why-we-make — Noel Cheung

⸰ curator ⸰
⸰ researcher ⸰
⸰ maker ⸰

Noel Cheung is a London-based independent curator working across contemporary design, architecture, and art.

Her practice explores how material culture shapes experiences of migration, memory, and belonging in postcolonial Britain. She collaborates with museums, cultural organisations, and creative practitioners to develop research-led exhibitions, curatorial frameworks, and public programmes.

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Selected Practice:

Curatorial Projects
⸰ Why We Make
⸰ Made in Exile
⸰ Things, Spaces, Interactions
⸰ Research on the Move
⸰ Archigram Cities
⸰ Women, Architecture, and the City

Material Practice
⸰ Carrier Bag of Exile
⸰ Can We Excavate Who We Are?
⸰ Wavering

Workshops
⸰ The Stories We Carry

Process & Writing

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Render showing ‘Crafting Stories’ section inside V&A East Museum’s Why We Make Galleries © JA_Projects for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Why We Make
2026 (upcoming)

Category: Exhibition
Location: V&A East Museum, London
Curatorial role: Collection research, exhibition narrative development, interactives design, co-production and co-curation projects
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Across two floors and ten key themes, over 500 objects from the V&A’s collections spanning art, architecture, design, performance, and fashion will go on display in the new Why We Make collection galleries at V&A East Museum.

The galleries will offer a fresh look at contemporary culture through the V&A’s collections, with guiding quotes from global makers throughout. Objects are brought together in constellations across different times, cultures, and geographies, and addressing topical issues relevant to today – from representation, identity and wellbeing, to social justice and environmental action.

Curatorial Team: Zofia Trafas White, Chloe Kellow, Noel Cheung