Mike Collier is an artist, writer and curator. He studied Fine Art at
Goldsmiths College before being appointed Gallery Manager at the ICA in
London. He subsequently became a freelance curator and arts organiser,
working extensively in the UK and abroad.
In 1985 he moved to Newcastle to run the Arts Development Strategy at the Laing Art Gallery, where he initiated the Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art.
He was Professor of Fine Art at the University of Sunderland for twenty years and is currently Emeritus Professor of Art and Ecology, University of Sunderland.
His studio is in Cobalt, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: cobaltstudios.co.uk