Monkey Business Artist Partnership

Monkey Business is a professional team of artists specialising in making meaningful works of art for public spaces.

An essential part of our expertise is to work with people and facilitate community involvement in aspects of concept, design and realisation of our projects, as appropriate.

The artist partnership was created in 1998 by Ann Gilligan and Tracey Cartledge. Karen Allerton subsequently became a formal partner in the team, having worked extensively with Monkey Business since Autumn 1999. The team has steadily progressed, building on the combined experience and skills of the artists to introduce new techniques and innovations.

Continued development of our practice relies on genuine collaboration and learning from other professionals. Monkey Business has a reliable network of experts with whom to consult and strong working relationships with fabricators, landscape architects, designers, engineers and freelance artists from a range of disciplines.

Our portfolio is extensive. We have received commissions from local authorities, schools, public and private organisations and community groups across the North West of England to implement both large and small scale projects.

Recently we have teamed up with CTAC- Community Technical Aid Centre - to launch a new initiative for improvements to school grounds.