About Lee Sharrock

Lee Sharrock set up her Global Creative PR and Arts consultancy in 2016. Lee has over 20 years of experience in the art world and creative industries as a PR specialist, writer and curator, and has worked with a wide range of artists, directors, creatives, galleries, charities, organisations and brands including; Ai Wei Wei, Alexander Newley, Alison Jackson, Alma Har’el, Arms Around the Child, Art Society Soho, Artizians, B-Reel Films, Bowman Sculpture, Bridget Riley, Chris Bracey, Colnaghi Gallery, Christie’s, David Bailey, Derrick Santini, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Epoh Beech, Free the Bid, Gavin Turk, Gazelli Art House, Guirado Estate, Grenfell Tower Benefit Auction, Jess Kohl, Kalliopi Lemos at Istanbul Biennial, Lights of Soho, London Newcastle Project Space, LUAP, Maxim (The Prodigy), Miart Gallery, Misia-O', Moby, Nancy Fouts, National Portrait Gallery, Pandemonia, Pathfinder 23, Pavilion of Azerbaijan at la Biennale di Venezia, Pet Shop Boys, Polish Cultural Institute, PRETTYBIRD, Pure Evil, Rob & Nick Carter, Russell Young, Serviceplan Group, Soho House, Stair Sainty Gallery, Scream, The Blender Gallery, The Connor Brothers, Toni Gallagher, Varvara Roza Galleries, Yoko Ono and 99 Projects Gallery.

Prior to Serviceplan Group, Lee was Director of Global Creative PR at Saatchi & Saatchi between 2010 and 2016 where she was also responsible for PR of the annual New Directors’ Showcase at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Lee Sharrock PR clients include production company PRETTYBIRD, Varvara Roza Galleries, The Blender Gallery (Athens), Miart Gallery (London and Istanbul), Serviceplan Group, Europe’s No.1 Independent agency group with Houses of Communication in Asia, Europe and the USA, and The Brill Building, Ireland’s most awarded creative agency.

Lee set up arts content hub Culturalee.art in November 2023: https://culturalee.art

As a writer, Lee is a contributor to; ArtLyst, ArtPlugged, Creative Review, FAD Magazine and Soho House Magazine.

Lee is also a curator and recent exhibitions include; ‘Arms Around the Child’ charity auction at Christie’s in November 2022 with guest curator Neneh Cherry; Art on a Postcard International Women’s Day Auction in March 2023; and ‘Natural Abstractions’ and ‘Rebirth’ at 99 Projects gallery in West London (2022 and 2023); Exhibitions in 2021 and 2020 include; ‘United for Change’, an anti-racism fundraising exhibition on Artnet with Galstian Advisory LLC; and ‘Re:Wild’ a group show of artists and photographers curated with Runway Gallery in response to the climate crisis. Coming in 2024 are exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and Norwich Cathedral.

Other curatorial projects include; Arms Around The Child charity exhibition and auction in London in November 2019 & November 2017, with Christie's International Director of Auctioneering Hugh Edmeades; Epoh Beech at Gallery 46 (October 2018); Contemporary Vanitas at Lights of Soho (May 2016); There’s a Good Girl, a Viva Women exhibition featuring female artists and creatives at Saatchi & Saatchi (November 2014); and Art of Futebol – an exhibition at Selfridge’s and Bonhams auction at the Brazilian Embassy to raise funds for Action for Brazil’s Children Trust (Summer 2014).  

Lee has also curated arts and culture talks for Soho House in London with speakers including; artist Gavin Turk in conversation with art critic Matthew Collings; filmmaker Tom Beard in conversation with PRETTYBIRD UK co-founder Juliette Larthe; Guirado Estate CEO Catalina Guirado; and Breathing Tree founder & Author of ‘And Breathe’, Rebecca Dennis.

After graduating in History of Art & Italian from University College London (UCL) and the University of Bologna, Lee started out on her career at Sotheby's in the 19th Century European Paintings department, and held positions at; M&C Saatchi; the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Laurent Delaye Gallery, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Saatchi & Saatchi before setting up her own consultancy in 2016. 

Lee has developed an extensive network of media and creative contacts around the world, and led projects in creative cities including; Amsterdam, Berlin, Cannes, Hamburg, Istanbul, Paris, LA, London, Munich, New York, Venice and Vienna.

Lee studied fine art foundation at University of the Arts, Norwich, before studying History of Art & Italian (BA) hons at University College London (UCL), The Courtauld Institute and the University of Bologna.   

With this background in the arts and creative industries, Lee has an innate understanding of the artists, brands, creative directors, filmmakers, galleries, production companies and journalists she works with.  This background is coupled with an ability to find a hook, pitch a story, write content, capture the zeitgeist of contemporary culture and make the headlines for her clients.