Curators announced for Liverpool Biennial 2027

Lucía Sanromán, currently Chief Curator at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, MUAC, in Mexico City, is a respected international curator with extensive experience delivering socially engaged and civic-led art projects. Aimee Harrison has worked for Liverpool Biennial since 2019 as Curator of Learning and throughout her career has produced artist projects with children and young people, d/Deaf and disabled people, older adults, migrant communities, people within the criminal justice system and those in addiction recovery. Harrison is being supported by The Ampersand Foundation to be seconded to the Co-Curator role for the 2027 festival, which will be informed by perspectives and experiences of childhood and youth in Liverpool and across the world.

Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest free festival of contemporary visual art, has been transforming the city through art for over two decades. Further details and participating artists are set to be announced later this year.

Lucía Sanromán, Co-Curator, Liverpool Biennial 2027, said: “Few global art biennials have so consistently contributed to place-based and socially engaged art practice, and to my own understanding of this genre, as Liverpool Biennial. It is a privilege to continue to expand and grow this legacy with my Co-Curator Aimee Harrison. Aimee has unmatched experience in creating art projects and programmes in collaboration with children and youth in Liverpool and brings unique vision to her work, as well as a set of values regarding the key role of art in society which is unusual in our field.

At a moment when the values of community and collectivity are being constantly tested, Liverpool Biennial 2027 suggests a path forward through art, offering a deep dive into the experiences of a group whose most marked characteristic is perhaps invention and imagination.”

Aimee Harrison, Co-Curator, Liverpool Biennial 2027, said: “I feel privileged to co-curate the 14th edition of Liverpool Biennial and am looking forward to working alongside Lucía Sanromán. Her expansive, research-led practice complements my own socially rooted, community-led approach in a way that feels both generous and generative.

Having worked with communities in Liverpool for over 17 years, it means a lot to realise this Biennial in my home city. Together with Lucía and our Liverpool Biennial colleagues, I am excited to shape a festival for everyone that is grounded in the experiences of children and young people.”

Dr Samantha Lackey, Director, Liverpool Biennial, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have both Aimee and Lucía at the helm for Liverpool Biennial 2027. This model of co-curation provides opportunity for reciprocal learning, combining an authentic and committed understanding of Liverpool with an international perspective. I look forward to working with Aimee and Lucía over the coming months, as we begin to shape the 2027 festival alongside our regional, national and international partners.”

Main Image: Lucía Sanromán and Aimee Harrison. Credits: Yvonne Venegas/Fiona Finchett.