Tate, UK: Project Curator, International Partnerships – October 2023 - present. Working on the IP programme, leading on the development and delivery of an ambitious new artistic commission at a Tate site and major international museum; and supporting Tate’s international touring exhibition programme.

Pace Gallery, London: Strategic Partnerships Consultant – November 2022 - April 2023. Supported the development of new business opportunities, sales, special projects, content, live programming, community engagement, and online initiatives.

The Showroom, London: Curator-at-Large (Contra la Raza [Against Race], Matadero Madrid – July 2021 - December 2022. Co-curating multidisciplinary initiative incorporating a video-based installation and live programme focusing on futuristic imaginaries generating new forms of egalitarian humanism.

Curator & Communications Manager - Nov 2020 – June 2021 / Assistant Curator and Communications & Development Manager – July 2019 - Nov 2020. Researches and coordinates arts exhibitions and programmes / cultivates the gallery’s strategy for press, outreach, and funding.

Peckham Platform: Guest Producer – Nov 2021. Project managed access-driven online youth workshop with artist Zuleika Lebow, accessibility measures (closed captions, image descriptions, live BSL interpretation)

Gallery 1957, Accra: Guest Curator – Summer 2018 - present. Commissioned to research artist’s practice, write texts, curate solo exhibitions, and host programmes for artists Modupeola Fadugba and Gideon Appah

50 Golborne, London: Guest Curator – 2019. Artist essay and talk for Safaa Erruas; commissioned to research, write texts, curate solo exhibition, and host programme for artist Larry Amponsah

Ed Cross Fine Art, London: Guest Curator – Autumn 2016 - present. Commissioned to write texts and curate solo & group exhibition of artists presented by Ed Cross Fine Art in experimental contexts from industrial warehouses, elegant townhouses, and bustling art fairs.

GIBCA 2015 (Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art), Sweden: Curatorial Assistant – Spring 2014 - Fall 2015. Curatorial Assistant to Elvira Dyangani Ose for thematic development, artist selection / liaising, public programming, writing and copyediting of wall text & catalogue for international biennial “A story within a story…” in Sweden.

The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC: Blog and Magazine Contributor – 2011 - present.

Curatorial Intern – Fall/Winter 2011. Research for future exhibitions; interviewed artists for Archive and Artphone; prepared research and presentations for Director Thelma Golden.

Associação Cultural Videobrasil: Assistant Editor – Spring - Fall 2014. Curatorial assistant to guest editor Elvira Dyangani Ose for “Caderno 10: Uses of Memory” – co-ordination and editing of publication featuring essays.

Recontres Picha: Biennale de Lubumbashi 2012-13, DRC: Curatorial Assistant – Spring - Fall 2013. Collaborated on thematic and programming of biennale in Lumbumbashi and kick-start in London; wrote press release; coordinated artist liaison organisation; edited all published texts.

Theaster Gates: Artist Assistant – 2012 - 2014. Manage web presence, CV, image archive, and press; design and maintain official artist website; document and assist projects and exhibitions.

White Cube Gallery, London: Publications Intern – Spring - Summer 2012. Edited layouts and documents (essays, CVs, bibliographies, colophons) in catalogues; copyedit all print; prepared official house style guide; researched writers and designers for future catalogues; picture research.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC: Curatorial Intern for Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas – Summer 2011. Researched, edited, and composed film transcript for Heroic Africans exhibition video; researched and assisted in writing wall text; led weekly tours on highlights and African Art.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC: School and Family Programs Intern – Summer 2009. Created and presented tours; Summerscapes Art Counselor for ages 7-12; composed Museum Educator exhibition guide; designed Education program flyers, advertisements, and PPT presentations.

Professor Robert Meredith: Research Assistant – Summer 2009. Assisted Dalton School art history and architecture teacher in archiving for sabbatical project on Dalton’s art legacy.

African Leadership Academy & City of London School: Art Programmer – 2018 - present. Co-creates / hosts programmes for secondary school students introducing them to the global and the local art scene; learning materials focusing on art historical context, production, the market, diverse exhibiting contexts in the frame of decolonial art history / collaborative practices.

Open Space Contemporary: Inaugural Forum Curator – 2018 - 2019. Presented three-day interactive live programme Of Hosts & Guests with six artists comprising performances, film screenings, talks and workshops exploring ideas of hospitality, hierarchy, ritual and belonging across three cultural venues in Bloomsbury, London.

Daata Editions: Inaugural Curator – Autumn 2016. Commissioned to curate inaugural exhibition for the Daata Editions online platform: exhibition “Reuse, remix, recode: Digital identity politics and the Power of PL►Y”.

TATE Intensive: Making Tomorrow’s Art Museum: Participant – July 2016. Inaugural intensive at the new Tate Modern, hosting an intimate group of diverse art professionals to exchange ideas about current practices and emerging trends shaping cultural institutions today, from public engagement to digital technology.

ICI Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans: Participant – March 2016. Critical exchange and professional development programme for emerging independent international curators, culminating in a public symposium presentation and discussion at The Contemporary Arts Center NOLA.

«ECHO» Radio: Co-Founder – 2014 - present. Nomadic art radio station exploring the spatial qualities of sound, live acts of communication, and ideas of broadcast via artists and artworks. Takes residency on different broadcasting formats and produces exhibitions.

Royal College of Art, London: …all silent but for the broadcast…! Co-curation – Summer 2014. Organised and hosted live online radio show and exhibition at Show RCA 2014.

…all silent but for the buzzing… Co-curation – Spring 2014. Artist liaison and commissioned two new performances; developed 2-day events with workshops, lectures, and performances; managed press release, marketing schedule, and social media pages.

Adjacent Practice Colliding Daily Co-Curation –2013/ Studio visits with Acme Residency artists, created collaborative exhibition with artists Ninna Bohn Pedersen and Rafal Zajko investigating relationships between artists and curators, process and production, studio and gallery.

MA Dissertation: ‘TRANSLOCAL CURATORIAL-CONSCIOUSNESS: Carnivalesque Institutional Critique in Meschac Gaba’s Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002’ (2014).

dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel: Theaster GatesArtist Assistant – 2013. Lived and participated in the daily programming and documentation of the 12 Ballads for the Huguenot House.

Cornell History of Art Majors’ Society: Vice President – 2010–2011, member since 2008. Led weekly meetings to curate art exhibitions at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Students fundraise, write wall texts, design layout, compose a published catalogue, and host symposia, film screenings, lectures for annual Spring show.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, NY: Topography in Translation Co-Curation – Fall 2009. Researched Modern Chinese Art in collection; composed wall texts; co-designed exhibition; published essay.

African, Pre-Columbian, and Oceanic Collection: Interpretation Contributor – Fall 2008. Researched and wrote iPod tour of Akua’ba figure for a walk-in storage exhibition.

High School Senior Art Project: Sculpture – 2006–2007. Art and installation project with broken string instruments, purchased and installed by The Dalton School as a permanent exhibition.

Masters: Royal College of Art, London – 2012-2013

Curating Contemporary Art MA

College: Cornell University, New York, College of Arts and Sciences – Class of 2011

Double Major: History of Art and Africana Studies; Cumulative GPA: 4.209

Study Abroad: University of Cambridge, Pembroke College – Lent and Easter Terms 2010

Faculty: History of Art (Approaches to the History of Art, The Display of Art); First-Class Honours

Summer Abroad: Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London – Summer 2010

Contemporary Art in London, grade A

High School: The Dalton School, New York – June 2007, Diploma

Summer Abroad: Global Leadership Adventures, Cape Town, Summer 2005

Study Exchange: École alsacienne, Paris, Spring 2005

Summer Abroad: Academic Summer Associates, St. Lucia, Summer 2004

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Summa Cum Laude Honours – Senior Honours Thesis: ‘GLOBAL / MOBILE: Global Cultural Movement and Representation of the African Diaspora – Multimedia Installations of Berni Searle and Isaac Julien’ (2011)

Rhodes Scholarship Finalist 2011

Artium Baccalarius with Distinction in all Subjects, Cornell University

College of Arts and Sciences Banner Bearer: Honour at Graduation Ceremony to top 5 GPAs

2011 Merrill Presidential Scholar: Awards students in top 1% of college to honour two professors

The Sampson Fine Arts Prize: Award to senior History of Art major who has consistently demonstrated academic excellence, commitment, and achievement in the field

The Angela Davis Essay Award: Africana Studies Award for essay: ‘Narrative Authority through Aesthetic Exploration: The Visionary Voices of African American Women Artists’ (2011).

Phi Beta Kappa: Academic Honour Society for top 3% in College of Arts and Sciences class

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Ujima Scholarship Fund in Kenya and Dalton Ujima Club: Co-Founder – Autumn 2003, continued involvement. Organisation that raises funds for secondary school scholarships in Kenya and establishes a cultural exchange between New York and Kenyan students.

THE SHOWROOM, LONDON PROJECTS

Contra la Raza [Against Race], Matadero, Madrid, Jun–Nov 2021

Collective Intimacy – Reviving a Live Programme, theVOV, online, May–July 2021

Cauleen Smith – COVID MANIFESTO, CIRCA Online, Nov 2020

IN·FLO·RES·CENCE, Online, 2020 – ongoing

The Showroom Mural Commission – Simnikiwe Buhlungu: Notes to Self (Intimate 1), 2019 – ongoing

Collective Intimacy, !80 The Strand & The Showroom, London, Oct–Nov 2019

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CURATED EXHIBITIONS

Tiffanie Delune: Seeds of Light, Gramophone Works, London, 2020

Larry Amponsah: When A Stone Cracks We Don’t Stitch, 50 Golborne Road, London, 2019

Abe Odedina: Birds of Paradise, The Copeland Gallery, London, 2019

Gideo Appah: Love Letters, Gallery 1957, Accra, 2019

FORUM: Of Hosts & Guests, Presented by Open Space, Bloomsbury, London (Mary Ward House, UCL, and Pushkin House) 2019

Shiraz Bayjoo: Indian Ocean Archive, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Far, Somerset House, London, 2018

Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms Tincture, Ace Hotel, London, 2018

Abe Odedina: TRUE LOVE, The Department Store Brixton, London, 2018

Modupeola Fadugba: Dreams from the Deep End, Gallery 1957, Accra, 2018

Modupeola Fadugba: Prayers an Players, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2017

Reuse, remix, recode: Digital identity politics and the Power of Pl►y, Daata Editions, Online, 2016

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CO-CURATED EXHIBITIONS

Introducing « ECHO », The Function Room, London, 2014

…all silent but for the broadcast…! & …all silent but for the buzzing…, Royal College of Art, London, 2014

Adjacent Practice Colliding Daily, Acme Project Space, London, 2013

iCON: Consuming the American Image, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, 2011;

Bodies Unbound: The Classical and Grotesque, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, 2010

Topography in Translation: Navigating Modern Chinese Landscapes, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, 2010

‘A Sonic Resonance Rounds the Bend: Peter Adjaye’s Soundscape “Ceremonies Within” for Toyin Ojih Odotula: A Countervailing Theory at The Barbican’, ART AFRICA: Rapid Response, October/November 2020: 90-113

‘Abe Odedina: Love and Hate’, Dust Jacket text, Ed Cross Books, London: 2020

‘Zak Ové: Memories, Making and Re-Imagining’, BUILD: IMAGE, Los Angeles, 2017. READ

‘Horace Ové’ and ‘Zak Ové’, Exhibition catalogue, Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, New Orleans Triennial: 2017

‘Nevin Aladağ’, Exhibition catalogue, Wanderlust, UB Art Galleries, University at Buffalo: 2017

‘Reuse, remix, recode: Digital identity politics and the Power of PL►Y’, Curatorial Essay, Daata Editions, Autumn 2016

‘How to “Host” History Making | House of Words (HoW)’, GIBCA 2015 Guide, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Fall/Winter 2015

‘dOCUMENTA(13): This time and place for art’, Studio, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Winter/Spring 2013

‘Question Bridge: Black Males – A Dialogue with the Artists’, Studio, The Studio Museum in Harlem: Summer/Fall 2012

‘Caribbean: Crossroads of the World’, Studio, The Studio Museum in Harlem: Winter/Spring 2012

‘Aesthetics of the Cool: Dr. Robert Farris Thompson in conversation with Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims’, Studio (Online), The Studio Museum in Harlem: Winter/Spring 2012

‘Unveiling American Identities’, Exhibition catalogue, iCON: Consuming the American Image, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: 2011

‘The Postmodern Chinese Landscape’, Exhibition catalogue, Topography in Translation: Navigating Modern Chinese Landscapes, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: 2010

Curating: museum, gallery, art fair, members club, international biennial)

Comms: writing museum exhibition catalogues, wall texts, press releases, reviews, blogs, and copy-editing in American & British English);

Social Media / Design: graphic design, web design, advertising, social media

Research: exhibitions, academic essays, editorial, curriculum

Admin: liaising, minuting, event coordinating, guest list management)

Education: programming, tours, interpretative materials, curriculum development, art seminars

Computer Tech: adept in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Razor’s Edge, TMS, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, iMovie, FinalCut Pro

AV: mic, speakers, mixer, projector installation)

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Research: Socially-engaged and research-based artistic practices, art collectives, collaborative programming-based curating, translocal identity politics, contemporary African art, and comparative curatorial approaches representing global modernities in art institutions and public spaces

Languages: Basic proficiency in French and Swahili; learning Swedish.

Hobbies: Travelling, graphic design, hip-hop dance, piano, book clubs, volleyball, pilates, new food experiences, global bathing cultures, ballet and immersive theatre productions, and collecting works by emerging international and African diaspora artists.