Biography
Paul Collett (1961-2006) was an arts administrator for Camden Council, north London. He came from a working-class background in Burton-on-Trent, and worked as a volunteer at a local art gallery before moving to London. He joined Camden Council in 1984 as a visual arts assistant. One of his first projects was the Northern Adventures exhibition, in the early 1990s, around St Pancras station. One of his successes was David Mach's sumo wrestlers holding rail freight containers at Euston station; Roadworks, a collaboration with 10 artists and musicians (including Billy Bragg), which featured 3D audio visual installations on bus shelters across Camden (1996); and Waterwall, a digital media projection through a wall of water at Camden Lock, working with Plush digital media, The Place, dance animateurs and local Somali boys.