Simon Kirby (ArtistLinks Co-ordinator) has 20 years experience in international cultural exchange as producer, and critic. He began his career on the EU China Desk and went on to produce with IETM ground breaking publications that led to mainstreaming cultural projects into EU funding structures (Bread and Circuses 1 & 2). He is a fluent Mandarin speaker who has been a frequent visitor to China since the mid 1980’s. In 2002 he was recruited by Arts Council England, from his London base to work with the British Council to establish the Artist Links programme in China. Download the ArtistLinks 2002-2004 book.