Dee Haughney

Arts and Engagement Consultant | Curator | (HE) Arts Lecturer

Dee Haughney (b.1988, Ireland) is a curator and consultant. She is currently Artistic Director of Staffordshire St with recent exhibitions such as لملمة;Gathering with work by Areen Hassan. She also works as a freelance arts and engagement consultant supporting galleries and cultural workers through mentorship and development.

In 2024/25 Dee worked with De La Warr Pavilion to undertake major community consultation that supported their successful bid of £7.6 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. From 2022 - 2024 she was Head of Learning at De La Warr Pavilion where she grew audience reach and impact with key programmes such as Beyond Imagination & Limits (for and led-by those with physical and learning disabilities), and Young Creatives Collective (a creative programme for YP’s from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds).

Previously she held a decade-long tenure as a Curator of October Gallery focusing on art from the Global South, with key exhibitions and projects including El Anatsui: TSIATSIA – searching for connection, Zeitz MOCAA (2019), Jordan Ann Craig: Your Wildest Dreams (2021), Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga (2016), James Barnor (2016) and Wang Huangsheng: Unbroken Line (2015), October Gallery.

She holds an MA in Curating and a PGCHE from Falmouth University and regularly lectures at universities both in Ireland and the UK.