Wasps Studios — Workshop & Artists Studio Provision (Scotland) — has announced the appointment of Kate Gray as its new CEO.

Gray joins Wasps from Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, where she has been Director of Enterprise and Public value since 2021.

She has more than two decades of experience working with artists and developing arts programmes across the UK.

Prior to her role at Baltic, Gray was the Director of Collective, the contemporary art centre on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, where she led a redevelopment project and positioned the organisation as a player in the Scottish arts landscape.

Gray will take up the Wasps role in August 2025, succeeding Audrey Carlin, who stepped down earlier this year after 10 years.

Karen Anderson, Chair of the Wasps Board, said: “I’m absolutely delighted on behalf of the team to be welcoming Kate to Wasps as our new CEO after what was a highly competitive recruitment process.

“Kate’s strategic leadership experience in developing sustainable creative spaces aligned to her deep understanding of artists and creative practice, equip her brilliantly to take the helm of Wasps at this important time for our organisation.

“We very much look forward to having her join a team committed to delivering for Scotland’s foremost community of artists and creative practitioners now and in the future.”

Gray said: “I’m honoured to join Wasps at a pivotal time. Scotland benefits from the vision of artists and creative practitioners and Wasps supports creative communities to bring their imagination into being. I’m looking forward to working with artists, partners and the team to build on the strong foundation and shape a bold, inclusive future.”