SHAUN WALLACE
Personal Profile
Shaun Wallace is a London-based curator, cultural strategist and authority on Black queer artistic production in the UK. With over two decades of experience across exhibition-making, arts policy, education and community-led archiving, his work foregrounds histories and cultural narratives historically excluded from mainstream institutions.
Founder of Arc of Triumph (2018–present) and Founder/Director of Reunion 79 Incubator (2026–), Wallace’s practice operates at the intersection of scholarship, lived experience and public engagement — positioning him as a leading independent voice shaping discourse around Black queer heritage and cultural production in Britain.
SCHOLARSHIP & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
2019-2024
The Courtauld Institute of Art – Museum Detox Intervention, Res-Fest: Artistic Production, Personal branding & Queerology.
Camden Black History Season – Three Camden Stories (1930s Bloomsbury intervention).
University of London – Creating A Space: Black Queer Artistic Production in the UK 1980–Present.
Victoria & Albert Museum – LGBTQ Collection Talk: Nothing To Lose VII , Rotimi Fani-Kayode.
2015 - 2019
Anticipating Black Futures Symposium – The Rise of the Black Queer Art-preneur in Digital Media.
Central Saint Martins – MA Applied Imagination, Panel Member.
John Moore's University –Lecture on African Diaspora Artists.
Education
MA Arts Policy & Management (Merit), Birkbeck, University of London BA (Hons) Communication & Audio-Visual Studies (2:1) Institute of International Visual Arts – Inspire Programme Community Leadership & Queer Leadership Training Queer Heritage & Collections Network (2025)
CURATORIAL & PROJECT LEADERSHIP
Arc of Triumph (2018–Present) established as a platform advocating for Afro-diasporan arts and heritage in the UK, delivering curatorial projects, institutional evaluations and inclusive engagement strategies.
Reunion 79 Incubator (2026–) consolidates long-term research into Black queer London clubland (1979–2020), integrating archival recovery, oral histories, educational development and exhibition programming to structurally intervene in how Black LGBTQ+ cultural memory is preserved and activated.
AREAS OF AUTHORITY
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Black British Queer Cultural History (1979–Present)
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Nightlife & Informal Archives as Cultural Infrastructure
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Black Queer Artistic Entrepreneurship
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Institutional Critique & Museum Intervention
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Community-Led Heritage Strategy
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Archival Recovery & Narrative Reframing