Harriet is Director of The Burton at Bideford in North Devon and is known for her developmental work as a curator with early-career artists, expertise in commissioning new work, and strategic leadership of national partnership projects.
She has previously worked with organisations including Jerwood Arts, UAL Art Collection, Southwark Park Galleries, Firstsite, the British Council and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Harriet co-curated Phyllida Barlow’s commission folly for the British Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017 and sat on the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee from 2022-2025 chaired by Sir Nicholas Serota. As Head of Visual Arts for independent funder Jerwood Arts from 2018-23, she spearheaded new developmental and commissioning opportunities for early-career artists, curators and arts writers, including pioneering the curatorial development programme Jerwood Curatorial Accelerator and leading three editions of the national touring exhibition Jerwood Survey as Project Director.