Clementine Butler-Gallie works as an artistic researcher and curator on projects that centre cultural and educational exchange through artistic encounters. She understands curatorial work and exhibition-making as a means to bring diverse groups, audiences, and perspectives into dialogue. Her projects often explore methods of hosting and gathering cultural conversations across varied contexts and continents. She holds an MA from the Institute of Art in Context, Universität der Künste, Berlin, and a diploma in Art History from Glasgow University and Christie’s Education, London.
Current projects:
Editorial board member of JAWS Journal published by Intellect Books // Curatorial coordination of The ReRouting Project - in-motion research into walking as a curatorial space including the organisation of walking residencies, workshops, and artistic actions // ReRouting is co-curating, alongside Cruising Curators, the project Dissident Paths: Walking together as a Method at neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) Berlin programmed across 2025/26.
Past projects:
Curation and participation in projects, residencies, workshops and symposiums with Bärenwinger, Berlin (2024), American University of Beirut Gallery (2024); 1.54 Art Fair, Marrakesh (2024), Künstlerhof Frohnau, Berlin (2023/24); Sodas 2123, Vilnius (2023); Taswir Projects, Berlin (2022/23); HALLE 14 Center for Contemporary Arts, Leipzig (2022); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2022); Arts Cabinet, London (2021-23) Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace Online Program, Beirut (2020); Feldfünf, Berlin (2020); Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait (2019); and Mansion, Beirut (2019), among others.
Contact: cbutlergallie@gmail.com
ReRouting is a curatorial platform and in-motion research project that investigates the potential of walking with others as a curatorial space. The project hosts artistic actions, a conversation archive titled Walking with… and organises a series of Walking Residencies
PROJECT + WALK + RESIDENCY
at HALLE 14 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.
30 April - 28 August, 2022
with Etel Adnan, Hiba Alansari & Mahmoud Alansari, Chaza Charafeddine, Mahmoud Dabdoub, Fouad Elkoury, Gilbert Hage, Mohamad Kanaan, Elisabeth Liselotte Kraus & Nour Sokhon, Arthur Laidlaw, Zad Moultaka, A. R. Penck, Franziska Pierwoss, Ghassan Salhab, Siska, Paola Yacoub
EXHIBITION
A research project exploring the artistic exchange between Lebanon and Germany during periods of geo-political division in both countries. The research was initially part of a 3 month residency at Mansion Beirut and led to a newspaper publication that expanded to become Distant Divides exhibition.
PUBLICATION
In conversation with artist Mohamad Kanaan for Public Parking Magazine, 2021.
TEXT
at HALLE 14 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
August, 2022
Public workshop to create an alternative map of a city with artists Mahmoud Dabdoub, Elisabeth Liselotte Kraus and Nour Sokhon
WORKSHOP
Curated walk along the old route of the Berlin wall for Redeem programme at Künstlerhof Frohnau. June, 2021
WALK
Exhibition installation by Henrique J. Paris on conclusion of his residency at RAAR Marrakesh for 1:54 Art Fair.
January - February, 2024
RESIDENCY + EXHIBITION
Text co-written by a working group from the Continued Conversations network for the print issue of Textur Mag.
The group included Clementine Butler-Gallie (Berlin), Sofia Steinvorth (Lisbon), Kwasi Darko (Ghana), Nisha Merit (Johannesburg/Berlin), Lara Koseff (Johannesburg), Florence Devereux (London), Emmaus Kimani (Nairobi)
TEXT
Series of artistic actions in public space in Rostock and along the Ostsee, Germany - with Nadja Abt, Sophia Domagala, Kearra Amaya Goppee, Barbara Kozłowska, Agnieszka Lasota, Adi Liraz, Tabita Rezare
EXHIBITION + WORKSHOP
at Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
November, 2019
Dual-exhibition with Hiba Alansari and Fadi Al-Hamwi. Co-curated with Camila McHugh with a pevious iteration of the exhibition shown at Vardaxoglou summer residency in London in 2018 with the curatorial collective East of Elsewhere.
EXHIBITION
at Feldfünf, Berlin
July-August, 2020
Solo-exhibition and workshop series with Anna Banout exploring bread as a universal symbol of gathering and sharing.
EXHIBITION + WORKSHOP
Conversation between artist and researcher Rik Fisher and curator Clementine Butler-Gallie, reflecting on a Walking Residency at Co-Making Matters in Haus der Statistik Berlin for Journal for Artistic Research (JAR), 2024.
TEXT
Conversation with Florence Devereux about Art of Change as a library of future visions for Sluice Magazine, 2020.
TEXT
Part of the nGbK working group for the 2-year programme that approaches the act of walking as a curatorial space for expanding into the margins and creating shared urban experiences of resilience and hope.
April 2025 - February 2026
WALK + EXHIBITION + PUBLICATION
Editorial board for Journal of Arts and Writing (JAWS) published by Intellect Books.
PUBLICATION
Reflection on ReRouting’s group walking residency at Künstlerhof Frohnau, Berlin, in Summer 2024 for Walking Artist Network Blog.
WALK + TEXT
A conversation-based network for curators practicing between Europe and Africa organised by Clementine Butler-Gallie (Berlin) and Luamba Muinga (Luanda).
NETWORK
Response to the workshop The Perverted Archival Image led by Siska & Ayman Nahle as part of The Whole life Academy at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2022.
TEXT
A radio series exploring new perspectives on facing the unknown through artistic practices. Hosted by Clementine Butler-Gallie and Florence Devereux for London based arts and culture station Resonance FM across 2020.
RADIO
Introductory essay for Gallery Laetitia Gorsy Leipzig for their catalogue for Galeristes in Paris, 2020.
TEXT