We have interviewed our first Curator of the Month, Celina Langen with a few questions so we can get to know her a little better. Enjoy!

Describe your ideal exhibition - what would you most like to curate?

Curating a show with talented new contemporary artists is the perfect exhibition for me, so this is a fantastic opportunity. Creating a show of young artists with such varied artistic approaches and backgrounds gives me a real insight into current trends and the scope of contemporary artistic possibilities.

 Your favourite city and why?

London is the perfect city to me. I don't think I will ever tire of it – there is so much to discover. I love the international environment and its cultural variety.

Your top three German artists?

Works by artists such as Max Pechstein and Wassily Kandinsky fascinate me both in terms of what they achieved stylistically as well as their role within the cultural context of their time. A more contemporary artist I am really interested in is Alsem Kiefer – I find the contentious nature of his work compelling.

Your expected trend for young British Artists? (any medium, style,

genre type of artwork you predict to become popular in the next few

years)

I think artists will keep employing products of our consumer society as mediums to reflect the Zeitgeist.

There are no real limits for young artists today and, as such, originality is more prized than ever.

Your best memory from your previous art work experiences?

I really enjoyed being involved with the exhibition 'Who Knows Tomorrow' at the museum Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. Displaying contemporary African art in the German capital was not only an exciting aesthetic endeavour but also had tangible political significance.  

Celina Langen

We've seen a fantastic response nationwide from curators and art history students to aspiring gallerists since we've launched 'Curator of the Month'.

Congratulations to the budding curator Celina Langen, Salon Contemporary's first winning curator of the new competition!

Miss Langen will be curating next months 'Artist of the Week:  The Exhibition' here at Salon Contemporary, beginning December 1st.  We cant wait to see what creative ideas the curator has in store for the gallery.

A few facts about Celina Langen:

• Nationality:  German

• She is currently studying an MA in Art History, German Art and Politics at the Courtauld Instutite of Art, London.

• In September 2007 - 2008 Celina took place in an Erasmus Exchange Programme at the University of Bologna.

• She's worked as a gallery assistant at the fantastic Hamburger Banhof Museum in Berlin as part of an industry placement.

• Celina has had vast experience working with Sotheby's.

• She speaks German, Italian and English.

• Celina is a very keen skier and has fundrasied for charity projects in Tanzania.

We are very excited to have her as our first curator!  'Artist of the Week:  The Exhibition' is going to be a SPECTACULAR SHOW!