Stella Buchan-Ioannou

Stella Buchan-Ioannou has a wealth of experience in developing and running cultural programmes within the creative and arts industries in London. As Deputy Director she managed the inaugural London Architecture Biennale in 2004, followed by the extremely successful event in 2006 and is currently developing the programme for 2008. Stella also runs the LAB Projects events consultancy, which recently delivered the photography exhibition Liquid Gold for French art publication Art Actuel and the photographer Bettina Rheims. She is currently developing Switched On London, a Festival of Light to be held in the capital in February 2007. With strong interests in the arts, funding and stakeholder participation, Stella has acted as the primary point of contact with the partner London boroughs for the Biennale, developing strong links with their arts, culture and tourism departments.