Ché Zara Blomfield is an internationally respected curator, cultural strategist, and creative producer. With a career spanning four countries and over a decade of experience leading exhibitions, cultural initiatives, and community spaces, Ché weaves people, ideas, and movements together through the power of art and community.
As the founder of the influential project space The Composing Rooms in London and Berlin, Ché has curated over 50 exhibitions in seven countries. From launching the intersectional feminist co-working space Manzana in Tāmaki Makaurau, to producing conversations with thought leaders like Hinemoa Elder, Naomi Klein and Pico Iyer with Wiser Conversations, her work consistently challenges norms and uplifts the underrepresented.
Ché's projects have reached audiences in over 15 languages, received international press, and are held in the permanent collection of MoMA, New York. Her collaborative spirit, strategic acumen, and unwavering belief in art as a force for transformation have earned her a global network of artists, curators, and changemakers. With expertise in curating, strategic communications, and event production, Ché thrives at the edge of cultural change - building community, creating beauty, and asking the hard questions. Her work is grounded in the belief that everything is connected and that creative collaboration across boundaries is key to a just and sustainable future.
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Projects and roles include:
Art Guides World Founder - Tours and Publishing (Est. 2025)
Progressive International Arts and Culture Coordinator - Not-for-Profit (Est. 2020)
Shoreditch Arts Club Curator - Members Club, London (Est. 2023)
manzana.org.nz Co-Founder - Community Space, Tāmaki Makaurau (Est. 2021)
Wiser Conversations Creative Producer - Podcast (2020-2022)
The Composing Rooms Co-Founder - Contemporary Art Space, London, Berlin, Palma de Mallorca (Est. 2010)
Baron Co-Founder, Art Editor - Publisher (Est. 2010)
Select links:
2024 - Flying Geese - Article for Arts of the Working Class highlighting Maidu artist Tyler Eash's practice bringing attention to the Califonia genocide.
2024 - Indigenous Solidarity - Limited Edition Artworks for Progressive International by Sara M. Saleh x Mothanna Hussein, Varunika Saraf, and Tyler Eash.
2024 - FLUID KARMA - Group Exhibition at Sapling Gallery, LA with Petra Cortright, Hart Lëshkina, Estrid Lutz, R. Lord, Bryan Morello, and others.
2023 - Creative Resistance - Limited Edition Artworks for Progressive International by Kamea Chayne, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, and Marwan Kaabour.
2023 - UNDERSTANDING RETURN - Exhibition Review for Arts of the Working Class of Khanyisile Mbongwa's Liverpool Biennial uMoya.
2023 - Programming - Shoreditch Arts Club, London - Collaboration event highlights: ArtReview, Progressive International, and Urania's. Artists included: Hew Locke, Nina Cristante, Ed Fornieles, Oliver Laric, Zethu Maseko, Peter Spanjer, Ndoho Ange, Matilde Cerruti Quara, and Tia O'Donnell.
2022 - Book - The Composing Rooms 2010 - 2020 documents over 40 exhibitions, with several contextual essays.
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