'Artist Lunch Box' is a participatory project initiated by curator Catherine Li that connects 25 London-based artists with 25 students at the Academy of Fine Art Vienna, through a workshop where they collaboratively created a group of lunch boxes. The former group prepared the lunch boxes, while the latter was set to receive them. 

As part of our Curatorial Residency Programme in partnership with the Academy of Fine Art Vienna and Central Saint Martins London. Graduates from the Culture, Criticism and Curation Master travel to Vienna and select graduates from the Academy to present alongside UK artists at an exhibition in London. This project was initiated in 2015 and brought dozens of UK and Austrian based artists together with UK curators. In 2024 Catherine Li was the invited curator from CSM who travelled to Vienna. As part of her residency she initiated the Artist Lunchbox project.

The final result of the project was an exhibition hosted by the ACF London entitled Making Expansive featuring 10 artist based in Austria and the UK. The Artist Lunch Box project was also presented alongside the exhibition.

Find out more and see the work HERE