curated Ici Repose for Oliver Miro’s platform Vortic, which was on view at The House of KOKO. Diamond also recently curated Fortnum and Mason’s inaugural show following the restoration of their Piccadilly flagship. She contributes to The Art Newspaper, where she served as Daily Diarist for the 2024 Venice Biennale, as well as interviewed Edward Enninful for the cover story of their new bi-annual magazine. Diamond is a contributor to Cultured Magazine and has written arts analyses for a range of publications like Hunger Magazine and The Critic. She is also an academically published art critic, as seen in the Courtauld’s annual journal Immediations and Rutger’s University’s bi-annual journal. Diamond has given curatorial tours at institutions such as Gagosian and White Cube, as well as spoken on panels at Soho House, Sotheby’s and KOKO. She has a History of Art Master’s degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art and received a prior Master’s degree from Harvard University.