Who we are

Jenn Ellis FRSA is a curator and founder from Switzerland, Colombia and the UK based in London following half a decade in Hong Kong. Passionate about the considered meeting of art, space and context, she has created meaningful projects and connections between artists, institutions and galleries globally. As the founder of curatorial studio and project space APSARA, she has collaborated with international institutions, galleries, residencies and foundations including Tate, Michelangelo Foundation, Xenia, the Swiss Cultural Fund and Frieze. In 2024-2025, Ellis was appointed the Frieze x Breguet curator and commissioned projects responding to ‘time’ in Seoul, London and New York. Ellis is equally the co-founder and co-curator of TERRA, a monumental exhibition across the UNESCO heritage vineyards in Burgundy, and 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.

Katharina is a London-based visual consultant, editor, and researcher working across visual arts and photography. Working as a Studio Manager for APSARA, she supports the founder and curator Jennifer Ellis on all aspects of coordination and production of exhibitions and events.

Her research practice explores the communicative potential and instability of the image. She holds an MRes in Advanced Practices from Goldsmiths, University of London, and is a visiting lecturer in the Photography Department at the University of East London.

She is particularly interested in grassroots and hybrid spaces where artistic, educational, and commercial settings overlap. Since 2023, she has co-hosted an open seminar on cultural theory at Photobook Café. Across all contexts, her work is driven by a commitment to building thoughtful, collaborative environments that question how images are made, circulated, and received.

Andrea Celeste La Forgia is an Italian artist and organiser based in London. She has worked in the arts and cultural sector for a number of galleries and artists as a studio, gallery and archive assistant.

Her own artistic practice combines elements of theatrical performance, sculpture, painting and spoken word. Using family experience and history as a starting point, often in dialogue with local history and archival research, she explores the condition of the contemporary working class. Recent exhibitions and performances include Hopscotch Reading Room (Berlin, DE), MAMA (Rotterdam, NL), Palazzo Massimo (Venice, IT), Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK) and MAXXI (Rome, IT).