Renee Vaughan Sutherland

About

I am a multi-disciplinary creative working as an artist, filmmaker and creative director with a demonstrated history of working within the arts, media and comms and educational sectors.

Originally from Australia, I have travelled extensively and worked in several industries and varying roles before decidedly settling on all things creative, going on to complete a Fine Art BA at Middlesex University.

Collaboration and connection with local communities through my creative work are what excites me. My art practice focuses on inhabiting bodies being carriers of narratives within a place or the landscape. I have presented films, performances and exhibitions in the UK and Europe at venues and institutions such as the BFI, Focal Point Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, Muzeum Kinematografii and The Palace International Film Festival.

I am passionate about creative diversity and education and actively advocate to improve who has access to and is supported within the creative industries through my teaching and various platforms. I founded Greater than 11%, a podcast that focused on promoting creative careers of underrepresented groups and those that have been – and continue to be – marginalised across the creative sectors. This work contributed to being included in Ad Age's 20 Women to Watch Europe 2020 and in 2019 being awarded the Women in Advertising and Communications, Leadership (WACL) Future Leaders Award and the prestigious Patricia Mann Award. 

I started my career in higher education in 2019, teaching part-time on the Creative Producing BA at The University of Essex and subsequently joined the Creative and Cultural Industries BA at Kingston.

I currently lead Art Direction Level 1 and Live Case Study modules on the Creative and Cultural Industries BA, whilst still actively working in the industry part-time for a creative agency, Hub, as their creative director.