Meet the Team
SUSIE LAWSON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Susie Lawson has worked in the arts for over 20 years. She co-founded Branch Arts in 2017 to marry her experience as a communications specialist with her established reputation for realising partnerships and sharing her extensive network of creatives.
As a highly experienced arts publicist, Susie was formerly at the Royal Academy (RA) and The Photographers’ Gallery (TPG). Recent campaigns include the hugely successful launch of Frieze Masters, London and six years of the London Original Print Fair. Susie’s PR career encompasses both in-house and agency work before going freelance. After working for the agency Cawdell Douglas she moved to TPG and then to the press and marketing office at the RA, before running the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. As a consultant, clients have included Frieze Masters, The Gallery of Lost Art in conjunction with TATE and Channel 4, The Art Room, LOPF, Fine Cell Work, Marlborough Gallery and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. With both PR and marketing expertise, Susie advises clients on strategic communication campaigns, using multiple platforms to engage with new and loyal audiences.
Throughout her career, Susie has been responsible for delivering campaigns from concept through to launch. Creative Partnerships she has realised include Facetime (Mall Galleries), Re-Work It (Selfridges) and ABC (CP+B) for The Art Room; Dialectical Materialism with Park Village (Karsten Schubert); the inaugural year of Live Friday’s (Ashmolean).
WENDY SANDFORD
STUDIO MANAGER + ARTIST LIAISON
Wendy shares her interior and retail experience with Branch Arts. Having qualified as a lawyer, Wendy has since worked in many different retail roles, advising clients on design and project management for interior schemes. She has pursued her passion for art throughout and spent several years working as a studio manager for two well-known sculptors. Her knowledge of British artists working today and support of local Cotswold artists is infectious.
Working with the online sales, consultancy clients and administration, Wendy is working on Branch Arts’ exciting development of a specialist consultancy offering a bespoke service to clients finding the perfect piece for their homes. She works closely with Susie to support the Branch Arts recommended artists whilst also tapping into her extensive knowledge of exciting artists working today.
JOEL ARCHER
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE
Joel Archer has worked as a graphic designer on a diverse range of clients within the fields of art, culture and commerce. Most recently he has worked with The Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture International.
As one of the team working with Branch Arts, Joel focuses on Artlogic websites; catalogue and print material design.
AMANDA PARTRIDGE
EXHIBITIONS AND ARTIST LIAISON MANAGER
Amanda Partridge has ten years' experience working in major international auction houses as a specialist in Modern art. She has written about Contemporary and Modern art for a range of publications and most recently worked with the Wildenstein Plattner Institute on the new catalogue raisonné for Paul Gauguin.
Amanda brings her extensive experience with art, artists and collectors to Branch Arts, where she will focus on our exciting new exhibition programme.
