Dr Paul Alexander Stewart

Artist and Curator. My research focuses on democracy and knowledge exchange, and critical pedagogy as a curatorial and artistic methodology. Co-lead research contract with Natural England on nature based collaborative creative stroy telling for nature recovery and engagement.

Key highlights: Brent Biennial 2025, films selected for the London Film Festival and winner of best experimental at the experimental Busam Film festival. Curated over 20 exhibitions across the UK and Europe. Author of Art, Critical Pedagogy and Capitalism (Routledge 2021) co-author a new monograph on Educational Aesthetics with Bloomsbury (due 2024). Founder of the Middlesbrough Art Weekender and The Alternative Art College. Innovation in academic study and curatorial learning.

Principal lecturer at Teesside University and leads the MA Curating programme. PhD (2018) Teesside University and a MA in Art and Politics from Goldsmiths College as well as a BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art from Lincoln University. Co-founded the Middlesbrough Art Weekender in and has set up collectives including the Alternative Art College and currently working with Sarah Perks as Forms of Circulation.