Rosy Greenlees

Chair of British Ceramics Biennial

Rosy Greenlees, OBE, is Chair of the British Ceramics Biennial. The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) develops innovative ceramics practice and improves lives together with creative communities by delivering a year-round programme of artists’ commissions, education and community projects alongside a biennial festival of contemporary ceramics in Stoke on Trent.

Rosy is the former Executive Director of the Crafts Council. She spent her early career as a visual arts curator before moving into wider cultural policy roles including Cultural Strategy Manager responsible for the Mayor of London’s first culture strategy; and founder Director of the higher education knowledge exchange partnership, London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise. Rosy has served on various panels and advisory boards including President of the World Crafts Council International, Creative and Cultural Skills and the government’s Creative Industries Council. Rosy is a Fellow of the RSA and Honorary Fellow of Arts University Bournemouth, the British Institute of Interior Design and the City and Guilds of London Art School.