Studios Director SPACE
Fi Furness is Studios Director at SPACE, London’s oldest and largest artist studios provider, where she has worked since 1995. Over her three decades at SPACE, the organisation has grown from supporting around 400 artists to over 900 across 22 studio buildings, and Fi has been at the heart of that expansion – meeting many thousands of artists and developing a deep, first-hand understanding of how artistic practices have changed, and how artists have adapted and progressed.
Trained as an artist herself – Foundation at Cheltenham, BA(Hons) Fine Art at WSCAD Farnham, and PGCE at Goldsmiths – Fi began her career as Education Assistant to Jenni Lomax at the Whitechapel Gallery, where she spent six years before joining SPACE. Her work has placed her at the core of London’s artist support ecosystem, advocating for affordable studio provision and championing the city’s working artists.