Appointments: Remi Rana Allen

We are delighted to start the new year by welcoming Remi Rana Allen as our new Artist Vice Chair, taking over the role from Lindsay Seers.

Remi is a British South Asian artist, educator, and researcher based in London. With a background in graphic design and fine art printmaking, she holds an MPhil and a practice-based PhD from Chelsea College of Arts. Her work explores equity, decoloniality, and representation, and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She commented:

I am delighted to have been appointed Artist Vice Chair of the CVAN South-East Steering Group. I look forward to working collaboratively with partners to develop and deliver a shared vision for the future. Creating space where all voices are heard and valued is central to my personal and professional practice; this goes beyond equality, diversity, or inclusion, it is a fundamental ethical commitment.

About Remi Rana Allen

Remi is the founder of BL&ME – Brown Leaders & Makers Exist, a research hub advocating for global ethnic majority artists. A committed advocate for equity in education, she initiated the BAME/EDI Research Student Mentoring Scheme at UAL and serves as a trustee at Phoenix Art Space. Remi teaches Fine Art at Chelsea and Camberwell Colleges of Arts, is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Nairobi, and collaborates on transnational projects through the TrAIN Research Centre.