‘Kurious supports the notion that every culture and place contains communities of diverse creative people who play their part in the creation of artistic content.
This is an evolution of the age old tradition of story-telling and engagement with a shared emotion, whether through film, theatre, dance, music or spoken or written word.
This collection of artistic voices is fundamental to the fabric and understanding of any given culture and place.’
The media industry is going through a period of fundamental change bringing new opportunities for emerging independent talent and regional centres for production. Kurious is delivering the facilities and services needed to make Sheffield a centre for media production.
Kurious performs a number of functions, including (i) the support of emerging creative content makers, (ii) the creation of a creative hub of industry standard post production suites and offices, (iii) the development of a content platform, (iv) the development of an online creative community hub, and (v) the creation of a ‘Funding Circle’ to finance commercial projects through equity investments.
Founded in 2019 Kurious Arts is part of the successful and acclaimed Kollider initiative, a Sheffield City Centre regeneration project based at Castle House, Castle Street. Kurious is a commercial but equitable production company and arts incubator.
The constitution of Kurious includes a number of impact objectives and has been designed to support these communities and to build an infrastructure to address the challenges they face.
Kurious is financially supported by a number of arts and impact organisations, including Creative England and Nesta.
Nick Morgan
Nick has lead core teams and wider eco-system of thinkers, designers and developers working closely with renowned brands and the people who lead them across retail, airlines, finance, telecoms, the UN, place-making and the arts. He has a remarkable track record, including Vivid Festival, Virgin Mobile (Australia), Virgin Money (Australia), Jet Star, Fair Trade and Nike – Run Fearless.
Paul Osborne
Paul brings his considerable experience as a senior business change/project manager with an outstanding history of over 70 successful programmes and projects including blue chip clients such as European Central Governments, UK government authorities & agencies, achieving national award recognition. His projects have covered many sectors including e-government, banking, retail, insurance, logistics, film production, warehousing, engineering and property amongst others. Paul is responsible for business processes and IT.
Adrian Hackett
Adrian is a solicitor and tax adviser. His real passion, however, has always been in the arts, and in 2018 Adrian founded the Kollider Project, together with Nick, allowing him to return to his roots. The project has attracted and supported the creation of scores of tech and creative companies, events, exhibitions and other innovative projects. Adrian is delighted to have the opportunity to build on this remarkable project through Kurious Arts
Ryan Braund
Previously working as a BBC multi-skilled Technical Operator, directing, editing and mixing regional live news broadcasts for BBC One, he is also a BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame and RTS award-wining independent filmmaker with debut feature film currently in competition at major international film festivals. Ryan holds an honours degree in Television and Film Design with highly developed skills for camera operating, animating and working with post software including Avid, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Creative Suite. Ryan is responsible for the sound edit, ADR and edit/grade/projection suites.
Angela Szaboova
Angela moved to London In her early 20's where she obtained a BA Honours Degree in Business Management. Whilst in London Angela worked at the prestigious Chartered Surveyors, Alexander Reece Thomson LLP and the award-winning visual effect company Scanline VFX. Angela is responsible for office management and is passionate about efficiency and getting things done the right way the first time.
Bruna Urbinati Balieiro
Bruna started her career in her home country Brazil. She moved to UK in 2016 for her postgraduate studies in Digital Marketing and International Business. Working for one of Brazilian’s leading media companies, Bruna ran the social media and marketing activities for the company. Bruna has also worked in Ireland and Italy.
Bruna’s responsibilities within Kurious includes marketing, public relations, events and sales.
