A-Z of People

For nearly two decades, the APG initiated projects that brought together a range of individuals from diverse backgrounds. Barbara Steveni, founder and director of the APG, has compiled a list of everyone who contributed to the organisation's activities.

She has provided a brief description of the various positions these people held within the APG between 1966-1985. In some cases, the same title is attributed to several people, because the list spans nearly two decades.

Sir Robert Adeane

A board member of several major companies such as Shell and ICI. He introduced APG to several industries and became a trustee of APG.

Maurice Agis

An artist based in London, working with architectural and inflatable structures.

Keith Arnatt

A performance artist and a member of the artist NOIT panel.
View Keith Arnatt in the Tate Collection

Nancy Balfour OBE

A journalist for The Economist periodical, a collector and the director for the Contemporary Art Society, as well as a trustee of APG.

Tom Batho

Head of employee relations at Esso Petroleum Ltd and an APG director.

Tony Benn MP

The minister for technology. A long-time advocate of APG, he introduced the concept to government departments, most notably the Department of Health.

Bernard Bertschinger

An advocate and collector of contemporary art as well as chairman of the APG.

Ian Breakwell

An artist and diarist. He was an APG director and undertook placements with British Rail, as well as the Department of Health and Social Security.
View Ian Breakwell in the Tate Collection

Deborah Brisley

A facilitator, artist and performance artist.

Stuart Brisley

An artist and performance artist. His APG placements included Hille International and the Peterlee Development Corporation. He was also a member of the artist NOIT panel.
View Stuart Brisley in the Tate Collection

Paul Burwell

An artist, performance artist and musician. Also acted as a director of APG.

Peter Byrom

A Marketing Director for ICI Fibres. He provided advice for an APG industrial/marketing placement and prepared the PEP report on the APG with Graham Hancock.

Michael Compton.

Director of Tate Gallery Exhibitions and a trustee of the APG.

Roger Coward

An artist, actor and filmmaker. Coward undertook an APG placement with the Department of Environment in Birmingham, Small Heath.

Hugh Davies

An artist and musician. Davies undertook an APG placement with the Department of Health and Social Security and acted as an APG director.

Andrew Dipper

An artist and a musician who undertook an APG placement with Esso Petroleum Ltd.

Garth Evans

A sculptor who undertook an APG placement with the British Steel Corporation.
View Garth Evans in the Tate Collection

Rose Finn-Kelcey

An artist and a performance artist who also acted as an APG director.
View Rose Finn-Kelchey in the Tate Collection

Barry Flanagan

An artist working with soft sculpture and a member of the artist NOIT panel.
View Barry Flanagan in the Tate Collection

Bill Furlong

A sound artist and director of Audio Arts and Furlong. He undertook an APG placement with the Department of Health and Social Security.

David Hall

A video artist and a film-maker. Hall acted as director of the APG, and was a founding member of the artist NOIT panel.
View David Hall in the Tate Collection

Dr Jurgen Harten

Director of Kunsthalle in Dusseldorf and an advocate for the APG in Germany.

Leonard Hessing

A sculptor who undertook an APG placement with ICI Fibres.

Dr Professor Margarethe Jochimsen

Director of the Kunsthalle in Bonn. She curated the APG Kunst als Soziale Stategie in Institutionen und Organisations

Dr Professor Reimut Jochimsen

Minister for education and science in Germany, who later became the minister for technology in North Rhine, Wesfailia. He introduced the APG approach to the German government.

Roberta Kravitz

An artist and an APG supporter.

John Latham

An artist, co-founder of the APG with Barbara Steveni, chairman for the artist NOIT panel, and director of the APG. He also undertook placements with Proteus Bygging and the European Scottish Office in North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany.
View John Latham in the Tate Collection

Julie Lawson

A trustee of the APG.

George Levantis

An artist and poet. He undertook an APG placement with Ocean Fleets Ltd.

Frank Martin

Head of sculpture at St Martin's School of Art, and a trustee of the APG.

Keith Morrell

Involved with trade unions and a director of the APG.

Ian Macdonald Munro

An artist who also worked in IT. He was a director of the APG and a member of the artist NOIT panel.

Paul and Helene Panhuysen

An artist and one of the directors of Het Apollohuis in Eindhoven, Holland.

Christopher Patey

An industrialist who worked for British Steel and Mobil Oil, as well as a director of the APG.

Carlyle Reedy

An artist, a poet and a performance artist, who was involved with the APG when it changed into O + I.

Sir Norman Reid

Director of the Tate Gallery and a trustee for the APG.

Sir Paul Reilly

Director of the Design Council and an advisor to the APG.

Anna Ridley

A TV producer and director of the APG.

Rolf and Ros Sachsse

Artists, photographers and historians. They acted as directors of the APG in Germany. They also provided advice and participated in traffic placement in the North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany.

Jeffrey Shaw

An artist and architect who experimented with air-art. He was a founding member of the APG and a member of the artist NOIT panel. Shaw undertook an APG placement with the National Bus Company

Andrew Shearer

An industrialist and an engineer who provided industrial advices to the APG. Shearer also acted as an APG director.

Barbara Steveni

An artist, performance artist, and negotiator for APG placements. Steveni conceived of the APG, and was the co- founder and the coordinating director.

Graham Stevens

An artist and an architect who experimented with air-art. Stevens had an early association with the APG.

David Toop

An artist, musician and a writer. He undertook APG placements with the Department of Health and Social Security, the London Zoo, and he was a director of the APG.

Nicholas Tresilian

An art historian and broadcaster who also acted as a director of the APG.

Sir William Emrys Williams

Director of the National Arts Collections Fund and a trustee of the APG.