Bryony Stone is an editor, writer and curator. After graduating from King’s College with a First Class Honours in English Literature, Bryony went on to work at Mother London, Secret Cinema, Wonderland and Rollacoaster magazines before joining It’s Nice That. As Acting Editor of It’s Nice That, Bryony combines editorial and commercial expertise with strategy to bring creativity to an ever-expanding audience online and in print.

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Writing

Bryony writes about art and culture for publications including It’s Nice That, Wonderland, Rollacoaster, Riposte, Man About Town, Vice, Broadly, i-D, LAW, Refinery29 and brands such as Vans and Size?.

Examples:

  1. “Disquieting and disarming”: artist Eddie Peake on his latest show at White Cube
  2. Performance art’s “master” Tehching Hsieh on the importance of isolation
  3. Brothers Gaika and Kibwe Tavares talk youth, grief and their boundless work ethic
  4. “Dance exists when we run out of things to say”: choreographer Holly Blakey on her life and practice
  5. Light and shadow: Tim Noble and Sue Webster on their creative relationship
  6. Anxiety, speed and rave flyers: artist Mark Leckey on his iconic video “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore”
  7. Set designer Gary Card on the importance of being a chameleon
  8. In chaos lies opportunity: designer Liam Hodges on leading a dystopian army
  9. we asked some designers about staying sane in fashion
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Curation

In 2017, Bryony founded IRL platform all in: using art to spark meaningful conversations in real world spaces.

Bryony’s first all in: event was a 10-day long exhibition held at House of Vans, Waterloo. all in: the mind brought together 19 emerging and established creatives including Tim Noble, Akinola Davies, Celia Hempton and A Sai Ta, to look a closer look at mental health. all in: the mind was covered by Dazed, i-D, Refinery29, LOVE magazine, Wonderland, TimeOut London, Amuse and ArtViste. Over 700 people attended the opening night and the panel discussion sold out.

Bryony is currently working on all in: progress. In August 2018, Bryony transformed the House of Vans gallery space into an site-specific, pop-up artists' residency, building a community of London's most promising young talent right underneath the city's busiest station.

Fine artist Alfie Kungu, fashion designer Paolina Russo, painter George Rouy and multidisciplinary artist Wilson Oryema will generate a new entire body of work across fine art, sculpture and fashion, driving their practice in unexpected new directions in response to the community working alongside them. The residency was covered by publications including Dazed, Wonderland, ELLE , Evening Standard, TimeOut, i_-D, It's Nice That and Another Man.

In June 2018, Bryony worked with Amelia Abraham to co-curate The CAMPerVAN Presents: Feeling My Selves, a day of readings, discussion and performances on the topic of identity-making and self-expression featuring drag artist Tom Rasmussen, artist and curator Kat Hudson, activist in trans visibility and performer Kai-Isaiah Jamal, dancer Ted Rogers, artist SAGG Napoli and artist and founder of Shadow Sistxrs Fight Club Ayesha Tan Jones and performers Fiontasia, aka Fiontan Moran and ShayShay. Read more here.

Speaking

Bryony has curated, chaired and spoken on panels including 50 Years On, a collaboration between It’s Nice That, Camden Council and CSM celebrating creativity in the LGBTQ community, It’s Nice That’s popular monthly event Nicer Tuesdays, European creativity conference Eurobest, a Digital Detox with Bbyface and Nike, The Other Art Fair, The Laundry Arts: Women, Creativity and Sport supported by Nike Women and her own IRL platform all in: supported by Vans.