Posted: 16 / 04 / 2025
Sedulo’s Managing Director, Cathryn Wright, has been appointed as the incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees for Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest free festival of contemporary visual art.
Cathryn will take up the role in September 2025, following the tenure of current Chair, Kathleen Soriano. The appointment marks an exciting new chapter for Liverpool Biennial. With a career spanning leadership roles in finance, culture, and the not-for-profit sector — including her time as Managing Director at equality charity Stonewall — Cathryn brings a dynamic blend of commercial insight and social purpose to the role.
Cathryn has led Sedulo’s London office since its launch in 2018, playing a key role in Sedulo’s expansion of the years and wider mission to support communities through business. She has extensive experience in the creative industries, holding several advisory and non-executive positions, including her current role as Treasurer and Trustee of Aviva Studios / Manchester International Festival, where she has served for the past eight years.
She was also instrumental in the development of the Sedulo Foundation, which supported thousands of children living poverty across London and the North of England last year.
Speaking on the appointment, Cathryn said:
“Having been an admirer of Liverpool Biennial for many years, it’s a privilege to take on such an esteemed role at this point in the organisation’s evolution.“I’m excited to build on the transformative work of Kathleen, Sam and the wider Board and team and would like to extend my thanks and congratulations to them for changing the landscape of visual arts in Liverpool, the UK, and beyond. Internally and externally, collaboration will remain at the heart of what we do and as we grow, we will ensure that communication with each other, our supporters and our partners, remains clear, inclusive, and constructive.
“I have huge ambitions for Liverpool Biennial and believe that we can maintain the spirit of the organisation while supporting increasingly ambitious projects and bringing the visual arts to wider and more diverse communities than ever before.”
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What’s on at Liverpool Biennial this year
The 13th edition of Liverpool Biennial, ‘BEDROCK’, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay, will run from 7 June to 14 September 2025 — bringing new voices, ideas, and visions to the heart of the city.