Sue Jones is the Director of Whitstable Biennale. Originally from east London she has lived and worked in the coastal towns of Ramsgate and Whitstable in east Kent since 2002. Jones studied Literature at London Metropolitan University (formerly North London Polytechnic) and in 1990 joined Chisenhale Gallery working closely with Jonathan Watkins as part of a small team of three, before becoming Curator in 1995 and later Director in 1998. She worked for 5 years as an independent curator (in London and east Kent) from 2000 to 2005, before joining Whitstable Biennale as Director in 2005.