Lara Wardle is Executive Director of Jerwood Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to supporting the arts in the UK. Lara joined Jerwood as Director in 2010 and her current role for Jerwood Collection includes advising on acquisitions and developing national loan partnerships.

Lara has curated exhibitions including: 'Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: Sea, Rock, Earth and Ice' at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2018), touring to Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield (2018–2019); 'Harold Gilman: Beyond Camden Town' at Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham (2018–2019), touring to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; and 'Cornwall as Crucible: Modernity and Internationalism in Mid-Century Britain' at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham (2020).

Lara Wardle