David A. Bailey

David A. Bailey MBE is a photographer, writer, curator and lecturer. Presently he is Senior Curator of Autograph (ABP), and Curator of the organisation PLATFORM's Remember Saro-Wiwa Living Memorial.

Bailey's practice is focused on the issues relating to black representations in the area of photography and artists' film. These interests informed his appointment as an advisor on the founding bodies that established Autograph (ABP) and the Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) in 1994.

From 1996 to 2002 he was Co-Director of the African and Asian Visual Artists Archive (AAVAA) at the University of East London.

He worked as an associate curator at inIVA from 2003-2005.

David A Bailey's personal archive is held in the Stuart Hall Library at iniva.