The Team
Rebecca Hossack
Patron and Director
The Director of galleries in central London and Miami, Rebecca Hossack was born in Melbourne in 1955. Following degrees in Law and in History of Art, Hossack studied at Christie’s and at The Guggenheim in Venice. She set up her own gallery in Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, in March 1988. From 1993-7, Hossack served as the Australian cultural attaché in London. Hossack was the first Conservative Councillor in Bloomsbury for over 20 years, during which time she ran the New York Marathon to raise £20,000 to plant trees in central London. She also writes regularly in the national press and lectures internationally on Aboriginal art. She has worked closely with the British Museum, the Barbican Centre, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Horniman Museum and the De Young Museum in San Francisco. Hossack also campaigns to preserve rock art in Western Australia’s Burrup peninsula.
Zara Shepherd-Brierley
Festival Organiser
Kristie Landing
Digital Producer
Zara Shepherd-Brierley is a Gallery Associate at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. She has a B.A in English and French from the University of Oxford, and an MPhil in Identities and Cultures of Europe from Trinity College Dublin. Zara has worked previously at Chateau La Coste in Provence, the Museum of Literature Ireland, and most recently at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Zara is passionate about engaging young people in art and culture, and empowering them to fulfil their own artistic potential.
Kristie Landing is a Gallery Associate at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. She holds a B.A in International Comparative Studies with minors in Art History and Dance from Duke University, an MA in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute, London, and an MA in Art Business from Kingston School of Art. Her previous experience includes founding an online art platform for emerging artists and working at museums and galleries, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC, and the Nasher Museum of Art.
Daniel Bates
Creative Director
Daniel Bates (MA CANTAB, FRSM, FTCL, ARAM, AGSMD) is principal oboe with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia and co-principal oboe of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Previously, he also held the principal oboe position with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead. He has played guest principal for all the major UK orchestras as well as various international orchestras such as the National Orchestra of Colombia, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. As a session musician he has recorded for numerous pop acts and films, including the Harry Potter franchise and for Barbra Streisand, Mary J Blige, Rihanna and Stevie Wonder.
Jesse Brown
Artist in Residence
Jesse Brown is an artist, illustrator & cartoonist from London, England. Working predominantly in ink and watercolour, Jesse observes little moments in daily life, quirky scenes and slightly startled animals caught in the act of going about their business. Jesse is a fellow of the RSA and a member of the Association of Illustrators.