Jon Bewley is an organizer, producer and co-founder of Locus + with Simon Herbert. Locus+ is an artist-run centre formed in 1992 based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the north of England. Our organization, On Edge, has worked closely with them since 1987, producing numerous events, site-specific projects and exhibition in the U.K. and Canada. Jon has an established reputation as one of Britain's leading curators. He was a founding member of the Basement Group in 1973 that later developed into Projects UK (another artist-run initiative based in Newcastle) and he was an organizer of the pioneering EDGE (Britain's International Experiment in Art 1988-1992. For the past 20 years, he has produced, coordinated and exhibited hundreds of projects from artists all over the world. Locus + is a dynamic and active artist-run centre that has a proven track record of producing cutting edge shows. They have created many projects in non-art spaces and have developed novel approaches to art-making and exhibition. They have consistently expressed interest in new artists and new mediums for export and import, particularly from Western Canada. Past co-productions have included: Feng Shui (1993) - Lani Maestro, Henry Tsang, Paul Wong and Sharyn Yuen in a site-specific context in Newcastle; Temple of My Familiar (1994) - Nhan Duc Nguyen's monumental mural placed within the muralist tradition of West Belfast, with accompanying videotape document; Belfast artist Philip Napier (1995) in Vancouver to produce Sovereign, his first videotape and site-specific project; Exchange Resources in Belfast (1995) - site-specific video installation; and Jazz Slave Ships, Witness, I Burn (1996) by Jan Wade and Vanessa Richards in Whitehaven and Hull - a site-specific installation and performance with accompanying videotape. Locus + most recently co-produced Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun in the U.K. in September, 1997 with accompanying exhibition in Vancouver, January 1998.