Sheena Barrett is curator of the LAB and an arts officer with Dublin City Council. She has over fifteen years experience as an arts manager and curator having previously held roles at Breaking Ground, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, the National Gallery of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. In line with the Dublin City Council Arts Plan, curatorial projects at the LAB have supported artists at critical points in the development of their practice including first solo shows by artists Bea Mc Mahon, Vera Klute and Lee Welch. The LAB initiates cross-disciplinary collaborations, develops extensive public programming and commissions art writing. Sheena is a graduate of Art History, Arts Management and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin.