Sam Wilkinson is co-director of InSite Arts and previously Director of SWPA Limited. Sam has dedicated her career to working as an art consultant specialising in commissioning for non gallery-based venues.  Her experience has been exclusively within the delivery of site-specific public art and her reputation built additionally upon curating boundary-testing installations and art events which have both set precedent and created remarkable 'moments' in contemporary art. She has worked with a range of organisations and a diversity of artists working in a multitude of media.

As an advocate of best practice for art in the public realm, Sam is regularly invited to speak at arts-led events; she has recently been a board director of IXIA, the national organisation for public art, having also been its chair for 4 years.  Sam has been able to recommend and influence positive changes in the support and commissioning of public art.  She also acts as independent advisor to various Councils and their Arts Officers for specific events.

Sam has worked as art consultant for a range of retail and commercial developers in major UK cities including Canterbury, Exeter, Cambridge, Bristol, High Wycombe, Corby, Leicester and Portsmouth. Other clients include local authorities and organisations such as the Forestry Commission.