Jes Fernie is a curator and writer specialising in the field of cross disciplinary practice between contemporary artists and architects. She was director of the RSA Art for Architecture Scheme for six years and is the editor of Two Minds: artists and architects in collaboration, published by Black Dog Publishing in March 2006.

She works on high profile art commissioning programmes and is a member of selection panels for grant schemes, public projects and gallery refurbishments. She writes regularly for the art and architecture press, organises and chairs events and gives lectures to a range of specialists.